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 at 302-677-4622.
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:
- Providence Creek Academy Report Card
- Kindergarten Registration
- Academics
- ARTS
- Learning Education Activities Program
- Field Trips & Service Learning
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
- Special Education Settings
General Resources:
- Parents Are The Key
- Parent Information Center of Delaware (PIC)
- Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission
- Tutor.com
- Sesame Street for Military Families
- United Through Reading
- Gratitude Initiative
- Penn State Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
- Nemours Children’s Health-Supporting Military-Connected Families