Ben Franklin’s Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) is an integral part of Ben Franklin Academy. Since it began serving BFA, the PTO has raised funds to provide all sorts of items needed by the school, including playground equipment, library books, a climbing wall, an outdoor classroom, and the MakerSpace as well as tools and resources needed by the teachers, staff and administration.
The objectives of the PTO are to serve as a volunteer resource for the school, build strong school spirit, provide our school with great social events and seek resources (materials, funds, and services) that help foster our school community. We are planning some fun events and fundraisers to benefit our school and bring together the entire BFA Community. For the 2023-2024 school year, these events include:
- Ben Franklin’s birthday celebration
- Ben’s Brigade
- Elementary holiday parties (Halloween, Winter holiday, and Valentine’s)
- Field day
- Franklin Fest
- Fundraiser Events (BENefit Bash, Fun Run, direct giving campaign/online auction)
- Rent the rock – BFARocks!
- Restaurant and spirit nights
- Raise Right for staff holiday and end of year gifting
- Spirit wear sales through our online store
- Sweetheart Ball
- Spring Social
- Teacher and staff appreciation
- Uniform consignment sale
- Virtues awareness
- Volunteer recognition
PTO Volunteer Opportunities
The PTO consists of a board of seven voting officers as well as approximately thirty named committee managers and chairs. However, to successfully run all our programs, we cannot do it without your help. We welcome your input, time, and/or talents to help make Ben Franklin Academy incredible and the best place for our children to grow and learn. Nominations are currently open for next year’s PTO team; see the PTO Elections page for details.
Click here to view our current contact list: 2023-2024 Contacts List.
Meetings
PTO Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Our next PTO meeting is on Wednesday, December 13th at 6:30 p.m.
Attendance at meetings counts toward volunteer hours. Parents and Teachers are welcome to attend! All open comments must be submitted to the PTO Secretary prior to the meeting.
Please click HERE to view our current vote list.
FUNdraising at BFA
BFA participates in a variety of programs that have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars crucial to the growth and support of programs that enrich the lives of students and parents alike. To get an overall idea of the various fundraising efforts at BFA, please view our summary of our PTO Fundraising Programs.
Beginning in December 2017, BFA began using SCRIP for holiday and end of year staff gifting. In December 2018, our SCRIP program went online and has been successful in collecting for staff gifts. The SCRIP program allows families to make one payment for all staff gifts. Staff are then notified of their total gift from the BFA community and can select and order gift cards of their choice up to the amount of the total gift. Because the gift cards are purchased in bulk, BFA receives money back in the form of a rebate. AmazonSmile is an easy way to support BFA while shopping online using your Amazon account. Every item available for purchase on www.amazon.com is also available on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com) at the same price. The difference is the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of eligible purchases to BFA. You can find out more information about the AmazonSmile program including how to link your Amazon account to BFA at http://smile.amazon.com/about. BFA participates in the Tyson Project A+™ program, a fund-raising program sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. Through this program, we can raise up to 12,000 dollars for our school every year! The money can go towards supplies, building improvements, school programs, or anything else we choose. It’s an easy way to raise much needed funds by sending Tyson Project A+ labels from products you probably already buy. Here’s how it works: Just clip and collect Tyson Project A+ labels from participating Tyson® product packages and send them to school with your Box Tops. We’ll collect the labels and send them to Tyson Foods and Tyson Foods will send our school a check. Each label is worth 24¢! It’s such an easy way to raise funds for our school!Shop With Scrip
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Don’t Forget the Tyson Labels
Safeway and King Soopers Cards
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