Snow Cones and Cotton Candy

Two of the most popular concessions at the Fall Festival are the snow cones and cotton candy....PLEASE - we desperately need help to man these stations on Saturday.  

To make this concession booth run smoothly and keep the lines short, we need much more help...please, please , please sign up HERE today - THANK YOU!

- FPAC-

CONGRATULATIONS To......

Congratulation to these student who won this Fall Festival poster Competition!

Kindergarten – Cody Williams

1^st – Luke Stephens

2^nd –Brooklyn Montgomery

3^rd – Solomon Stephens

4^th – Amorette Jaramillo

5^th – Brooklyn Smith

6^th – Jake Whorley

And thank you too all our wonderful artists who participated - the school halls are wonderfully decorated with all the posters and they ALL look fantastic!

Pre-Sales Wed - Fri

Fall Festival Tickets go on Sale WED - FRI

8am - 8.40am & 3pm - 3.45pm

Wristbands $7  

Includes all games, face painting, cupcake walk, bouncers and rock wall

Food Tickets 50c each

Beverages, popcorn, chips - 1 ticket

Pizza, Cotton Candy, Snow cones - 2 tickets

Raffle tickets $10 a sheet

WE STILL NEED LOTS OF HELP!  Please sign up to help today - we need help with Book Fair , Concessions, Set up/Clean up, Ticket Sales - THANK YOU!

Cash and Check only please, 

checks payable to BFCS - GPO

Help Needed!

BFCS Families,

With the Fall Festival just a week away, FPAC are really struggling for volunteers to run....well, just about everything!

Please please please contact us if you are able to volunteer just 30 minutes of your time.  You can email us at FPACGilbert@gmail.com or you can sign up to one of these online sign ups:-

Book Fair - http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA9A823ABF94-fall

Concessions - We have NOONE to work concessions yet, selling drinks and snacks - please email laurakrizan10@yahoo.com if you can help, or sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4DAEAB22A13-fall

Set up/Clean up - http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA9A823ABF94-fall1

Ticket Sales - http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BA9A823ABF94-ticket

Games - each class is in charge of a game or event, to date there are only 2 classes who have filled all the slots for volunteers.  Please contact edennison78@yahoo.com if you can help!

Can you bring in a dozen cupcakes for the cakewalk?  Email alicedewitt@gmail.com and let her know.


The Fall Festival requires a great deal of organizing and cannot run without everyones help.

To those of you who have already signed up - THANK YOU!!  THANK YOU!!

PLEASE - lets make this a great fun filled day.  
Thanks, FPAC

Annual Poetry Contest

Benjamin Franklin Charter School 

Poetry Recitation Contest 

Proudly sponsored by FPAC!

Grades 1-6 

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 

3:30 pm Multi-Purpose Room

• Poems selected may be from any source and should be grade-appropriate and of high quality. 

• All poems are subject to approval by Mrs. Dana.

• Poem recitation should not exceed three (3) minutes in length.

• A panel of judges selected from BFCS parents will see and hear each child recite their poem on

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in the Multi-Purpose Room beginning at 3:30 pm.

• Each winner will have the opportunity to recite their poem at flag ceremony and during our Christmas Program to be held on December 9, 2013.

For full details and application form click HERE

If you would like to help judge the contest please contact Alice HERE

Thank you!

~Shakespear~

- FPAC - 

Raffle tickets - $10 for a sheet of 25 tickets

How Does the Raffle work? 

1 - Buy your sheet of raffle tickets – there are 25 tear off tickets to a sheet. 

2 - At the Fall Festival you view all the available prizes displayed in the MPR.

3 - Decide on the ones you would like to try and win and then ‘bid’ on them by putting a raffle ticket in the container next to that prize. 

 ***  You can put as many tickets in as you like to try and improve your chances of winning.  MAKE SURE YOUKEEP HOLD OF THE DOOR COUPON/’HOLD THIS STUB’ PART– you need this to claim your prize. ***

4 – At 3:30 the drawing for the prizes begins.

5 - If your ticket is drawn, you win that prize.

Good Luck!

Please note:- When you buy raffle tickets, you are responsible for

them – we cannot replace any lost tickets.  Thanks.

If you would like to make a tax deductible donation, please contact rjwhorley@mac.com

THANK YOU!

Tickets go on sale next week!

    

Fall Festival Tickets will be on sale next week!

Wednesday 30th October - Friday 1st November

Before and after school in the parking lot.

Wristbands $7    -   will be $10 on the day
Concession tickets 50c each
Raffle tickets $10 for a sheet of 25 tickets

Cash or check taken, no debit or credit cards  ;-)

Still in need of some help for the Fall festival - email FPACGilbert@gmail.com to sign up.

Thanks!

-FPAC-

Fall Festival is coming......

BFCS Families,

We are still in need of quite a few volunteers to help with this years Fall Festival.

It really is a fun day and everyone has a great time, getting involved is a great way to meet people and confirm what we already know - we have a great school community!

  

We are looking for help with:-

Game Booths 

just 30 minutes of your time

Set up and Clean up

EZ Ups and Tables - easy!

Concessions 

selling snacks, drinks, cotton candy, sno-cones

Book Fair 

Take payment for books

Ticket Sales 

Pre Sales and on the day

Can you donate to the Silent Auction/Raffle?
Tax Deductible!  
Got a business, service or product you would like to promote?  
Think about donating!

Each class is collecting themed items for the silent auction also, please help your teacher fill those collection boxes!

We are aware that we are asking for a lot of help and donations all at the same time, but please remember that this is our one big FUNdraiser for the whole school year.  We rely on this Fall Festival to fund Family Fun Nights, Art and Music Masterpiece and Field Day and many other events and activities that FPAC are trusted to run through the year....and we cant do it without the help of our fantastic families!

Please email 
fpacgilbert@gmail.com 
if you can help.

THANK YOU!

-FPAC-

Game Booth Help Needed.....

Hi Parents!

Fall Festival is coming quickly (Nov 2nd!) This is the ONLY fundraiser our school does. This year we are having every class be in charge of a game booth or event and we need YOUR help.
The festival is from 1-4pm and we need volunteers for every half hour. That is only 6 volunteers PER CLASS - We only need you for 1/2 an hour! 

If you haven't volunteered for anything for the fall festival, PLEASE contact your teacher and let them know you are happy to help! Or, contact Liz Dennison edennison78@yahoo.com

We need as much help as possible in order to make this a success - please, contact us.   We don't want booths to be closed!

Thank you!

Liz Dennison
FPAC

NEWSLETTER - View it here!

The monthly newsletter is available - view it HERE

Whats included:-  

• Letter from Mrs Dana
• Student of the month 
• Dates to Remember
• Fall Festival info
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Poster Contest information
• Teacher Appreciation Thank You
• Box Tops

- FPAC - 

Aims Letter

Job Opportunity

Fall Festival Q & A

Here is a brief Q&A about Fall Festival:-

Q: WHEN is the Fall Festival?

A:  Saturday November 2, from 1pm - 4pm

Q: WHAT is the Fall Festival?

A:  Its a super fun day - there are lots of fun events happening.  It is the one big fundraiser that FPAC do to raise funds for this school year.

Q:  What is AT the Fall Festival?

A:   Its so much FUN!  There are game booths, bounce houses, a HUGE inflatable slide, cakewalk, ROCK WALL along with a book fair and the big silent auction and raffle.  

Also, our very own Mrs Smith will be selling and signing her book...yes, our 6th grade teacher is a published author!

Q:  How much does it cost?

A:  Wristbands are $7 pre sale, $10 on the day
      Concession tickets are 50c each
      A sheet of raffle tickets is $10

Q:  What is included in the wristband price?

A:   Wristbands are good for:-

• All game booths

• All inflatable bounce houses and the giant slide

• The Rock Wall

Q:  What are the raffle tickets for?

A:  There will be a tricky tray style raffle.  You put a raffle ticket in the cup next to the item you would like to win, then wait to see if your ticket is drawn.  

There are 25 rip off tickets to each raffle ticket sheet.

Q:  What is the Silent Auction?

A:  You can bid on items using a paper bid sheet, if you are the highest bidder - you pay for your item and take it home.

Q:  Do I need to bring money to the Fall Festival?

A:  You will need money for:-

• Book fair (accepts cash, credit card and checks)
• Any raffle tickets, wristbands or concession tickets bought on the day (cash or check)
• Mrs Smiths booth (cash or check)

Q:  How can I help?

A:  FPAC are busy rallying volunteers to help with:-

• set up/clean up
• run game booths 
• supervise bouncy houses
• run the cake walk
• sell tickets
• help with book fair
• collect donations for the raffle and silent auction

Of course a huge event like this can't work unless everyone pitches in.  Half an hour of your time is all we ask.....its a great way to meet other BFCS families and students.  Every year people say how much fun they had working a game booth or manning a bounce house - please do sign up to help when asked, lots of opportunity to get involved!

Please watch out for information coming home in your childs folder - class basket donations start this week and please, if you know anyone who would be willing to donate a product or service please email us at FPACGilbert@gmail.com for a tax ID letter.

THANK YOU!

Weekly newsletter

Don't forget.....

Please remember to collect those Boxtops!  

We will hold our annual Boxtop collection in the New Year!

- FPAC - 

Time Correction....

Calling all Artists.....

News from FPAC....

Mr Farnsworth came along to the FPAC meeting on Tuesday - a pleasant surprise indeed.  (Mr Farnsworth runs the business side of all the BFCS campuses for those who aren't familiar with him.)

He was very detailed in answering questions and explaining the delays regarding the playground - we even saw a sneak peak of the layout design - exciting!  

THIS sort of Pork Chop!

Not this type of Pork Chop!

We discussed the parking lot, had an explanation of the arrival of the 'pork chop' and those arrows that all face the same way.   

He shared plans for:-

 - the stage, which will see the arrival of a dividing wall so Mr Blau can teach music in his own space.  

-  the expansion of the kitchen area so the students can collect their lunches in a more organised fashion.  

-  an overflow parking area out the back.

Mr Farnsworth was very open and honest in sharing some of the frustrations regarding contractors, financing and permits, zones, codes and other business factors that that he takes care of.  

If you like to know more details of what was said, please email us at fpacgilbert@gmail.com or find one of us at school and we'd be more than happy to tell you what we know!

 Thank you to Mr Farnsworth for dropping in! 

 We greatly appreciate you taking the time to come and talk to us.

                               - FPAC - 

News from Mrs Dana

THANK YOU'S!

The Thank you notes received from the teachers and staff..... :-)