News & Events
What’s happening at Aquinas Classical Academy
Latest News
10/5/2026
ACA Information Night & Enrollment Opens
Parents and prospective students welcome. Applications for the 2027–2028 school year open today.
9/15/2026
Back to School Night
Join us at 6:30 pm to meet your student’s teacher, learn more about what they are learning in school, meet other parent families, and sign up for parent-led committees.
12/16/2025
Advent Concert
Join us for Advent Concert — all are welcome! 6pm in the social hall, ACA Campus @ Holy Trinity.
12/8/2025
ACA Service Project Day
Students and Faculty will be helping at various non-profits within the community including Bremerton Foodline, Central Kitsap Foodbank, and Knights of Columbus KC Help — and right here at ACA staining chair rails!
11/18/2025
Recitation Night
Join us for Recitation Night — all are welcome! 6pm in the social hall, ACA Campus @ Holy Trinity.
10/21/2025
ACA Info Night
Parents and prospective students welcome. 6pm at ACA Campus.
10/6/2025
Enrollment Opens for 2025–2026
Applications due no later than January 9, 2026.
9/18/2025
Back to School Night for Parents
Join us at 6:00pm Thursday evening to meet your student’s teacher, learn more about what they are learning in school, meet other parent families, and sign up for parent-led committees.
8/27/2025
First Day of School
Join us for our opening school year and Mass beginning at 9:00am at Holy Trinity. All are welcome.
8/25/2025
Back to School Picnic
Come meet your new classmates and their families at our annual back-to-school picnic. See your email for details.
5/31/2025
Class of 2025 Acceptances
Congratulations to the Class of 2025 on their acceptances to: The Archdiocese of Seattle Seminary, University of Mary, University of Dallas, Benedictine College, Thomas Aquinas College, Tulane University (NROTC Marine Corps Scholarship), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Olympic College, and Franciscan University. The application window for the 2025–2026 school year opens October 2024.
5/5/2024
Class of 2024 Acceptances
Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on their acceptances to: The Archdiocese of Seattle Seminary, University of Mary, University of Dallas, Benedictine College, John Paul the Great Catholic University, Washington State University, Louisiana State University, Penn State, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University of Portland, and Bates Technical College.
3/4/2023
Location News: We Have a Building!
We will be moving to the educational wing at Holy Trinity Parish in Bremerton this summer/fall. The educational wing has 8 classrooms, administrative offices, and is just a quick walk across the hall to Our Lord in the church. This has been the answer to many years of prayer and novenas. The application window for the 2023–2024 school year opens October 3, 2022.
2/8/2023
Thomas Aquinas College Visit
Thomas Aquinas College admissions directors will be at Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish this Tuesday, February 8, at 6:30pm in Camerman Hall. Please join us to learn more about furthering your child’s Catholic classical education.
10/26/2021
Information Night at the JPII Center
Join us Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 6:30pm for an information night at the JPII Center, 1527 6th St, Bremerton, WA 98337. The application window for the 2022–2023 school year opens October 4, 2021.
2/1/2021
Featured: “A Beacon of Light in the American Northwest”
An article by Justin McClain, plus an interview on Sound Insight for Catholic Living with Dr. Tom Curran, featuring Fr. Derek Lappe of Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish and Aquinas Classical Academy.
3/26/2021
Information Meeting
Join us for an information meeting Friday, March 26 at 6:30pm — just after Stations of the Cross — at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Camerman Hall. Meet with the Board and our President & Interim Headmaster, get updates on our progress for the Fall 2021 opening, and get your questions answered.
11/14/2020
We Have a Location for 2021–2022!
“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7) It is with great pleasure that we announce the location for the inaugural year of Aquinas Classical Academy: the JPII Youth Center at Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish in Bremerton. Students will have access to daily Mass, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and a community of wonderful parishioners.