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Newsletter Archive
Fall 2024

Newsletter Archives

November 10th, 2024

Dear PCA Families,​

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I hope you had a great weekend!

 

PLEASE NOTE THE DRESS DOWN DAY THIS WEEK FOR THE BEAM FOOD DONATIONS IS WEDNESDAY THE 20TH.

 

Friday is an early release day! Release times are as follows:

PreK-2 @ 12:00

3-5 @ 12:10

6-8 @ 12:20 PM

NO ANGELS AFTER HOURS

 

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ - WE HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM THE ST. JOHNS PLANTATION NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT PALMER PARENTS TURNING AROUND IN THEIR ENTRANCE/NEIGHBORHOOD ILLEGALLY. PLEASE HELP US BE GOOD NEIGHBORS BY NOT TURNING AROUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON PALM VALLEY ROAD!

 

A reminder that school begins at 8:00 AM. We begin unloading cars at 7:20 AM. PLEASE try to arrive early. For students in grades 4-8, STUDENTS BEGIN SWITCHING CLASSES and INSTRUCTION BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 8 AM. If your child is arriving at 8 AM or later, he/she will be missing time to get settled and unpacked. Please leave a few minutes earlier to ensure your child is on time!

 

Changes to 2 of our December Children's Masses:

  1. We will have Mass on MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 (Immaculate Conception) and NOT on Thursday, December 12. MONDAY (12/9) WILL BE A THURSDAY SCHEDULE AND THURSDAY (12/12) WILL BE A MONDAY SCHEDULE.

  2. Our Mass on DECEMBER 19 will be at 1:30 PM instead of 9:40 AM due to Middle School midterms.

 

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/10C0F45AFA92AA5F4C61-53216682-adoration

 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

- Daniela DosSantos, Principal (ddossantos@pcapvb.org

November 3rd, 2024

Dear PCA Families,​

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I hope you had a great weekend!

 

PLEASE READ: AFTERNOON CARLINE - PARENTS, WE ARE TRAINING ADDITIONAL STAFF ON ALL CARPOOL POSTS. PLEASE HELP US BY CHECKING IN ON THE PIKMYKID APP AND HAVING YOUR CARPOOL SIGN VISIBLE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW! YOU MUST CHECK IN WHEN YOU ARRIVE! IF YOU DO NOT, IT ADDS ADDITIONAL TIME TO CARLINE AS THE STAFF NEEDS TO FIND YOUR NAME IN THE SYSTEM, ANNOUNCE YOU AND THEN PLACE YOU IN THE QUEUE. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!

 

Fr. Rafael Lavilla from St. John Paul II will be celebrating our Children's Mass on Thursday! In honor of Veteran's Day we are inviting our Palmer family veterans and active duty military for a special blessing.

 

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/10C0F45AFA92AA5F4C61-52855919-adoration

 

Parents, please check your child's PE shorts. Shorts should be an appropriate length and LOOSE- fitting.

 

As a reminder, notices about merits, demerits, and uniform violations are generated from RenWeb when received. ALL OF THESE NOTICES ARE GENERATED WITH THE SUBJECT LINE OF "BEHAVIOR EVENT". This cannot be changed in the system, so please read the whole email to determine what type of event it was. Uniform violations do NOT get demerits. These violations simply have a fine. Money collected will be used for our seminarian gifts.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

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

Dear PCA Families,​

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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)

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Dear PCA Families,​

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Thank you for your generosity with our red, white and blue dress down day for Catholic Charities. We collected $733.50 which will be used to buy and donate needed baby items.

 

There will be Early Release on Friday, September 20. Release times are Pre-K-2 @ 12:00 PM, 3-5 @ 12:10 PM, 6-8 @ 12:20 PM. Angels After Hours will be from 12:30-3:30.

 

We hope you will join us on Thursday for our basketball home games vs. Christ the King. We will have a WHITE OUT. Wear white for PCA! Game times are 4:30 (JV girls), 5:30 (Varsity girls), and 6:30 (Varsity boys)

 

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

 

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/10C0F45AFA92AA5F4C61-51304519-adoration#/

 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

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

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Dear PCA Families,

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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!

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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)

Dear PCA Families,

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Thank you to those who attended our Open House evenings last week! We hope you enjoyed seeing your child's class and learning about what they do in school everyday!

 

Join us Tuesday, September 3 for our first basketball home games! JV Boys will take on St. Patrick's at 4:30 PM, and our Varsity girls (5:30 PM) and boys (6:30 PM) teams will play Sacred Heart. Wear your PCA spirit wear to the game to show your support for our Blue Angels!

 

Please see below for all the club flyers. Clubs are first come, first served. All club fees will be charged to your FACTS account. Please note that God's Garden and ARK Club are both full. There are some spaces left in the other clubs, so please send in the permission form if you would like your child to be part of the club. There will be a mini cheer club, but it won't start until the 2nd quarter at the earliest.

 

As a reminder we will begin issuing $5 uniform violations beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, September 3. Please be sure to review the uniform policy and guidelines in the Parent Student Handbook. See photos below for a quick reference guide.

 

Additionally, teachers will start issuing demerits on Tuesday. Once a demerit is issued, you will receive an email from the system informing you. Please review the Code of Conduct with your child(ren) again. We had assemblies this week for grades 3-8 to discuss the Code of Conduct and student expectations at school.

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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)

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