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Dear BFCCPS Community,
Our annual French Week festivities have been a great way to kick off the week! Students enjoyed shopping for a variety of French themed merchandise on Tuesday morning. Today all students will attend a performance with
French Canadian folk singer Josee Vachon and students in Grades 6-8 will also enjoy an extended
French themed lunch and show.
Every day, this week all students have the opportunity to participate in French trivia.
We're all polishing up on our French vocabulary with creative signage posted throughout the halls. This Friday we'll celebrate with the French Games, all students and faculty are invited to wear the colors of the French Flag Bleu! Blanc! Rouge! (blue, white red!) Early next week our Fifth and Sixth grade students will present their French Fair projects.
Looking ahead to next week we have an assembly from Mrs. Tagen and Mrs. DiNapoli's class as well as character award assemblies for both Grades Three and Four.
If you haven't registered for parent/teacher conferences just yet,
be sure to visit this page to sign up. Report cards for the First Trimester will be posted to the SchoolBrains Parent Portal on November 22nd; an alert will be sent once they have been released.
Looking forward to a great rest of the week,
Mr Perna
BFCCPS
Head of School
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11/25: Early Release & Parent Conferences
11/26: No School: Parent Conferences
11/27-11/29: No School
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2020-2021 Enrollment Now Open
Enrollment applications for the 2020-2021 school year are now available.
Once a student is accepted, they need not reapply as their spot is protected for as long as they attend the school.However, if a child has not been accepted and is on the waiting list, you will need to re-apply each year as the waiting list is not held from year to year. If you have a student on the waiting list, or a sibling at home who is age appropriate for Kindergarten next year, now is the time to apply.
Learn more here.
La Semaine Française! (French week!)
Tuesday, Nov. 12- Friday, Nov.15, 2019
Bonjour les amis de BFCCPS!
Oui! Yes! We are very excited to celebrate French Week in our new school and the students cannot wait for it. For our new staff and parents, this is a week where we share French culture and language with the whole school. We organize many events that you and your students will be able to participate in. We also organize class visits and many fun surprises during the school day, like the question of the day and prices to be won.
Please click here for the complete listing of events
.
Please click here for a flyer regarding the French Market
.
Grade 8 Pie Fundraiser
If you purchased pies during the Grade 8 Pie Fundraiser they will be available for pickup on November 20th between 1:30 and 2:30 pm or between 3:30 and 6pm.
Pickup is not available between 2:30 and 3:30 pm in preparation for our daily dismissal of students. All pies must be picked up on this day, we do not have the capacity to hold them at school overnight. Please contact Mrs. Schwab with any questions at dschwab@bfccps.org.
All School Community Service Project: The Santa Foundation
If you missed the recent Ben's Buzz about our all school community service project to benefit the Santa Foundation we hope you'll
click here to read all about it
.
Please note that the Santa Foundation can only accept donations of new, un-used toys for this particular donation drive.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Food Drive - Grade Six Service Project
Grade Six is holding a food drive to support the Rhode Island Food Bank and the Why Me and Sherry's House of Worcester. Collection bin will be in the BFCCPS Kitchen. This drive will run until December 13th.
31 Gifts Fundraiser for Quebec
Shop the Thirty-One brand fundraiser to support the 7th Grade trip to Quebec from November 15 through November 30th. Shop high quality totes, purses, backpacks, thermals, home decor and home organizing products. Just in time to start your holiday shopping. Personalization is available on most items. Orders can be placed on-line using the following link:
https://www.mythirtyone.com/us/en/megandeking/info/party/parties and choose the BFCCPS Party. 20% of our sales will go directly to our 7th Grade Quebec trip.
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Parent Community Organization:
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The PCO is pleased to announce that student banking through Dean Bank will resume on Thursday mornings beginning on January 9, 2020 for students in Kindergarten through Grade Four. Please watch for a Dean Bank form to come home in your student's folder this week. Completed forms need to be returned to the school by December 12th. For any student wishing to participate in student banking, they will need to have a School Savings account at Dean Bank. Please note "New Enrollee" on the returned form and an enrollment packet will be sent home with your student. Please return the enrollment form by December 19th to be able to start banking in January. Please click here to learn more about Banking at BFCCPS.
Specific questions regarding savings account at Dean Bank can be directed to Denise Pearson at Dean, 508-528-0088. Questions regarding the student banking process at BFCCPS can be directed to Aubrey Greene, our parent volunteer at abgreene83@gmail.com.
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We are incredibly proud of the variety and quality of the projects our
students produce. Through capstone, our students illustrate that young men and women can make an impact on their school, community and world. Ongoing Capstone Announcements will be posted in Ben's Buzz, we hope you will review the student projects and select some to support as a family.
My name is
Siddharth A
and for my Capstone project, I'm trying to support the Allergy Community. I'm giving you access to read
everything on this site to spread awareness about Allergies
! Feel free to read different articles, watch videos, and explore throughout the website. Spread the word about what you find!
11/19
Aiden S will be holding a Capture the Flag tournament for students in Grades 5-8 at BFCCPS on November 19th from 3:30 to 4:30. The event will either happen on the open field, in the event of poor weather, the tournament will switch to pindown in Room 208. Signup forms are hung up in the Grade 5-8 hallways.
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Now that winter weather has arrived, please be sure that your student(s) are dressed appropriately for the weather each day. We will continue to have outdoor physical education and recess whenever possible; students are also outside for car line pickup at the end of the day.
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With the holidays approaching, we have been notified of several families of upcoming planned absences. As a reminder, as a public charter school we have accountability with the
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
regarding our attendance, enrollment, lottery and wait list procedures. As such, we are required to closely monitor student attendance as well as significant absences from school. This information is communicated to parents in the
BFCCPS Handbook
as follows:
Absences that exceed 5 school days, and are NOT due to illness, will need approval from school administration prior to the absence. Please fill out the Extended Absence Request Form (you can obtain one by emailing
Mrs. Tappin
). Completed forms should be returned to the student’s homeroom teacher. A separate form must be filled out for each student in the family. Our extended absence
policy
limits the number of consecutive days missed to 10 days. Absences beyond this consecutive 10 days will result in automatic un-enrollment.
In an effort to reduce the spread of illnesses and provide time for students to return to a healthy learning environment, please follow the guidelines for keeping a sick child home from school.
1. The child should be fever-free for 24 hours without the aid of a fever reducing medication, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Any temperature 100.0 degrees F or greater is considered a fever.
2. The child should be free of vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school. A child who has been ill during the night may feel slightly better in the morning and even ask to go to school. However, the child will likely experience symptoms of illness later, will be tired from loss of sleep, and will still be contagious to other children.
3. The child diagnosed with strep throat/scarlet fever should remain home for the first 24 hours of antibiotic treatment. A child remains contagious until he/she has been on antibiotics for 24 hours.
4. The child diagnosed with bacterial conjunctivitis should remain home for the first 24 hours of treatment and until there is no more drainage from the eyes.
5. Consider keeping a child with thick or constant nasal discharge at home. Very few younger children can effectively blow their noses and wash their hands afterwards. A child with the above symptoms may quickly spread the illness to other children.
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“The Tech Tigers” are participating in the First LEGO League (FLL) competition this year. These students will present about FLL, demo their robot, project at the Franklin Public Library this Saturday: Nov 16 @ 11am. If your students in grades 5-8 are interested in Robotics, STEM and who would want to learn about the LEGO League, would like to come to the event.
https://www.franklinma.gov/…/u44…/first_lego_league_expo.png
The sophomore class of the Legal and Protective Services (LPS) career program at Tri-County Regional Vocational High School welcomes parents of middle school students in our surrounding communities for an informative evening about the vaping epidemic. This event will take place on Tuesday, November 19, 6:00 - 7:30 pm at Tri-County and is open to the public. The host LPS students have invited local experts to speak on a panel and take questions from the audience. State Representative, Shawn Dooley, will be one of the panelists who will discuss legislative initiatives surrounding vaping products. Additionally, the panel will feature expert perspectives on physical health, mental health, public health, and law enforcement.
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The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School
500 Financial Park, Franklin
http://bfccps.org
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