Surf City Elementary

👩‍⚕️🌟 Happy National School Nurse Day! 🌟👩‍⚕️

A huge shoutout to Nurse Anita — the best ever! Thank you for the care, calm, and compassion you bring to our school every day. 💙🩺 Your kindness makes a big difference in little lives.

Let's show Nurse Anita some love in the comments below— we'd love to celebrate her!👇

Mrs. Monti’s kindergarten class came to visit Ms. Bohrer’s first grade classroom today! 💙 The kindergarteners had the chance to ask questions about what first grade is like, and the first grade students did such a great job sharing their experiences and giving helpful advice.

The kindness continues! 🫶 Ms. Fields’ first grade class practiced reading aloud with confidence and fluency as they distributed and read their EOG letters of encouragement to Ms. Horne’s 5th grade class!

💙✨ It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! ✨💙

This week, we’re celebrating the heart, dedication, patience, creativity, and love our teachers pour into our students every single day. 🍎📚

Students and families from across our district sent in video messages to help us say one big, heartfelt THANK YOU. To make sure every school community can be celebrated together, we’ve combined the messages into one special video per school, and we’ll be sharing them throughout the week. 🎥🏫

These videos are filled with smiles, gratitude, and reminders of the incredible impact teachers make far beyond the classroom. 💛

To every teacher: thank you for showing up, lifting up, encouraging, inspiring, and believing in our students. You are appreciated more than words can say. 🌟

SURF CITY ELEMENTARY YOUTUBE LINK - https://youtu.be/avQEBYmqA8M

Ms. Pressler's mathematicians are practicing creating equal groups and representing them as arrays. They used tiles to build arrays and then wrote repeated addition equations to match.

Due to the traffic delays on 17, the only buses leaving the SCE campus on time will be bus 288, bus 287, and bus 291 first run. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. Unfortunately at this time, we do not have estimated times for the other buses. Please keep an eye on the Here Comes the Bus App.

Miss Fields’ first graders are practicing their letter writing skills by composing letters to the fifth grade classes for EOG encouragement! ✍👏

Have you signed up for Parent ProTech yet? It's a free digital safety and technology resource for all PCS families.

👉 Here is May's tip: Talk about how screens affect feelings. Then try one screen-free day and see what changes.

Get tips on Parent ProTech 🔗 https://app.parentprotech.com/1186/pender-county-schools/en/signup?source=admin

Good morning Surf City families,


This is Mrs. Shand, and I am contacting you this morning to inform you about an indirect threat made to our Middle School that was posted on social media. We understand the concerns and anxiety that such situations can create within our school community, and we want to assure you that the safety and well-being of our students and staff are our top priorities.


At this time, after working closely with the Surf City Police Department, the threat has been investigated and determined to be non-credible, and there is no active threat to our school or our middle school. Please be assured that Pender County Schools takes any potential threat seriously, and we are committed to maintaining a safe and secure learning environment for everyone. Middle school students involved have been identified, and all policies have been followed with regard to safety and school discipline.


We appreciate those who came forward with this information, and we encourage parents to stress the importance of reporting any suspicious activity or information to the appropriate authorities. Anonymous tips can be submitted through the "Say Something" platform, which is available on all school and district websites.


Thank you for your understanding and partnership in ensuring the safety of our students and staff. I believe in communication and transparency not to cause worry but reassurance. Thank you Mrs. Hall , SCM middle school principal and Surf CIty PD for handling the threat so promptly and effectively.

Students in Mrs. Gruber’s third grade class have been hard at work preparing for the EOG! They’ve been practicing EOG-style reading passages to sharpen their skills and build confidence.

To keep things fun and engaging, getting enough answers correct earned them a chance to shoot hoops for an opportunity to win prizes from the prize wheel!

We are so proud of their focus, effort, and enthusiasm—keep it up!

Yesterday we celebrated Topsail High seniors as they walked the SCE & SCM hallways one last time before they graduate. Congratulations to the 2026 graduating class. We know you will do great things! 💛🏴‍☠️🖤

We're happy to share with you that Sadie from Ms. Holmes' 3rd grade class is our Sea Turtle of the Week. Sadie, your school is proud of you. 💙🐢💚

🥞🍕May breakfast & lunch menus 🔗 https://bit.ly/3WtG3o2

Ms. Edwards' first graders had a blast reading analog clocks and then writing the matching digital times. 😊🕒

Ms. Emery’s 1st graders made Venn diagrams to compare two books they read — spotting similarities and differences like little literary detectives! 📚🔍