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 6 – 8, 2024

Costs

6th Grade Outdoor Education typically costs around $200 – $350.  BFA has allocated funds for the 2025 Fall 6th Grade trip to reduce the cost for our students.  Parents will be invoiced through MySchoolBucks.

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

A Sign Up Genius will be sent out to all parents. After you read the qualifications and expectations, sign up if you can attend. This will be first come, first serve.

Questions?

Please email Mrs. Harms.

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 8 – 10, 2025

Costs

7th Grade Outdoor Education typically costs around $150.  BFA has allocated funds for the 2025 Fall 7th Grade trip to reduce to estimated cost. This cost is based on the number of students who attend. Parents will be invoiced through MySchoolBucks.

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

Student YMCA Permission Slip – required

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 (must have signed by Medical Provider

Self Carry Medication (Multi-dose per day and Emergency Medications and must be signed by Medical Provider) – optional

Self Carry Medication  (One dose per day) – optional

 

 

 

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.

 

Join us on September 3 for an informational zoom!
The 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.  

Please join Mrs. Simpson for an informative zoom about the 8th Grade Washington DC Trip.

September 3, 2025
5:30 p.m.

Join us by Zoom.

Meeting ID: 814 7895 9145
Passcode: 110302

If you have already signed up, you do not need to attend.

Sign Up Today!
The 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.  
 

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