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Military Connected Youth

Providence Creek Academy is committed to providing a first class education to our Military Connected Youth.  PCA is proud to be a Purple Start School.

For assistance please email Amanda Wells or the Dover AFB School Liaison Program Manager, Laurie Sisk, at 302-943-9461 or Laurie.Sisk.1@us.af.mil. 

Preparing for Your Arrival at PCA:

  • Please click HERE  for enrollment information
  • Delaware is a School Choice state.  For more information on School Choice please visit the DE School Choice page.
 

Preparing for Your Move from PCA:

  • The first step to is notify your student’s school of any upcoming moves or changes in residence
  • Ask for unofficial copies of your student's records
  • Use the Moving With Military-Connected Students checklist to gather important information to hand carry to your next duty station
  • The final step in the withdrawal process is for the new school to request the official records
  • Delaware’s Compulsory attendance requirement’s require schools to officially send records to remove students from school enrollment records
  • Student will continue to be marked absent until the receiving school sends a records request or the losing school contacts the new school

Additional Community Resources

Academic Planning for Military Families:

Special Needs Navigation and Parental Rights:

  • PCA Special Education Information
  • Delaware Procedural Safeguards
  • Inclusive Education
  • Please have a current IEP/504 Plan from your students sending school.  This is very important for proper placement.
    • Special Education Settings
      • A – Regular Classroom setting- Student receives instruction in the regular classroom 80% of the day or more.
      • B- Separate special education classes and regular classroom- Student receives instruction in regular classrooms between 40% and 79% of the day.
      • C- Separate special education classes in an integrated setting- Student receives instruction in the regular classrooms less than 40% of the day
      • D- Separate school setting-Student receives instruction in a separate day school or residential facility for more than 50% of the school day
      • E- Homebound or hospital setting- Student, for health or other reasons, cannot attend any of the above-described settings
      • F- Correctional facility setting- Student needs to be placed in short-tern detention or correctional facilities
 

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