Check out these two art contests happening right now! Yearbook due Oct 20th and Holiday Card due Oct 31. Any questions, please email our fabulous art teacher, kathleen_hanson@pender.k12.nc.us
Meet the Sea Turtles Series. A familiar face in a new role. Mrs. Bricken is one of our new First Grade Teachers. She spent last year at SCE as a sub and now she's a permanent part of our staff. 💚🐢💙
Our Sea Turtles are wearing yellow this week to support Special Needs Awareness Week. Here's a tip! Remember that we are all unique with positive qualities, take time to notice the positive in others today. 💛
Mrs. Graham’s Kindergarten class participated in a Socratic Seminar discussing how the main character in their book used his 5 senses to learn about the world. 🌎
Get those smiles ready, fall picture day is on Friday! 😁
Want to join an awesome team at SCE? We are looking for a full-time EC teacher to join our staff. If you or if you know of anyone that is interested in this position, please contact Kelly Flynn @ kelly_flynn@pender.k12.nc.us
Save the Date! ➡️ Book Fair next week, Oct 16 -20
Family Night ➡️ Monday Oct 16 from 3:00 - 6:00 pm.
Visit our school's Book Fair homepage to set up your child's eWallet ➡️
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/surfcityelementaryschool
Schedule ➡️ https://bit.ly/fallbookfairschedule
Some of our Safe Riders! ✨
We're looking for the good in all areas of our school community! Bus drivers are on the lookout for students that are following all the bus rules including staying in your seat, keeping your hands to yourself, and talking in an appropriate voice level (no screaming or yelling, and not using any inappropriate language). Take a look at our first batch of Safe Riders! 🚌 Your school is proud of you! 🌟
It's a great day in Mrs. McDonald's Kindergarten class. They read the Geodes book Galapagos Island 🗺️ and then practiced animal yoga poses 🧘🏻♀️ such as the warrior for seagull, plank for iguana🦎, upward facing dog for sea lion, and child’s pose for tortoise 🐢. They also used shaving cream to practice their Fundation letter formations.
Check out Mrs. Pastore's 2nd graders! They have been working on adjectives and finished up their work with leaf rubbings! 🍁🍂
Next week is Special Needs Awareness week and we are wearing yellow to show our support. 💛
We're happy to share with you that Reno B. from Mrs. Buckley's 5th grade class is our Sea Turtle of the Week for the week of October 2-6. Reno, your school is proud of you. 💚🐢💙
5th grade students are using a piece of information text from Wit & Wisdom to learn about how the Nez Perce homeland sustain their lifestyle and culture. They are preparing to teach each other by gathering information on their specific topic.
October is National Principals Month! 📚 Let's show our appreciation for the incredible school leaders who work tirelessly to guide our students, teachers, and staff towards success. Thank you for your dedication and leadership! 🙌💙 #ExperienceTheExcellence
Meet our Administration Team, Ms. Flynn & Ms. Petre. We're excited to have their smiling faces leading us this school year. 💚🐢💙
WANTED: local craft vendors for our Fall Festival 11/3 from 5-8pm at SCE. 🍁 Contact our awesome PTA by filling out this interest form: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSf0AMp4h3AlKP.../viewform
This week, we’re supporting #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek by wearing green and learning techniques we can use to pick ourselves up when we're having a had a bad day.
Mrs. Livesey's Kindergarten class is hard at work today working on their letter formation and pencil grasp. They also completed an amazing word web on the vocabulary word city. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Congratulations to these kiddos for exemplifying respect during the month of September. Your school is proud of you. Octobers character trait if Self Control. Be on the lookout for more star students at the end of the month.
