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.

Thank you to those who came out to cheer for our basketball teams last week! Mark your calendars for our next home games which are on September 19. These games will be a WHITE OUT -- wear white to show your support for PCA!

We will have a red, white and blue dress down day on Wednesday, September 11. Students who choose to dress down in these colors must donate a minimum of $1 for Catholic Charities. Catholic Charities reached out to let us know that they are in need of certian baby items. We will use ALL the money collected for the dress down day to purchase and donate these items to them. Please note: all dress down day rule apply! Please see page 38 of the Parent Student Handbook for more information. No clothing with any political messages is allowed.

If you have any questions about the uniform policy or the Code of Conduct, please email us at anytime!

Once again, it is important to remember that we are partners in your child's education! If you have a question about a school procedure, something your child tells you happened at school or a question about something that the school is asking you to provide, PLEASE contact someone at the school for answers! We are here to help!

We will have weekly Adoration on TUESDAYS starting tomorrow, September 10 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/10C0F45AFA92AA5F4C61-47211170-adoration#/

Our Lost and Found is located in the school cafeteria. We already have a number of items waiting to be claimed! PLEASE be sure your child's hoodies are labelled with their name!

Mark your calendars! Bishop Pohlmeier will be coming to celebrate our Children's Mass on Friday, February 7. There will be no Children's Mass on Thursday, February 6. Thursday will be a Friday schedule and Friday will be a Thursday schedule. As a reminder, family members must have volunteer clearance to attend school Mass.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

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

PLEASE help us keep carline safe for everyone! PLEASE share the rules with anyone you delegate to pick up your child(ren).

1. Please do not pull out of the carline after your child is loaded/unloaded. Please remain in the line and follow the line out of the parking lot.

2. It would be extremely helpful if you put your carpool card on a pants/skirt hanger and hang it from your rearview mirror when you enter the parking lot during afternoon carline. If you can hang it from your passenger side window that is even better! Cards laying on the dashboard are difficult to see with the glare of the sun. Thank you for your help!

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!!

Earn volunteer points by helping out at our concessions stand during our basketball games!

https://signup.com/go/SAtMahu

We will be having 3 designated conference days this school year. However, if you need to conference with your child's teacher at any other time, please just email him/her! Our goal is for all parents to have a conference with their child's teacher(s) this year. Since we are trying to get everyone in for a conference, we will limit these conference day times to 15 minutes.

Please be on the lookout for a sign-up genius from the teachers for the following conference days/times:

October 11 - 1:30-3:30

November 11 - 12:00-3:00

February 13 - 1:30-3:30

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

Please see below for the Bishop Kenny admission process for the 2025-2026 school year!

Please see below for the St. Joseph's Academy admission process for the 2025-2026 school year!

PCA students are expected to be in proper uniform each day. Students who are not will recieve a uniform violation and parents' FACTS accounts will be charged $5 per violation. More details about the uniform can be found in the Parent-Student Handbook. (Mandatory uniform is to be worn on Mass days and other days as designated by the school.)

A note about shoes - our Handbook says Sperry-type shoes are acceptable and does not say they have to be leather. Therefore, canvas Sperry-type shoes are acceptable as long as they are in the correct color. However, Hey Dudes and Vans are NOT acceptable.

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

September 10

8th grade Discovery Day at Bishop Kenny

September 11

Red, white and blue dress down day

September 19

Basketball home games at PCA

September 20

Early Release - Pre-K-2 @ 12:00 PM, 3-5 @ 12:10 PM, 6-8 @ 12:20 PM

September 29

Family Fun Day at OLSS

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