NCA Weekly Newsletter

October 3, 2025

Hello NCA Families,

We enjoyed a great week at NCA, and we hope you did as well!

Below, you will find important announcements for the week ahead:

Parent-Teacher Conferences

As we move closer to the end of the first marking period, we are getting ready for parent-teacher conferences, on October 13-14. Conferences will be held from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM on both days. For parents with scholars in grades 6-12, please note that scholars are asked to attend the conferences with their parent or guardian. The 6-12 grade conferences will be team-based, and will include all of the scholar’s teachers (when possible).

Drop-in or unscheduled conferences are not permitted; please schedule on the dates noted.
Please register using the links provided in prior emails sent. Please see Upper School links provided further down in the newsletter.
School is not in-session, and no childcare is provided during the week of 10/13 – 10/17.

BASE Program Policy - 3:30 PM

NCA provided a 6-week grace period for our families, which allowed our families to collect their children up until 3:40, with no charge applied. We are now 8-weeks into the school year, and with our dismissal period ending at/prior to 3:30 PM each day, all scholars that have not been picked-up by 3:30 will be placed into the BASE program. This to ensure the supervision and safety of each scholar after school. BASE staff supervision is required after 3:30, for all scholars that are not involved in other enrichment activities after school.

Here are some upcoming on-campus events next week at NCA:

Saturday, October 4th

NCA Booster Club Fundraiser Car Wash, 8:00 – 11:00 AM
Please come out and get your car cleaned while helping our scholars in their athletic pursuits!

Monday, October 6th

NCA Spirit Shirts distributed by PTC to scholars

Thursday, October 9th

Mock College Application Night (Presentation) 6:00 PM
For 8th – 12th grade NCA scholars and parents to attend.
Two university admissions representatives (Ave Maria/FGCU) will be on-hand to walk guests through actual admissions committee application decisions, to better understand “Who gets in, and why”.
Registration link

NCA Events Calendar

All school events are posted on the school website calendar. The path way to find these events is: naplesclassical.org🡪 Current Families🡪 Events Calendar. Please check this calendar to stay updated on all that is happening for our scholars.

Please view the upcoming Athletics Newsletter and the full list of school events, noted below. There you will find our scholar-athlete’s district tournament scheduling, as well as the Poetry & Prose events for families to attend next week.

We thank you for being part of our NCA community, and we look forward to seeing your family at these events next week!

Mr. Wester

Head of School

Upcoming Events

October 6

Poetry & Prose, 4-5th Grades, 8:15AM

October 7

Poetry & Prose, 6-8th Grades, 8:15AM

October 8

Poetry & Prose, K-1st Grades, 8:15AM

October 9

Poetry & Prose, 2-3rd Grades, 8:15AM

Mock College Application Night, 6PM

October 10

Early Release, 12PM

October 13-14

Parent/Teacher Conferences

No school for scholars

October 15-17

Fall Break - No School

**School Offices Closed**

October 21

Governing Board Meeting, 6PM

October 28

Picture Day

October 31

Early Release, 12PM

Please view our Events Calendar for all

upcoming events, sports matches and further details.

View Events Calendar Here

Our events calendar is constantly updated to be as accurate as possible. You can also go to the lower right under the calendar to subscribe to it on your preferred calendar system.

Early Release Days

With our upcoming early release day on October 10th, please see a few reminders below:

BASE scholars will need to bring a packed lunch from home, as lunch is not provided on early release days. Please do not use UBER Eats for scholar lunch delivery.
4th and 5th grade scholars will have a Greek Field Day on this early release day. As always, only CCPS approved volunteers will be permitted to attend this event. More details will come from your child's teacher soon.
Volunteers must reapply each school year. Anyone who wants to sign up to be an approved volunteer for any event during this school year, the process is very simple: https://naplesclassical.org/become-a-volunteer/
Once you have filled out the volunteer paperwork, please let Mrs. Abney know.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Monday-Tuesday, October 13-14

11:15am-7:00pm

Conference scheduling will close on Friday, October 10th at 12:00 PM, so please do not delay in signing up for these conferences.

6-12th Grade Families:

Below you will find sign-up links for each grade level for teacher/parent conferences.

11-12th Grade Sign Up

K-5th Grade Families:

Please check the weekly newsletter from your child's teacher for conference sign-ups. If you have not received a newsletter from your child(ren)'s teacher, please send an email to info@naplesclassical.org.

***All scholars are encouraged to attend conferences with their parent(s)/guardian(s).***

Classical Education Spotlight:

Mrs. Dix

Our amazing art teacher, Mrs. Dix, attended the Hillsdale College K-12 Education Summer Conference this past year. She gave a presentation on "Forming a Student's Affection for Beauty in Art" and "Italian Renaissance Art." She focused on stories about the artists that remind us that they are people like us, and that the Renaissance is not in a distant, disconnected past. She discussed what beauty means, how beauty forms our hearts, how art taught classically is different from the ways art class typically appears in conventional schools, and how teachers and staff can create lots of encounters with beauty so that students are more ready to see goodness and truth more clearly.

Hear more about her wisdom as she talks about "Forming a Student's Affection for Beauty in Art" in the Hillsdale College's podcast link here.

Choir Registration

8-12th Grade Families

RSVP Here

We thank our veterans for their sacrifices, courage, strength and dedication to keeping us safe. The scholars at NCA are excited to celebrate their service to this great country. We would like to invite all veteran parents and grandparents who have served in The United States Armed Forces in wartime or peacetime to our campus on November 11th for a Veterans Day presentation.

If your child has a parent or grandparent who has served in the U.S. Armed Forces who would like to participate, please let them know that we will be sending out more information soon. We would be blessed to have all veterans stand and introduce themselves to our scholars. Thank you for your service.

NCA Bookstore

Did you know that our book fair is year round? Please continue to use this link for purchasing books for family and friends to benefit the children and help us grow the classroom libraries (and eventually a school library!) Proceeds from the purchases will go back to our school when you set up your account and link it to Naples Classical.

Our next in-school book fair is scheduled for December 2-9, 2025. Scholars and parents can see a large sampling of the books that are offered. There will be more details about this event to come as we get closer.

We will be in need of some amazing parent volunteers; if you want to help out with this event, and haven't become a CCPS approved volunteer yet, you can get started here today: https://naplesclassical.org/become-a-volunteer/

Sign-ups for volunteer opportunities for the book fair will be shared at a later date.

NCA Bookstore Link

October's Pillar of Virtue

PERSEVERANCE

I will be persistent in my efforts despite difficulty or delay

in achieving success.

Tortoise and Hare

by Jean Grandville

“Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.”

- Winston Churchill

Quick Links

Head of School: Mr. Wester

Dean of Students & Culture: Mrs. Heil

Associate Dean of Students & Culture: Mr. Young

Dean of Curriculum & Instruction, Literacy Coach:

Mrs. D'Agostino

Upper School Dean: Dr. Rochefort

Business Manager & Facilities: Mr. Millward

ESE Contact: Mrs. Ycaza

B.A.S.E Coordinator: Mr. Simpreux

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