The Blue Angel Weekly

Dear PCA Families,

On Wednesday, students will have a dress down day to help support the OLSS Senior Care Baskets. See details below.

Our 5th and 8th graders will be taking the ACRE (Assessment of Children/Youth Religious Education) test on Thursday morning.

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Angel Ball on Friday evening at the Sawgrass Marriott! It is going to be a great fundraising party! We hope you will join us! Tickets are still available! Please see below for details.

Dress Down Day to Support OLSS Senior Care Packages!

We will be having a dress down day on Wednesday, March 22. To participate, students should bring in $1.00. All money will be used to support the OLSS Senior Care Packages for homebound, BEAM, and nursing home patients (see more information about these below).

There is not a theme/color to follow for this dress down, but ALL DRESS DOWN DAY RULES APPLY. For your information, here are the rules as stated in the Parent/Student Handbook:

For dress down days, jeans are acceptable but cannot have any rips or tears. No hats or flipflops are to be worn to school. No tank top style tops are allowed. Only shorts that are Bermuda or Capri in length are permitted. Shoulders, midriffs, and backs must be covered (no cut-out style clothes) at all times. Leggings are not allowed unless the shirt reaches the mid-thigh area. Clothing should not have any messages or words that would be considered inappropriate for a Catholic school.

Angel ball volunteer oppportunity

The school needs your help to make our Annual Angel Ball a success! If you do not have background clearance, this is a great time to earn service hours off site with set-up. If you are attending the event, you can earn service hours at the same time by signing up for a slot to sell drink tickets or to help with the auction.

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. If you haven't already purchased your ticket, you may do so here:www.pcapvb.org/angel-ball. If you are unable to attend, would you consider sponsoring a ticket for a teacher? This can also be done through the link above.

Thank you for your help!

Sign-Up Genius Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c4fa5aa2fa0f49-2023#/

save the date for pca's musical production!

The Newsies are coming to Palmer Catholic Academy the weekend of March 31st – April 2nd!

You will not want to miss this energetic and endearing musical.

Tickets can be purchased online at this link: https://www.pcapvb.org/musical

Tickets are limited so you will want to snatch them up quickly.

Now’s the time to seize the day!!

Service hours opportunity - help Mrs. Urso

Need service hours??

Mrs. Urso is looking for adults to help with ushering and concession stand sales during our upcoming musical, Newsies Jr.

Here is the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=c.SignUpSearch&eid=0FC3C8D7FFCDF760&cs=09B5BADC8FC58B627B7964735BC19BCE&sortby=l.title

Adoration

As a reminder, during the season of Lent, we will be having Adoration in the PCA Chapel every Tuesday after our Children's Mass from 10:30-2:00. Parents are welcome to attend Adoration during this time as well. There is a Sign-Up Genius so that we can ensure that the Blessed Sacrament is never left alone in the chapel. Please sign up for some special time in Adoration!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409044fada82fa4f58-adoration3#/

PCA Summer camps

PCA is excited to offer a full summer of engaging, educational and entertaining summer camps for our 2023-2024 registered PCA students. Please save the date for the following weeks of camp and check the website for more details and to register:

https://www.pcapvb.org/summer-camps

June 5th – June 9th: Mini Cheer Camp for Girls Rising-K to Rising-3rd
June 12th – June 15th: Co-Ed Basketball Camp for Rising-5th to Rising-8th
June 12th – June 15th: Girls Volleyball Camp for Rising-5th to Rising-8th
June 19th - June 23rd: SPY CAMP for Rising-K to Rising-4th
June 26th - June 30th: ANIMAL PLANET for Rising-K to Rising-4th
June 26th - June 30th: THEATRE CAMP for Rising-5th to Rising-8th
July 10th - July 14th: SHARK WEEK for Rising-K to Rising-4th
July 17th - July 21st: DINO WEEK for Rising-K to Rising-4th
July 24th - June 28th: CHEER CAMP for Girls Rising-5th to Rising-8th

A message about Cheer camps

Summer Cheer Camps

Please be sure to turn in your registration for summer cheer camps! Forms on the PCA website. Please email Coach Sara Riner with any questions about our Mini Cheer Camp in June or our Cheer Camp in July.

PCA 8th Grade Cheerleaders:

If you would like to sign up to help at either camp and earn lots of service hours, the Assistant Coach sign-up form is attached in both of the Registration packets.

CAMPS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE TRYING OUT FOR JV OR VARSITY CHEER (4TH-8TH GRADES) IN THE FALL!

Job openings at PCA and PCAP

PCA is looking to hire additional substitute teachers. Interested candidates can apply at: https://hr.dosafl.com/careers/?gnk=job&gni=8a7887ac72e8b12001734da464d555d7

PCA is also in need of an Extended Day Assistant. This is a part-time, after school position.

https://hr.dosafl.com/careers/?gnk=job&gni=8a7885a88675eead0186a3db62aa46da

Palmer Catholic Academy Preschool (PCAP) is looking for a part-time paraprofessional to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 AM - 1 PM. If you are interested, please apply at: https://hr.dosafl.com/careers/?gnk=job&gni=8a7885ac8627235d01864c7a14b3757f

want to help at morning carline?

We would love to have more parents helping to unload cars at morning carline from 7:15-8:00 AM! If you are able to help, please sign up using the Sign-Up Genius link below! Thank you in advance for your help!

PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE VOLUNTEER CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE!

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20F0B49A5A923A57-thehappiest1

important! Parents, Please complete these surveys for our accreditation!

We are in the process of preparing for our Accreditation Site Visit next school year. Part of this process is to have parents complete surveys about the school. PLEASE help us by taking a few minutes to complete BOTH of these TWO surveys:

Catholic Identity Program Effectiveness Survey:

https://forms.gle/EJFCJDbSqaJfQfD47

Defining Characteristics of our Catholic School:

https://forms.gle/YVnbmQrrogjmUXKFA

We have about 100 replies so far ! Thank you to those of you who have already completed the surveys!

Virtue of the Month - March

The Virtue of the Month for March is Mercy.

Mercy is caring for those who suffer.

The Saints of the Month are:

Grades PK -2 - St. John Vianney

grades 3-5 - St. Faustina

grades 6-8 - St. Teresa of Calcutta

upcoming events

March 22

Dress Down Day for students with $1 donation for OLSS Senior Care Packages

March 23

ACRE testing - grades 5 and 8

March 24

Angel Ball - Sawgrass Marriot 6 PM

March 31-April 2

PCA Musical - Newsies, Jr.

April 5

PCA Schoolwide Student Retreat Day

Early Release - (PreK @Noon, K-2 @ 12:40, 3-5 @ 12:50, 6-8 @ 1:00) - No Angels After Hours

Jump into Spring Break Party at Bravoz - 2:00 PM-5:00 PM

April 6- April 14

Easter Holiday Break - No school for staff or students

April 17

Classes resume

April 22

Mandatory Confirmation Retreat - 10 AM - 4 PM at OLSS/Cultural Center

April 27

Middle School End-of-Year Trips

morning arrival - come early! don't be late!

As a reminder, school begins promptly at 8:00 AM. We begin unloading cars by 7:20 AM. Please arrive early to ensure that your child is able to get to class on time and not miss valuable instructional time. Carline is very light from 7:20-7:45; please don't wait for the last minute to arrive!

Lunch and Recess Duty

Thank you for your help with lunch and recess duties.

We are in need of additional volunteers for this week! Please sign up if you are available!

Here is the link to sign up for duties: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/96071646063/false#/invitation

As a reminder, 2 Lunch Duties (1 in the Fall and 1 in the Spring) and 2 Recess Duties (1 in the Fall and 1 in the Spring) are required of each family.

Formed - A Great Way to Learn More about our Faith

Formed is a fantastic website that provides Catholic content to help families and individuals explore their faith anywhere. There are movies, children's programs, ebooks, Bible studies and more that you can view on your computer or mobile device. Go to Formed.org to sign up!

SCHOOL CHILDREN'S MASS

We have our Children's Mass every Tuesday at 9:40 AM in the school gymnasium. All parents are welcome to attend.

COVID reminders

If your child tests positive for COVID, please notify me immediately via email (ddossantos@pcapvb.org).

Anyone who tests positive must stay at home for 5 full days before returning to school on Day 6, provided that there has been no fever for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicines and that other symptoms are improving. (Please note that the first day of symptoms is considered Day 0.)

Siblings of positive cases may continue coming to school as long as they are not exhibiting ANY symptoms. Please use good judgment when sending siblings to school based on the amount of exposure they have had with the positive sibling.

A message from Bishop kenny

The BK Theatre Troupe invites you and your school families to join them on a journey through Wonderland this Spring. We have a limited number of tickets to the matinee showing of Alice in Wonderland on Saturday, March 25 at 2:30pm available, FREE to all Diocesan grade school students. Please visit the link and refer to the code to reserve your free tickets:

BKHS Theatre

Alice in Wonderland TICKETS

Promo code: DOSASCHOOLS

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus,

Adapted from Lewis Carroll

Saturday, March 25

2:30 p.m.

Carla Harris Performing Arts Center