Intent to Enroll in BFA’s Preschool Program

Thank you for your interest in the Ben Franklin Academy preschool program, where Core Knowledge learning for children ages 3 to 5 years is incorporated into a fun, loving and caring environment. Ben Franklin Academy Preschool is a place where your child can grow–physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally!

Enrollment Overview

If you are interested in enrollment for the current school year, please email our preschool director, Lori Hafner.
Please note: Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year is only available for children age 3 by Oct. 1,2024 for our Preschool 3’s class and age 4 by Oct. 1, 2024 for our Pre-K 4’s class.
Current preschool families have first priority enrollment status, and K-8 BFA families have second priority status. All other spots are first come, first served. Submitting this form will not guarantee enrollment. Parents who follow this process will be notified via email regarding class placement or if they have been put on the wait list by end-of-day on January 26.

Important Notes

Once you are offered a position in our preschool program you have 48-hours to secure your child’s spot. If we do not hear back from you, we will need to go to the next child on the wait list. This is why it’s especially important that you list current emails and phone numbers on your “Intent to Enroll” form.
After you have accepted your child’s spot, we’ll send you an online enrollment form that you need to complete to register your child.
A $150 registration/supply fee will be collected from all new preschool families when payment agreement forms are sent out in January. This fee is payable by check or cash (only). Checks should be made out to Ben Franklin Academy Preschool. This registration/supply fee is non-refundable, and will secure a seat for your child for the upcoming school term.
A $125 supply fee will be collected from all current preschool families and families. In addition, they should complete payment agreement forms (which are sent out in January).
Tuition will be due on the fifteenth of every month through MySchoolBucks, our online payment system.

Current BFA Families

Preschool enrollment for the 2024-25 school term will open to current BFA families at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6. Current BFA families, please complete the form below.

Current BFA Families Intent to Enroll form

General Public

Preschool enrollment for the general public will begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Click below to complete the Intent to Enroll form for the general public.

Genral Public Intent to Enroll form

Universal Pre-K (UPK)

BFA Preschool is excited to announce our renewed application for the Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) program, aiming to offer free or low-cost preschool opportunities for many of our families. Those interested in enrolling their children in BFA Preschool and applying for UPK funding are required to complete an ‘Intent to Enroll’ form available on our website.

Upon submission, if a seat is available in any of our classrooms, we will guide parents through the enrollment process both at BFA and for the UPK application. In the event that seats are not immediately available, your child will be placed on a waitlist. Should a seat become available, we will promptly notify you.

We are committed to providing accessible, high-quality education to our community, and we look forward to serving your family’s preschool needs.

Thank you for your interest in the Ben Franklin Academy preschool program, where Core Knowledge learning for children ages 3 to 5 years is incorporated into a fun, loving and caring environment. Ben Franklin Academy Preschool is a place where your child can grow–physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally!

If you are interested in enrollment for the current school year, please email our preschool director, Lori Hafner.
Preschool enrollment for the 2024-25 school term will open to current BFA families at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6. Click here to complete the Intent to Enroll form for BFA Families.
Preschool enrollment for the general public will begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Click here to complete the Intent to Enroll form for the general public.

Please note: Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year is only available for children age 3 by Oct. 1,2024 for our Preschool 3’s class and age 4 by Oct. 1, 2024 for our Pre-K 4’s class.

Current preschool families have first priority enrollment status, and K-8 BFA families have second priority status. All other spots are first come, first served. Submitting this form will not guarantee enrollment. Parents who follow this process will be notified via email regarding class placement or if they have been put on the wait list by end-of-day on January 26.

Questions? Please email our preschool director, Lori Hafner.

Below are the tuition rates and class schedule for the 2024-25 school year and are based on 10 payments per year, due the fifteenth of every month, from August to May through our online payment system. If you are still interested in the current school term, please email Director Hafner at Lhafner@bfacademy.org for tuition prices and availability.

Regarding Universal Pre-K (UPK), we want to ensure transparency and a smooth process for student placements for our current BFA families. As of now, we are not committing to applying for UPK for the next school year until we receive clear guidelines from the state regarding student placements. Last year’s experience in ensuring our current students were placed at BFA was challenging, and we want to avoid putting parents and ourselves through a similar situation. We are unsure when UPK will provide that information to schools, once we are given that information we will make a decision that will work best for our current enrolled students.

Important Notes About Enrollment

Once you are offered a position in our preschool program you have 48-hours to secure your child’s spot. If we do not hear back from you, we will need to go to the next child on the wait list. This is why it’s especially important that you list current emails and phone numbers on your “Intent to Enroll” form.
After you have accepted your child’s spot, we’ll send you an online enrollment form that you need to complete to register your child.
A $150 registration/supply fee will be collected from all new preschool families when payment agreement forms are sent out in January. This fee is payable by check or cash (only). Checks should be made out to Ben Franklin Academy Preschool. This registration/supply fee is non-refundable, and will secure a seat for your child for the upcoming school term.
A $125 supply fee will be collected from all current preschool families and families. In addition, they should complete payment agreement forms (which are sent out in January).
Tuition will be due on the fifteenth of every month through MySchoolBucks, our online payment system.