During the last two years, the USDA has provided schools waivers for meals at no cost to students. The waivers are set to expire after the 2021-22 school year ends. This means a return to paid meals beginning in August for any student that does not qualify for Free or Reduced Meal Benefits. See the Nutrition Services flier for more details. If you would like to apply for free or reduced lunches, please click here.

Next school year, the prices for lunch at BFA are as follows:

• Meal: $3.75
• Double: $2.50
• Milk: $1.00 

We hope you had an opportunity to read the email we sent yesterday with important dates and information for next school year. For your quick reference, here is a link to the email.

Also, we have a webpage especially for new families. Click here to see the page, or look under the 'parents' tab on the website.

Tomorrow, May 27, is the last day of school and a Dress of Choice day for all students. No lunch will be served and our school day will end at noon; that means carpool begins at noon, so please be in the carpool line by 12:15 p.m. at the latest. 

There is no BASE tomorrow.

Have a wonderful summer!

Please plan to pick up any medications you have in the health room between 9 - 11 a.m. tomorrow, May 27.

Any medication left at school after the school year ends will be disposed of per CDPHE rules and regulations governing schools.

Please email our Health Assistant, Teri DeBellis, with any questions.

Missing a coat or water bottle? Chances are it's in the Lost and Found! We're moving all items outside the southeast doors from 9 - 11 a.m. tomorrow, May 27, so please come look for your student's lost items.

In preparation for carpool, we'll start packing up any remaining items for donation at 11 a.m. 

Thanks to Ms. Svensen, we were able to encourage Walsworth to speed up production and our yearbooks were delivered and distributed yesterday! Any yearbooks not picked up before the end of the year will be available for pick up during summer office hours.

Thank you to the BFA community for another successful year of CEC events! We created some fantastic memories AND had some of the highest turnouts for our events EVER. We wanted to especially thank the volunteers who made these activities possible—we appreciate your help in keeping our BFA traditions alive and ensuring they thrive! To help us prepare for next year, please complete this short survey. Thank you in advance for providing your feedback.

Thank you everyone who has served on, volunteered for and supported the PTO this year! It has been another great year with many memorable events.

Each year, with the generous donations from our BFA community and our annual sponsors, the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) provides the school with tools, materials, and financial support for important programs, including:

• Lexia and HelpCounter software
• Accelerated Reader incentives
• Directory On Tap
• Elementary and middle school planners
• Teacher, staff, and volunteer appreciation
• Community events such as Franklin Fest, Trunk or Treat, the Sweetheart Ball and the Mother/Son event

Additional PTO purchases planned with funds from this year include:

• $60,000 from the Direct Giving Campaign given to the school for playground enhancements and a new entrance sign;
• $6,000 in various teacher giveback purchases related to the Direct Giving Campaign; and
• An all staff year-end luncheon.

Thanks to the generosity of the BFA community, this school year we received sponsorship donations totaling approximately $15,500 and Direct Giving Campaign income of $60,000. After the above expenses, the balance of the fundraising monies was spent on various PTO programs and school services throughout the year. Any remaining funds will roll over to next year's PTO budget.

Thank you again for your unwavering support!

We’re encouraging all our readers to participate in the Douglas County Libraries (DCL) Summer Reading program again this year!

Registration is open now, and the program begins in early June. The school with the most sign-ups gets bragging rights AND a check for $500 to help buy additional books. Click here to get started!

Thinking about volunteering for the PTO? There’s still time! The following positions are currently open for next year:

Teacher Appreciation Committee Chair

Virtues Awareness Committee Chair

Spring Social Committee Manager

Sweetheart Ball Committee Manager

If you’re interested in volunteering for one of these positions, or want to learn more, contact Shauna Kramer, PTO secretary.

Looking for something fun to do this summer? Get a $5 Skate City summer membership card and enjoy discounted skating during any regular public skating session throughout the summer!

For more details, check out the attached flier, and click here to purchase your cards. The BFA PTO will get $2 back for each card sold.  

Thank you to all the families who have volunteered this year. We sincerely appreciate all that you do for BFA! To show our thanks, the PTO is hosting a volunteer appreciation event--an evening at Pirates Cove--from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, June 11. All BFA families who have met and recorded their family's volunteer quota (30 hours per family or 15 per single-parent household) will be rewarded with FREE admission for their immediate family to Pirate's Cove. The PTO has rented out the park for the evening of our event, so it will be a private BFA-only event. We hope to see all of our dedicated volunteers there!

Please log your volunteer hours as soon as possible. The deadline for logging hours is May 31. We love to recognize our volunteers so please don’t let your hours go unaccounted. Volunteer hours recorded by May 31 will not only go towards your Pirates Cove admission, but if you earn 50, 75 or 100 volunteer hours, you will be awarded special BFA logo'd items (distributed at Pirate's Cove check-in) to show our appreciation for going above and beyond! 

Please note: No additional tickets will be sold at the door. This is an event ONLY for those families who have met and recorded their volunteer hours in Help Counter by midnight Tuesday, May 31. No exceptions will be made.

Incoming kindergarten parents – you’re welcome to sign up your student for the Kindergarten Boot Camp this summer! Students will be introduced to the Kindergarten academic atmosphere and to BFA's campus. Students will become familiar with kindergarten rules, expectations, activities, and have fun! Boot camps will be held from 9 – 11 a.m., June 6 - 9 and June 13 – 16.

Students who attend the camp will meet new friends so school in the fall won’t be quite as intimidating. Sign up here for one of the sessions (16 slots per session). The registration fee is $80. Please see the flier for additional details and email Ms. Monica McGinty at mmcginty@bfacademy.org with any questions.

If you enjoy science labs and experiments, come join us for one or both weeks of science camp this summer. Biology Camp will be June 13 - 15, with the focus on Biology. If you love learning more about life science, or a career as a doctor interests you, then you will love Biology Camp. We will learn interesting facts about vertebrates and invertebrates while dissecting more than six different animals including starfish, frogs, crayfish, worms, clams and a mini shark. 

Chemistry Camp will be July 11-13. If you love things that fizz, bubble, change color and form, or explode, then Chemistry Camp will be the perfect camp for you. We will focus on physical and chemical changes with dry ice, different types of slime, polymers, elephant toothpastes, fruit volcanoes, and so much more. Each day will have a new theme, and students will go home with experiments to show the family. For more information on either camp, see the links below.

•  Biology Camp 
•  Chemistry Camp

Attention all middle school (upcoming 6-8 grade) students interested in playing some soccer. We have two amazing opportunities for soccer enthusiasts this summer:

Kick Arounds will be Tuesday mornings all summer long from 9-10:15 a.m. We will strictly play a 75 minute game with breaks only if needed. Teams will be decided each week depending on attendance. Kick arounds are coed and an excellent way to have fun, get out of the house, and practice your soccer with friends. Please use the 2022 Kick Arounds link to sign up if you are interested. 

Soccer Camp will be July 25-28. Camp will focus on mastering key skills, and using individual ability in 1v1, 1v2, 2v2, 2v3 small group settings essential for the building blocks of the full field game. The camp will be held from 9 - 11:30 a.m. July 25-28 on the BFA turf. Several of our high school varsity soccer players will be helping with our camp, and hopefully even some of our previous BFA players. It's a fun way to get more exposure to the game and prepare for the following season. Please use the 2022 Soccer Camp link to sign up. 

Who: Incoming 2022 BFA fifth through eighth grade boys 

What: Summer boys basketball camp

Where: BFA - Thunder Gym

When: from 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, through Thursday, Aug. 4

Boys of all abilities are encouraged to attend and work on furthering the development of dribbling, shooting, offensive, and defensive skills through drills, game situations and fun activities! 

Please fill out the registration form attached here. Camp registration will cost $125 with no prorated options. The registration fee can be paid by cash, check (made out to Megan Mares) or Venmo (@Megan-Mares-2). Players are not officially registered until the form is complete and the fee has been paid.

Contact Coach Mares or Coach Macias with any questions. 

Who: Incoming 2022 BFA fifth through eighth grade girls

What: Summer girls basketball camp

Where: BFA's Thunder Gym

When: 9 - 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 19 - Friday, July 22 

Girls of all abilities are encouraged to come while we work on furthering the development of dribbling, shooting, offensive, and defensive skills through drills, game situations, and fun activities! Camp registration will cost $125 with no prorated options. In order to keep camp costs down, we will not be using MySchoolBucks so registration can be paid with cash, check (made out to Megan Mares or Kevin Knudsen), or Venmo (@Megan-Mares-2). Sign up today!

Contact Coach Mares or Coach Knudsen with any questions.