The Blue Angel Weekly

Palmer Catholic Academy of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church provides a Catholic and Christ-centered educational environment that inspires all students to reach their full spiritual and academic potential and become responsible, respectful, and reverent disciples of Christ.

I pray that everyone fared well with the storm! Please see below for updated calendar dates due to the days off from the hurricanes.

DRESS DOWN DAY IS CHANGED TO OCTOBER 16.

Students may wear their favorite color and donate a minimum of $1. All donations will be sent to Catholic Charities Disaster Relief to help the victims of Hurricane Helene. ALL DRESS DOWN DAY RULES APPLY. SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS.

SAVE THE DATE - MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 - will be our Town Hall meeting which will include a presentation by the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, "Checking in with your Children: Dangers of Social Media and Certain Apps". This is an adult event, but we encourage middle schoolers to attend. There will be limited babysitting available. Families will receive one volunteer point for attending. The grade with the highest parent attendance will also receive a special treat.

********See below to RSVP***********

We will have weekly Adoration on TUESDAYS in the PCA chapel for our students and staff. Parents who are cleared are welcome to attend as well. Please use the Sign-Up Genius link below to sign up for a 15 minute time slot to spend time with Jesus:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F45AFA92AA5F4C61-52153912-adoration

Please let me know if you have any questions!

- Daniela DosSantos, Principal (ddossantos@pcapvb.org)

Dress down day reminders

Shorts must be no shorter than 3 inches from the knee in length. Students may wear the skims (bike shorts) underneath shorter shorts as long as the skims meet the length requirement.

Shorts must cover undergarments.

Students may wear tapered joggers (not baggy sweatpants) as long as the joggers sit at the natural waist.

No tank tops or spaghetti straps. Shoulders must be completely covered.

Midriffs must be covered.

Clothing should not display any political preferences or messages.

Dress code violations will be given out if these rules are not followed. Students will need to call home to get appropriate items if needed or get something from the uniform closet.

Please see the Parent Handbook for all Dress Down Day rules.

We have plain blue breakaway lanyards available for $1! Students in grades 3-8 may use a lanyard for their badge. If you would like to purchase one for you child, please send in $1.

Please note: The lanyards are OPTIONAL for grades 3-8. Lanyards are not permitted for grades PK-2.

The virtue of the month for October is Friendship. Friendship is sharing a mutual love that seeks the good of the other.

The saints of the month are:

PK-2 - Sts. Benedict and Scholastica

3-5 - Sts. Basil and Gregory

6-8 - Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati

Parents, did you know you can earn volunteer points by helping us unload cars at carline every Monday and Friday morning? You will earn one volunteer point per shift! Sign up with the link below! Thank you in advance for you help!!

Catholic Family Survey is for parents with children from newborns through Senior year of high school. It is open to all parents, especially those in our parish Faith Formation program and Palmer Catholic Academy of OLSS.

The survey will help us better understand your family and your life as a parent.

The survey results are very important. They will be used to create a parish plan for supporting parents of children and young people, and for engaging the whole family in faith formation - from birth through high school graduation.

The survey will only take 8-10 minutes to complete. We appreciate your time and contribution!

Survey URL

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/StAugustineFLParentSurvey

Survey window closes October 18th, so complete it now to be heard!

Get a jump on service points by helping sell concessions at upcoming home Basketball Games! Spots open for all games, including this Thursday!

https://signup.com/go/SAtMahu

There are some openings this week for lunch and recess duty if you are able assist!

All families are required to do 2 lunch (1 in the Fall and 1 in the Spring) and 2 recess duties (1 in the Fall and 1 in the Spring). Here is the link to sign up for duties:

https://signup.com/go/GjiPCtO

FUTURE CRUSADERS:

FUTURE FLASHES:

Below is our detailed calendar for the 2024-2025 school year!

October 14

No school

October 16

DRESS DOWN DAY - FAVORITE COLORS

Option 1 for mandatory parent confirmation meeting - 7:15-8:15 PM - Browning Center Room 1 (or choose October 20th meeting)

October 20

Option 2 for mandatory parent Confirmation meeting - 12:15-1:15 pm @ Cultural Center at OLSS (only if you didn’t attend the October 16th meeting)

October 21

Start of quarter 2

8th grade visit to St. Joseph's Academy

TOWN HALL AT 6 PM

October 23

8th grade PSAT

To our sponsors, thank you for your support of Palmer Catholic Academy!