Surf City Elementary

Looking for a peaceful place to read? 📚✨Our new quiet and cozy reading area at the front of the library is open! With comfy couches and books all around, it’s the perfect spot to build lifelong readers. 📚💚

📣 Join us tomorrow night for the first PCS community forum on future growth and school planning!
📍 Topsail High School
🗓️ Tuesday, September 29
🕕 6 p.m.
Can’t attend in person? Watch the forum live on the Pender County Schools YouTube channel. ▶️
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/@PenderCountySchools
Your participation will help shape the future of our schools! 🏫

📣 ¡Acompáñenos mañana por la noche en el primer foro comunitario de PCS sobre el crecimiento futuro y la planificación escolar!
📍 Topsail High School
🗓️ Martes 29 de septiembre
🕕 6 p.m.
¿No puede asistir en persona? Vea la transmisión en vivo a través del canal de YouTube de las Escuelas del Condado de Pender. ▶️
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/@PenderCountySchools
¡Su participación ayudará a dar forma al futuro de nuestras escuelas! 🏫

Good evening Sea Turtle Famileis. Bus 284 may be a few minutes late in the morning as a result of changes in the earlier high school route. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope this update does not have much impact on elementary and middle school routes.

In Mrs. Batts' & Mrs. Summerfield's class, they have been learning about their five senses through Wit & Wisdom. Today they learned about apples and got to put their taste buds to work and explore 3 different types of apples to include: gala, granny smith and golden delicious. Then they got to enjoy an apple tasting using all 5 senses and created a class graph to show everyone´s favorite.

Mrs. Holt's 2nd graders are learning about place value. Today they bundled popsicle sticks to make groups of ten and then groups of 100. Great work, mathematicians!

Bus 288 will leave campus at 3:45 this afternoon. This is about 45 minutes behind schedule. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Feeling Dolly vibes today — it’s Dolly Day, Friday 9/25 🎶❤️ — just like her song 9 to 5. Whether you’re learning, working, dancing, or singing in the car, Dolly’s voice makes everything better.

We're happy to share with you that Noah from Ms. Newhouse's 1st grade class is our Sea Turtle of the Week! Noah, your school is proud of you. 💙🐢💚

Tomorrow morning, Bus 284 students will ride Bus 290, which will begin the route at 8:15 a.m. If you can make alternate arrangements to get your child to school, please do so. Thank you for your continued patience.

Bus 287 students left our campus on Bus 280 at 4:37 this afternoon.

Bus 288 students left our campus at 4:18 today. They are riding Bus 261.

Just a few more of our Do Good students! 💚💙

Good evening, Bus 288 families,

Tomorrow morning, Bus 288 will run as a combined route with a middle school bus. The combined route will not begin until 8:15 a.m., so students on Bus 288 will be picked up later than usual.

If you are able to bring your child to school, you are welcome to do so. We understand this is a significant disruption to your morning, and I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience. We hope bus 288 will be back on schedule for next week.

Today is Do Good Day! 🌟 Carry a smile, lend a hand, include someone—small acts matter. Today, “Do Good” cards and stickers were passed out to students who consistently show kindness — the one who helps first, includes others, or thinks of someone in need. There’s so much good happening every day; let’s spotlight it. If you get the chance to do good today, take it — you might change someone’s day. 💫

Bus 287 will also be late 60-90 minutes late this afternoon. If you can make other arrangements, please let your child's teacher know or email sce_info@pender.k12.nc.us
We apologize for the inconvenience.

We are sorry, but Bus 288 will not leave campus until 4:15 today. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you would like to make other arrangements, please notify you teacher or email sce_info@pender.k12.nc.us

Update for Bus 288 families: Good news! We have a driver for Bus 288 tomorrow morning, and it will run on its regular schedule. Please disregard our earlier announcement about a two-hour delay. Thank you for your patience! I apologize for the multiple messages this evening.

Bus 288 will be approximately 2 hours late Thursday Morning. The sub driver will run her first 2 routes and then begin Bus 288's route. If you can make other arrangements to get your child to school, please do so. The bus will still run the route, but it will be 2 hours late.
We also predict an afternoon delay, but we will let you know as soon as we have that information. Thank you for your continued patience.

Bus 288 students are riding bus 261 this afternoon. The bus left our campus at 4:15.