6th Grade Outdoor Education provides a unique educational opportunity for our students. Our students, chaperones and staff spend 3 days at 100 Elks Outdoor Ed Center. They will experience the outdoors while hiking, team building activities and have memorable evenings gathered around the campfire and hiking under the stars.
Save the Date: October 7 – 9, 2024
Costs
6th Grade Outdoor Education typically costs around $200 – $350. BFA has allocated funds for the 2024 Fall 6th Grade trip to reduce the cost for our students. Price will be updated soon.
If you need financial assistance or a payment plan, please contact our Director of Front Office Services.
Paperwork
Here are the Required Forms you need to download, fill out and upload.
Permission Slips
100 Elk Outdoor Center (NO permission form)
DCSD Overnight Permission Slip – required
Health & Medical Forms
DCSD Health Conditions Form – required
Photo of Health Insurance Card – required (front and back)
Medication Authorization Form – optional (required for ALL prescription or over the counter medication and must have signed by Medical Provider). If unsure, visit our FAQ about Medication.
Other Details
How to Upload Permission Slips, etc
Please Upload your permission slips, insurance card and medical forms.
How do I Pay?
BFA will invoice you through MySchoolBucks
FAQ
Learn More about Medications
BFA sends a Health Assistant, who helps with minor injuries and medication administration.
Chaperones
If you are interested in being a Chaperone, please email Mr. Babb or check the box when uploading forms. There is a small cost to be a chaperone and each chaperone must provide a permission slip.
7th Grade Outdoor Education provides a unique educational opportunity for our students. From zipling to water ecology to climbing to tubing, our students experience the wonderful Colorado outdoors at the YMCA of the Rockies – Snow Mountain Ranch.
Save the Date: September 16 – 18, 2024
Costs
7th Grade Outdoor Education typically costs around $100 to $150. BFA has allocated funds for the 2024 Fall 7th Grade trip to reduce to estimated cost to be under $100. This cost is based on the number of students who attend.
If you need financial assistance or a payment plan, please contact our Director of Front Office Services.
Other Details
How to Upload Permission Slips, etc
Please Upload your permission slips, insurance card and medical forms.
How do I Pay?
BFA will invoice you through MySchoolBucks
FAQ
Learn More about Medications
Packing List
Chaperones
If you are interested in being a Chaperone, please email Ms. Svensen or check the box when uploading forms. There is a small cost to be a chaperone and each chaperone must provide a permission slip.
The 8th Grade Washington DC trip offers a unique and wonderful opportunity for our 8th grade students. They visit national landmarks, museums and multiple memorials during the trip.
We are holding an informational meeting on 6pm on November 12th over zoom. Here is the zoom information:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82276488784?pwd=pit0edD2j4Ars4KUwtr7ngc7WbiS61.1
Meeting ID: 822 7648 8784
Passcode: 487973
Check out our personalized website for details: Ben Franklin Academy’s 2026 Washington, D.C. Trip!
I’m starting the 2026 trip early to take advantage of a $125 early registration discount and additional incentives. Here’s some specifics:
- Register here using our Trip ID: 220686 or by phone at 800-468-5899.
- You only pay a $49 deposit and registering early gives you more time to spread out payments before your trip.
- There’s also FLAG financial assistance that may be available along with flexible payment options if you make $85,000 or less. You can call Customer Service at 800-468-5899 for more information. It’s worth a call!
- Check out our Fundraising page and The Gift of Education – it’s like a Go Fund Me for your child’s trip but 100% goes to the trip!
- Be sure to include the Full Refund Program. You’ll want that if you need to cancel for any reason.
- If you attend our information meeting, sign in on the sheet, and register within 7 days, you’ll get an additional $100 off your trip price! The discount is done manually after the meeting so you won’t see that when you register. So if you register in the next 7 days, you’ll save a total of $225
