October 26- October 30, 2020 Red Ribbon Week:

October 26, Monday: Red T-shirt and Jeans day

October 27, Tuesday: Crazy Hat Day

Ocotber 28, Wednesday: Crazy Pants Day

Ocotber 29, Thursday: Crazy Shoe Day

October 30, Friday: Crazy Hair Day

September 4, 2020
The 2020-21 school year has begun, and BCA entire faculty and staff are excited to support you and your child in their educational endeavor. BCA currently plans to offer both virtual and face-to-face learning. Bexar County Academy has developed a comprehensive 2020-2021 Instructional Plan to meet the needs of each individual family and a safe environment where each student can CONCEIVE, BELIEVE, AND ACHIEVE!
IMPORTANT UPDATE: BCA will extend the remote learning for two more weeks until September 16, 2020.
We appreciate your patience and support and look forward to seeing student(s) in-person that opted-in for face-to-face instructional learning on September 16, 2020. Thank you all.

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July 27, 2020 
2020-2021 BCA Instructional Plan

May 22, 2020
TEA has put together information to assist parents in collecting the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT).
Please see attached flyer for more information.

May 22, 2020
BCA Parents, please complete a brief Distance Learning/Technology Survey. The deadline is extended to 5/28/2020.

April 23, 2020
To All BCA Families:
First, I hope you and your family are safe and healthy as you read this letter.  Thank you so much for your patience and understanding as we have been adjusting, like you, to the drastic changes in life during the last few weeks. We are extremely appreciative of our students, parents, teachers, staff, and administrators for their positivity, flexibility, and resilience during these trying times. 
As you know, distance learning for the Bexar County Academy is in full swing. Our goal is to provide continuous educational opportunities, practice, and resources to eliminate as much stress as feasibly possible for students, parents, and teachers. While it is our responsibility and goal to continue to educate our children, we also want to compassionately take into consideration the huge spectrum of challenges that our families and employees are facing during this time. We acknowledge that while we are all in the same storm, we are not all on the same boat and we want to ensure we are able to accommodate the different situations our families find themselves in. We wanted to inform parents that the deadline for report cards for the 5th sixth weeks will be extended until April 28, 2020, to allow students and parents to complete and turn in all assignments for grading. Report cards for the 5th sixth weeks will go out on May 7, 2020.
Please contact your teacher/s or administrators if you or your students need support. Stay strong! Stay healthy! Serving you,

BCA Admin

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Parents and Students:
Spectrum and Comcast are offering free broadband and WIFI access for sixty (60) days to families with K- 12 students and/or college students.

Spectrum:

Sixty (60) days free broadband and WIFI access for K-12 students and/or college students who don’t have a Spectrum subscription.

• No installation fees
• Enroll by calling 1-844-488-8395

Comcast:

• Sixty (60) days of free Internet Essentials service, which is normally available to qualified low – income families at $9.95.
• New customers can enroll at internetessentials.com or by calling 1-855-846-8376 (English) or 1-855-765-6695 (Spanish)

After the sixty (60) days, if you do not want to continue internet service, you must call the carrier to cancel your subscription.

Padres y estudiantes:

Spectrum y Comcast están ofreciendo acceso gratuito de banda ancha y WIFI durante sesenta (60) días a familias con estudiantes de K-12 y / o estudiantes universitarios.

Espectro:

• Sesenta (60) días de acceso gratuito a banda ancha y WIFI para estudiantes de K-12 y / o estudiantes universitarios que no tienen una suscripción Spectrum.
• Sin tarifas de instalación
• Inscríbase llamando al 1-844-488-8395

Comcast:

• Sesenta (60) días de servicio gratuito de Internet Essentials, que normalmente está disponible para familias calificadas de bajos ingresos a $ 9.95.
• Los nuevos clientes pueden inscribirse en www.internetessentials.como llamando al 1-855-846-8376 (inglés) o al 1-855-765-6695 (español)

Después de los sesenta (60) días, si no desea continuar con el servicio de Internet, debe llamar al operador para cancelar su suscripción.

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Pre-K Partnership Opportunity

Bexar County Academy is soliciting Proposals from preschool providers and childcare centers who are interested in being considered for a Pre-K public/private partnership with the Academy.  Providers must currently provide Pre-K for 4 year olds and meet one of the following status requirements to be considered: 

• Texas Rising Star program provider with a three-star certification or higher;
• nationally accredited;
• Head Start program provider;
• Texas School Ready! Participant; or
• Meet the requirements under Texas Education Code Section 29.1532. 

Proposal must include the following information: 

• (i) center name;
• (ii) licensing number;
• (iii) accreditation status;
• (iv) ages served;
• (v) number of certified teachers;
• (vi) curriculum used for 4 year olds;
• (vii) assessment used for 4 year olds; and
• (v) an explanation of the type of partnership you are interested in creating with the Academy. 

Proposals must be received no later than February 16, 2020 and are to be submitted to proposal@bexarcountyacademy.org.  Questions should be directed to the same e-mail address.