Category Archives: Recent News

The Douglas County School District (DCSD) opted into the Healthy School Meals for All program for the school year 2023-24. This means that all students will have access to reimbursable meals at their school at no cost. A la carte purchases and doubles will continue to be offered, but students will need to pay for them. These purchases […]

For your planning purposes, we want to be sure you know about important action items for parents to complete this July/August. For middle school families, electives registration is as follows:  July 19 – Electives Open for Eighth Grade July 20 – Electives Open for Seventh Grade July 21 – Electives Open for Sixth Grade July […]

Middle School parents and students should review the middle school Electives Catalog and mark the registration dates on the calendar. Registration for electives will be through MySchoolBucks beginning at 9 a.m. on the dates listed below, and is on a first come, first served basis. Note: New families should look at our payments webpage for instructions about how to set up […]

It’s time for the Douglas County Libraries (DCL) Summer Reading Program–DOG DAYS of Summer. Let’s help DCL achieve their community reading goal AND raise money for our school library to purchase new books! Registration is OPEN NOW for students, siblings, teachers and parents! Be sure to include our school name and your student(s) grade when you register so our school gets […]

If your student has medication in the health room, please plan to pick it up between 9 – 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 26. Only a parent/guardian or a designated adult can pick up medicine. Please see the letter from our health room for details. BASE MEDICATION: If applicable, you also will need to pick up any […]

This year’s science fair was a huge success! Thank you to all of the third and fifth grade students for your amazing projects—we can tell you put a lot of effort into them. The judges were truly impressed with the amount of work and understanding of science concepts displayed in each project. To earn a […]

Field day for our elementary students is Monday, May 22, and Tuesday, May 23. Path Movement has let us know that each participant needs to have a waiver completed. Please click HERE and complete a waiver for EACH student so they can participate. For your student’s field day, be sure to send them to school with […]

Attention eighth grade families, please save the date for the Annual Eighth Grade Dinner coming up from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, in the Middle School Commons. This will be a catered dinner for eighth graders only, brought to you by the PTO.Please RSVP if your student(s) will be attending. If you are interested in helping during […]

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 PTO Elections. The PTO is excited to announce their 2023-24 PTO Team and they look forward to serving the BFA community again next year. Thank you to the incredible 2022-23 PTO team for your dedication, enthusiasm and volunteerism. Thinking about volunteering for the PTO? There’s still […]

If your student has medication in the health room, please plan to pick it up between 9 – 11:30 a.m. on the last day of school. Only a parent/guardian or a designated adult can pick up medicine, unless the parents/guardian requests that their student take home the remaining medicine. This should be done in writing […]

Cave Dave will be returning to BFA May 15-17, and will bring CaveSim to kids in grades K-5. Invented by a caver and MIT engineer, CaveSim makes highly realistic artificial caves that teach STEM concepts. During the programs, students explore 60 feet of cave passages filled with artificial cave formations, and learn a huge amount about caves, conservation, bats, geology, biology, […]

This week is Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week and the PTO has been recognizing all of our amazing teachers and staff who lift us up and make BFA such a special place for our children.  To finish out the week, we’d love to have your student(s) fill out this questionnaire, bring in a flower, or even […]

The STEM Committee is so excited to announce their upcoming 2023 STEAM Expo will be held from 9:15 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Friday, May 12. This is a FANTASTIC BFA tradition for our students and a FUN volunteer opportunity for our parents! We will be hosting more than 25 STEAM related booths and exhibits from […]

The 2023 BFA Science Fair is quickly approaching and we need judges! You don’t need prior experience, and volunteers can be parents from any grade. Judging will take place on Monday, May 8, and Tuesday, May 9. In addition, we need one additional volunteer from 8:25 – 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10. Interested in […]

Looking for volunteer hours? We need your help to make the Mother-Son Nerf Battle Event a success! The event is from 3-8 p.m. this Saturday, April 29, at Path Movement. If you’re interested in volunteering, please see the sign-up. Please contact PTO Social Coordinator, Ewelina Chrzanowski, with any questions.

The CEC is excited to host all students and their fathers (or other special adult) for a morning of fun from 6:45 – 7:45 a.m. tomorrow, April 28. The morning will begin in the Lightning (small) gym with burritos, donuts and refreshments. Festivities will continue in the Thunder (big) gym with games and photo opportunities. […]

  Congratulations to Avani Saboo who participated in the regional History Bee and Geography Bee conducted by the International Academics Competition on Saturday, April 22. She competed with participants from various schools in and around the Denver Metro, as well as students from other states in the seventh grade category. She won FIRST place in […]

The PTO is an integral part of the BFA community, whose mission is to seek resources to strengthen, enhance, and encourage the educational and social experience at Ben Franklin Academy.   Each year, the BFA community is asked to vote for open executive officer and committee chair positions. Your vote is important. Voting will be open TODAY […]

It’s time to get registered for BFA’s Summer Camp and sign up for the weeks you want! The initial summer camp registration is open in MySchoolBucks (use your desktop or laptop–not the app). Please note, summer camp attendees need to register each summer before using the program. Registration costs $35, and includes a t-shirt and a day […]

The 2023 BFA Science Fair is quickly approaching! Our third and fifth graders are beginning to work on their projects and would love for you to come see their interesting hypotheses, fascinating experiments, and sometimes surprising conclusions–all presented on a singular trifold poster board. These wonderful demonstrations of scientific genius will be presented Monday, May 8, […]

BFA’s Destination Imagination (DI) team consisting of current seventh grade students Grayson Wilt, Luke E. Smith, and Ryan Fillmore (pictured above) took third place at last Saturday’s Colorado State Destination Imagination Finals! Keian Martinez also was a key part of the DI team, but couldn’t compete at the State Finals due to a schedule conflict. The team […]

We know some of you were unable to attend the PTO’s BENefit Bash and wanted to give you the opportunity to support the BFA PTO.  If you were unable to attend, click here and make a monetary donation directly to the BFA PTO! In addition, there are two NEW, fantastic auction items available from Rocke […]

Ben’s Brigade is a PTO group open to all BFA dads that provides a place for dads to get to know each other, as well as opportunities for unique ways to give back to the school and earn volunteer hours. Ben’s Brigade handles work projects around the school, provides volunteers for school functions, and hosts […]