Clothing Drive - Its a Thursday!

Please note that the clothing drive is on THURSDAY 23rd October, thank you to our observant parent who noticed the discrepancy!

 

FPAC’s first ever Clothing Drive!

Thursday Oct 23^rd

8:00 am – 4.00pm.

In the parking lot

Used Clothing	Purses
Curtains	Sports Bags
Duffle Bags	Luggage
Comforters	Towels
Shoes	Belts
Backpacks	Pillows
Hats	Socks
Bedding	Sleeping Bags
Draperies	Stuffed Animals

Teaches our students awareness for their environment by recycling!

Raises money towards Save4Shade!

No buying or selling products, everybody can participate - items can be worn out and still raise $$$$!

Band & Orchestra News

Just a reminder that there will be no band and orchestra next week due to parent teacher conferences.

 Here are the concert dates for this year that you can mark on your calendar:

Band & Orchestra Concert at Gilbert Campus

December 4, 2014

7:00 pm

Band & Orchestra Concert at Gilbert Campus

February 25, 2015

7:00 pm

Tri-Campus Advanced Band Festival at Power Campus

March 25, 2015

More details will be available as we get closer to the date

Tri-Campus Advanced Orchestra Festival at Power Campus

March 26, 2015

STUCO NEWS……

SPIRIT SHIRT ORDERS……

The students should all have taken home a Spirit T-shirt order form, please check their backpacks and folders if you have not seen it.

Deadline for orders is NEXT FRIDAY!

All orders due 3 October.

There will be NO MORE ORDERS PLACED AFTER 3 OCTOBER so please be sure to order your spirit shirts and/or sweatshirt orders in ASAP!

Thank you,

-       STUCO -

ClothingDrive coming soon!

      

FPAC’s first ever Clothing Drive!

Wednesday – October 23rd

                                   8:00 am – 4.00pm. 

Start cleaning out those closets! 

ClothingCycle will be coming to our school to collect your used clothing, shoes (please bag separately), towels, comforters, linens, belts, backpacks, hats, socks, draperies, stuffed animals, pillows, and purses etc.  For every pound of items brought to BFCS this day, our school earns money. 

All day, FPAC will be in the parking lot collecting your donations.  At the end of the day, ClothingCycle will come and weigh all items brought.  Easy, simple, and we all have to clean out our closets sometime so lets make it now.  It’s a fun fall break activity ;-)   Please tell your family and friends of this drive, so they can also participate. 

All money raised goes towards Save4Shade!

THANK YOU  -  FPAC

Wow - we melted the Iceberg!

Yes, it’s true – we melted the Iceberg!

There was such a HUGE turnout at today’s fundraiser event at Iceberg that the restaurant has actually ran out of food!  As of 7.20pm only shakes are being served.

Thank you to all those who turned up to support the school – great job everyone!  

Thank you to Iceberg for hosting us.  We will find out how much money we raised in a few days and we will let you all know!

School Weekly News

Don’t forget....

BFCS fundraiser at 

Iceberg 

(Ray Rd/Williamsfield)

ALL DAY 

Tuesday 23 Sep…

just mention our school and we will earn a % of the takings….all to go towards SAVE FOR SHADE campaign!  Enjoy!

Enjoy dinner and a

Smoothie out at

Iceberg Drive Inn!

“The world’s best shakes!”

Iceberg,  2333 S Val Vista Dr, Gilbert, AZ 85295 - just a mile south from school.

Tuesday, September 23^rd

ALL DAY!

Who fancies a smoothie after school?  Who fancies dinner out?  Head over to Iceberg and mention BFCS!

Just mention “BFCS fundraiser” and Iceberg will donate 10% of net sales from all families who mention our school!

Teacher Appreciation News.....

WOW! 

During PTC week, FPAC arrange a full lunch each day for all the teachers and staff.  This is a busy week for our teachers; they meet with all us parents and guardians, before and after school, as well as teaching our children all day - so we put on a lunch in the hope they can have a little break mid-day.

Yesterday night Sign up Genius invites were sent to the Teacher Appreciation volunteers and we just have to share how overwhelmed we are by the response!

Less than 24 hours later almost all the slots are filled – THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Our campus is truly a great example of school spirit, people coming together to help and show support for others.  Teacher Appreciation committee is set up so that we can show our support and appreciation to our teachers and staff, but none of this happens without your help so a huge heartfelt THANK you to everyone who signed up to bring in food for PTC week.  You are all amazing and appreciated. 

If you would like to sign up to bring in a dish for PTC week please sign up HERE

- Teacher Appreciation Committee - 

Happy Birthday Mrs Dana

At flag ceremony today we celebrated Mrs Dana on her Birthday!

Looking lovely Mrs Dana!!

Iceberg - its an all day event!

After several inquiries about the fundraiser evening at Iceberg we can now advertise that this is now an ALL DAY EVENT - September 23rd - ALL DAY!!

Just mention BFCS and every dollar taken that day will be counted up and 10% will be donated to our school.  

Thank you Iceberg for being so accommodating!

Go-Gurt Lunchbox Fun.....

Take a pic of your lunch to win!

Go-GURT wants to see how you make lunch awesome for your kids! Enter the Go-GURT Lunchbox Sweepstakes for a chance to win 5,000 Bonus Box Tops for your designated school. To enter, follow @BTFE on Instagram and snap and share a pic of your lunchbox creation with #GoGurtsweeps and @GoGURTUSA. Sweepstakes runs 9/8 – 9/12. 

Go-Gurt Lunchbox Instagram Sweepstakes

http://www.boxtops4education.com/bonus-box-tops/sweepstakes/2014/go-gurt-instagram-sweepstakes-official-rules

Enjoy dinner and a

Smoothie out at

Iceberg Drive Inn!

“The world’s best shakes!”

Iceberg,  2333 S Val Vista Dr, Gilbert, AZ 85295

When?

Tuesday, September 23^rd

from 5pm – 8pm

Just mention “BFCS fundraiser night” and Iceburg will donate 10% of net sales from all families who mention our school!

All monies go towards the SAVE for SHADE campaign.

Calling all BFCS families and friends……

Does anyone know of a local DJ who may be able to work our Fall Festival on Saturday November 1^st?

We are looking for someone who can play some catchy tunes and make some announcements – from 1pm-4pm on the day.

We are a registered charity so any donated time could be fully tax deductible and we could put more money towards the Save for Shade Campaign – just a thought!

Any contact info would be greatly appreciated – thank you!

Please email BFCSGilbert@gmail.com 

What does FPAC stand for....?

FPAC stands for Franklin Parent Advisory Council.  

Other schools have a PTO – we have FPAC.   

We organize, fund and run some excellent school events and programs including Field Day, Art & Music masterpiece lessons (runs for 8 weeks each during art time), publication of the yearbook, Teacher Appreciation, Book Club and much more!  We meet monthly to discuss upcoming events and how we can help at school, address any parent concerns and have updates on each committee.  Everyone is welcome and we encourage you to try and come along.   

Would you like to know a little about the board this year?  Let us introduce ourselves:-

Julie Akin – President.  Mom to Samantha  - 6^th grade, KJ - 4^th grade,  Brock - 2^nd grade

Jen Whorley – Vice President.  Mom to Ben - 5^th grade

Helen Verplanke – Treasurer.  Mum to Kirstin - 6^th grade

Alice DeWitt – Mom to Jack - 5^th grade

Natalie Hunt –Mom to Andy and Pete – 2^nd  grade

Sonnett Boulton – Mom to Addie – 5^th  grade, Sadie – 3^rd  grade, Jade- kinder 

Heather McLeskey – Mum to Sadie – 1^st grade

Laura Krizan – Mom to Calvin 6^th grade and Sadie 3^rd grade

Melody Nelson - Mom to Taft – 4^th grade, Brigham -2^nd  grade

Max Lechner - mom to Luke Nielsen -3^rd grade

Shelley Linford - mom to Carson -4^th grade,  Jace -2^nd  grade

During registration you signed up to help with various FPAC committees.  THANK YOU, THANK YOU , THANK YOU.

Thank you to everyone for coming out to the Ice Cream Social and a huge thank you to the “scoopers.”  We hope you know how much we appreciate your help.

FPAC have many things in the planning: the big event – the Fall Festival – is set for Saturday, Nov 1.  New art masterpiece lessons have been introduced this year, and our Save for Shade campaign is in full swing.  Along with all the other activities FPAC run we are keeping busy!

Please follow us on our website:  http://fpacgilbert.blogspot.com/ for all upcoming events and updates.  You can view newsletters, meeting minutes and much more!

We look forward to this school year and thank you advance for all your help and support.  BFCS is the best place to be!

-          FPAC   -