Bhaktivedanta Academy - News and Announcements

It has been great to have everyone back at school. Thank you all for your patience through our extended summer and for making the transition back to school so smooth. Below are some updates and reminders as we wrap up September:

Expansion Update

Our revised planned development submission has been approved to go on to the Alachua County Development Review Committee agenda for their October 6 meeting. This means that county staff have completed their review and do not feel there are any issues that should prevent us from going forward with adding our new classroom building. There are still many more steps ahead of us, but this is a significant milestone that has taken considerable work and expense to get to.

Hurricane Ian

As I am sure many of you are aware, Hurricane Ian continues to track toward us. The latest projections show us starting to see weather from the storm as early as Wednesday. If the storm track requires school closure, we will notify you via our phone message system and post online.

Afternoon Pick-up

Thank you to our Krishna Sharanam safety patrol team for taking up the responsibility of running the afternoon pick-up. They have been doing a great job learning the routines and getting to know cars and students.

We want to clarify a couple of points that will help pick-up go smoother:

The earliest students may be available for pickup is 5 minutes before dismissal. Under some circumstances, your child’s class may not be ready for pick-up until actual dismissal time (on the hour). If your child’s class is not prepared for pickup, we may ask you to either park or circle back to the end of the pick-up line.
When utilizing the pick-up lane, please pull entirely forward toward the beginning of the cement lane and remain in your vehicle.

Worship Wednesday

We look forward to resuming our once-weekly morning start at the New Raman Reti Temple for students in Audarya Bhavan, Madhurya Bhavan, and Krishna Sharanam this Wednesday. All students in these classes will begin their day by being dropped off at the temple at 7:20 a.m.

The dress code for Wednesdays requires that all male students wear uniform pants and female students wear uniform pants or skirts.

All students are dismissed at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

ALA After School Program

The Alachua Learning Academy has extended an invitation for Bhaktivedanta Academy students in Kindergarten - 10th grade to participate in their after school program. See the announcement posted last week for details. Registration is done directly with the Alachua Learning Academy. They can be reached at (386) 418-4689 or AfterSchool@OurALA.org.

As always, reach out to the school office at office@bhaktischool.org or 386-462-2886 if we can be of any help.