T'is The Season....

FPAC would like to wish you all a safe and happy Holiday Season!

LIBRARY NEWS

Thank you to everyone who signed out library books this week during our book blast! 

We had a great response to the flyer sent home and hope to get new books on our library shelves soon – thank you!

Teacher Appreciation Committee

FPAC Teacher Appreciation Committee delivered gifts to all the teachers and staff and put on a fantastic luncheon last Thursday.

We love to show our teachers and staff how valuable they are!

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NEXT FPAC MEETING:  

TUESDAY 4th December at 1.30 in the MPR.

Everyone welcome!  

THANK YOU!

Hello BFCS Gilbert Families!

We wanted to extend a HUGE thank you to everyone who helped with the Fall Festival - it was a fantastic day and it would not have happened without all the help that we had - so THANK YOU!

Fall Festival Ticket Sales

Fall Festival Ticket Sales

Wristband, Concession, Raffle Ticket Presales:

• Monday, October 29 through Friday, November 2
• Morning:  7:45am– 8:15am
• Afternoon:  2:45-pm-3:15pm
• At Fall Festival, Saturday, November 3, 1-4pm

Prices:

• Wristband $7 presales, $10 day of the event
• Concession Tickets:  $0.50/ticket
• Raffle:  $10 for sheet of 25 tickets
• Cash or check only.

 Fall Festival Flyer

Fall Festival Help Needed

Rock Wall	Giant Slide    Cake Walk     Game Booths    Silent Auction	Cotton Candy
F A L L F E S T I V A L	Annual BFCS-Gilbert Fall Festival is coming Saturday, November 3rd Parents, Families and friends We need your help! Please Volunteer  for a 30 minute time slot Games....sign-up online at:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A4BAAAF22AA8-bfcs  password fpacgames when prompted Events, Concessions, Parking, set-up/clean-up, or raffle email: fpacgilbert@gmail.com We need you to help make this the success we know it can be. It’s a lot of fun for everyone! Please volunteer today. Thank you.	N O V E M B E R 3 R d
Sno Cones	Raffle    Face Painting    Book Fair     Bounce Houses	Pizza

Ice Cream Social 2012

Welcome to a new school year at Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Gilbert Campus.  And welcome to FPAC (Franklin Parent Advisory Council)! 

You are invited to FPAC's Annual
ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Monday, August 20, 2012

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Multi-Purpose Room 
See you there!





 The Uniform Exchange will also be available.  
Please bring your gently used uniforms to trade.

If you are interested in helping scoop ice cream that evening, 

please contact Natalie at nathunt @ cox.net

Registration 2012-2013

Can't believe summer is almost over and its time to Register for school.  FPAC-Gilbert partners with the administration for Benjamin Franklin Charter School-Gilbert to make your Registration experience efficient and productive.

Registration is Monday July 23 (last name A-M)  and Tuesday July 24 (last name N-Z) starting in Room #10 at:  

• 2:00-3:00pm for parents' of new students
• 3:00-5:00pm for parents' of returning students

In Room #10 you will check-in and fill out your emergency information cards.  Then you will proceed to Room #17 for a welcome from our school principal, Mr. Nicoll.   Finally  you will have the opportunity to go through various stations in the Multi-purpose room.  The stations are:

1.  Registrar

2.  Health:  bring vaccination records

3.  School Lunches:  ask questions & pre-pay for school lunches.

4.  Uniforms:  New uniforms will be available for purchase. 

• Cost is $12/shirt.  
• Shirts with the school logo are available in red, white, blue, and grey.
• Sizes available are small, medium, large, and extra large in both child and adult sizes.
• Shirts are required in order to wear uniform shorts to school.  Uniform shorts in either navy or khaki may be purchased at any local retailer.  Please see the dress code section in the handbook for full dress code requirements.
• FPAC-Gilbert will be placing a shirt order immediately following registration if we do not have your size/color available.
• We will also be having a uniform exchange setup under the shades on the basketball court.  Drop-off gently used uniforms shirts and see if you can find some that meet your needs.
  

5.  Sign-up for FPAC-Gilbert emails.  FPAC-Gilbert maintains a separate e-mail list from the school.  You must sign up separately to receive e-mails from the parent organization.  This includes the monthly newsletter, fliers about Family Fun nights, library updates, art and music masterpiece information, uniform sales and everything else that FPAC-Gilbert runs throughout the year.  

6.  Volunteer for Fall Festival:  We ask every parent to donate 30 minutes of their time to help at FPAC-Gilbert's only Fund Raiser.  This year Fall Festival is Saturday,  November 3, 2012.   Please sign-up to help at 

• Book Fair, 
• Ticket Sales; 
• Concessions; 
• Games; 
• Set-up/Cleanup; 
• Parking; 
• Silent Auction; and 
• Events/Cupcake Walk
  

6. Volunteer for a one-time only, short term event.  Here's opportunities to get even more involved in your child's school. 

• Health Screenings, August 28/29 2012
• Ice Cream Social, August 2012
• Poetry Recitation Contest, November/December 2012
• 100th Day of School, January 2013
• Box Tops for Education: Spring 2013
• Field Day, March 8, 2013
• Family Fun Night, April 2013 

7.   Volunteer for Regular, ongoing activities

• Teacher Appreciation:  regular events throughout the year
  
• Library:  Review Books; Weekly re-shelve books; or Monthly Library Maintenance
• Art/Music Masterpiece:  Monthly (sign-up will be at Meet the Teacher in your child's classroom)

8.  Pay for Dues/Uniforms:  We will collect money for dues & uniforms at a single station. 

• Dues are $20/family.  By collecting this moderate family fee, FPAC-Gilbert is able to provide the best quality programs with only a single, annual fundraiser (the Fall Festival).
  
• Please pay for dues and uniforms using cash or check.  Note that a separate check is required to pre-pay for school lunches.

Looking forward to seeing you at registration.
Best Regards
Angela Elting
FPAC-Gilbert President, 2012-13
FPAC.Gilbert.President @gmail.com

Family Fun Night Service Project - THANK YOU!

-Angie Moyer
FPAC President

Family Fun Night - Service Project, AND MORE

Don't forget about our FAMILY FUN NIGHT service project coming up this Friday, April 20th, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.  Please make a note of what items your child(ren)'s grade(s) has been assigned to bring for the donations to Crisis Nursery and Packages From Home.  A list was sent home, but you can also view it, along with more details, HERE.  This event will be a great way to support our troops, help our children learn compassion, build school unity, and enjoy some fun bonding time!

ALSO that evening you will have the opportunity to have an ID made for your child for the "Amber Alert System," if you wish to participate.

And lastly, there will be a "Uniform Exchange."  This means you can bring any school uniforms (logo polo shirts and/or appropriate shorts) which you no longer use or your child has outgrown, to donate to other students who might need them, and/or take homes items that others donate that your child can use.  You are not required to donate items if you take any; it's just first-come-first-served. 

We hope to see you all Friday night!

April Newsletter

The April 2012 FPAC Newsletter is now available HERE. 

Past newsletters are always available under the "Newsletters" tab above.