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2018-2019 School Year Calendar
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3/23
Assembly McSweeeney
9:20 to 10:20 am
Assembly Leaves in the Forest of Virtue
10:20 - 11 am
Flower Pickup
2:30 - 4 PM
Spring Family Social and Basket Raffle
3/29
Early Relase
at Noon
PCO Book
Matt Tavares
Order Form Deadline
3/30
No School
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School Lunches
Because our lunches are pre-ordered, all lunch orders are due by the 20th of the prior month, our system will automatically shut down at 7pm on the 20th.
Click here for Lunch Ordering instructions and login.
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Arrival/Dismissal
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Find Us on Facebook
Consider joining the
BFCCPS Parents page on Facebook to connect with other members of the community. Several grade level pages are also available. Stop on over and say hello!
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If you need this document translated, please contact the front office.
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Ben's Buzz
Dear BFCCPS Community,
If you haven't already had a chance to review the
Ben's Buzz regarding School Calendars, I hope you will please take a moment to take a look. You'll find information about
new dates for the last day of Kindergarten and the Grade 8 Graduation; you'll also find the 2018-2019 School Year Calendar.
I am thrilled to invite you all to attend an
Community Kickoff for the BFCCPS Expansion on April 7th.
Families will get a more thorough update on the expansion, have a opportunity to view the layout for the new facility, and learn more about the BFEF. I hope to see you there! If you missed the most recent Expansion Update, you can find it here.
The
BFCCPS Parent Community Organization
Family Social and Raffle
will take place this
Friday, March 23rd at Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School.
This event is the single largest fundraiser of the year. As active members of the BFCCPS Community, we hope you will each take a look at the volunteer needs and let the PCO know where you can help. Parent Volunteer and Middle School Helper Signups are located below in the PCO section of the newsletter.
Have a great rest of the week,
Mrs. Heather Zolnowski
Head of School
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Parent Pillar Nights:
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Here at BFCCPS, we strive to assist parents in their role as the Primary Educator of their children. As such, I wanted to highlight an important way that information is available to you, our ongoing Pillar Nights.
Health Curriculum and Vaping Guest Speaker
Please join us on April 24th at 7:00 pm for a Parent Pillar Night. During this session we will review the upcoming changes to the BFCCPS Health Curriculum. We will be joined by special guest speaker
Tina Grosowsky the MA
Project Coordinator from the
Central MA Tobacco Free Community Partnership. Ms. Grosowsky is a member of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School.
We hope that you will join us for the evening. Babysitting will be available for children ages five and up at a charge of $10 per family. The proceeds will benefit next year's trip to Quebec.
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Announcements:
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Spring Flower Sale:
Thank you to everyone that purchased flowers with 8th Grade DC fundraiser! As a reminder pickup will be held on March 23rd from 2:30 to 4pm.
On pickup day, there will be fifteen 4" pots of hyacinth available. Each 4" pot will be $8.
First Come first Serve, please contact Mrs. Schwab for details.
Kindness Cards:
Students in Grade Five will be selling "Kindness Cards" to benefit Heifer International. Click to download an order form. Orders will be accepted through Thursday, March 29th with delivery on Wednesday, April 4th.
PMC Kids Ride:
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Summer Courses
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The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School is pleased to announce the 2018 Summer Course Offerings! This years classes are offered by BFCCPS faculty and staff members and Susie Pallis from
Drama Kids.
The classes are divided by grade level and cover a multitude of topics across a variety of content areas. Classes will be held at BFCCPS' main building as well as the Red Brick School. A class description, date and time is listed for each class. With the exception of private music lessons and tutoring, courses are $100 per week for a half day session and full day classes are $200.
BFCCPS Also offers Summer Instrumental Lessons! The success of our band program relies on students taking instrumental lessons during the summer vacation to continue their personal growth and retention of instrumental musical skills achieved during the school year. This is also the perfect time for students to get one-on-one help with their Wind Ensemble or Symphonic Band auditions, which occur the first week of school in the fall.
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This year's Spring Social: basket raffle is this
Friday March 23rd
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The PCO needs
volunteers to go for the gold.
Most v
olunteer time slots are only 30 minutes and there are so many ways to help.
Click here for more details .
The PCO is also in need of student volunteers to run game stations. For each 30 minute volunteer sessions, students will earn one ticket to be used for a dedicated raffle prize, consisting of a selection of teen friendly gift cards.
Student volunteer signup is here.
PCO Book Order Form
Attention Grades K-4 Parents.
Children's book author-illustrator Matt Tavares is coming to BFCCPS on May 4!
Autographed copies of Matt's books will be available at a special 40% school discount.
If you would like to order books, please fill out this form and return it by March 29 - Kidmail: Amy Prothro c/o Brody Varner; K/Jumes
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Health Office Update:
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Cough drops in school: Please remember that cough drops, per the state regulations for schools, are considered an over the counter medication that requires doctor's order and parent permission on file and for them to be administered by the school nurse.
If you have not already given permission for cough drops, the form can be printed
here
or found on the
Health Office website
under the tab "medication administration". Any completed form should be sent in to the Health Office.
Please contact your School Nurses, Jenny Auerr or Diane Williams for any questions at
nurse@bfccps.org.
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A Notice from the Central Office:
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Visitors:
All visitors to the school are required to sign in at the Front Office and wear a Visitor's badge. Visitors must be escorted at all times. Thank you for your help with this!
Parking & Parking Lot Safety: Parking is not allowed in marked reserved spots near the schools main entrance. These spots are reserved for the CCD program staff.
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures:
Please adhere to the posted arrival and dismissal procedures which are posted
here our website.
Over the winter months, we ask that you do not park on Queen Street to walk in and pick up your children. The Queen Street entrance can be narrow at this time of year due to accumulated snow and or ice making this practice potentially unsafe for both drivers and walkers. We ask that you please utilize the Express Lane procedures or arrive at Courtyard Dismissal (approximately 3:20) to secure a spot to park in the lot once the general traffic has cleared.
Absence and Dismissal Notification: If your child will be absent or tardy from school, Please contact Mrs. Tappin at
ltappin@bfccps.org or at leave a voice message at the absent and tardy line 508-541-3434 and press 4. Additionally, if you have to make any dismissal changes please email both your child(ren)'s homeroom teacher AND Mrs. Laura Tappin by email at
ltappin@bfccps.org by no later than 2 pm.
As a reminder, BFCCPS has an
extended absence policy which indicates that extended absences for non-medical reasons for more than 10 consecutive school days will not be approved and will result in dis-enrollment from BFCCPS unless caused by exceptional and unavoidable circumstances, such as a natural disaster, serious accident, or other situation deemed exceptional and unavoidable by the HOS.
Cold weather has arrived! Please be sure to send your students daily with seasonally appropriateouterwear. We will continue to have outdoor courtyard, recess and dismissal whenever possible.
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