
I hope all of our Sea Turtle families have enjoyed the weekend. Please use the following link to access this week's edition of The Turtle Times. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ww3Pu0LuveLexVPuSke98ZScreFbLI0O/view?usp=sharing


📣 BONUS WEEK! 📣We have not hit our goal yet but are SO CLOSE that we decided to keep donating open for one more week! 🙌 Every contribution makes a huge impact on the lives of our students at Surf City Elementary. Thank you for all of your support! 🙏❤️ We also have volunteer spots open for the Fun Run Event Day on Thursday Feb. 27th. Click link to volunteer https://bit.ly/3QvKRGg 🏃


Sometimes freezing weather and indoor recess stinks...unless you have good friends to play a serious game of chess or a rousing game of Uno! ♟️ 🃏



We're happy to share with you that Ella L. from Mrs. Buss' Kindergarten class is our Sea Turtle of the Week for the week of February 17-21. Ella, your school is proud of you. 💙🐢💚


Sea Turtle Families,
The Fun Run will NOT be today. We apologize for the clerical error that took place by providing incorrect information through a recent message. The Fun Run will take place next Thursday, February 27. Please see the graphic for specific times. Once again, we apologize for any confusion.

We're so happy to announce that Cristiana Pierce, a hard-working & loving 1st grade teacher, has been named as our very own Surf City Elementary Teacher of Promise for the 2024-2025 school year. Cristiana , your school is proud of you. #onepender


Mrs. Rickard's 5th grade science class is working on creating bar graphs that show average temperature, precipitation, and weather hazards to make a recommendation on what is the best month to host an international soccer tournament. 📊💧⚽





Good Morning Sea Turtle Famlies,
The second route of bus 313 will be approximately 30 minutes early today. These students will ride on bus 218. Thank you for your support of Surf City Schools.


Yesterday, our second graders spent the day at the Children’s Museum of Wilmington where they learned about the three states of matter through the exploration and creation of slime. Students also got time to check out all of the hands-on fun the museum has to offer!







Mrs. Meadows' PreK class made their goal of 14 kindness hearts.❤️ They have earned a cookie/ dance party.


SCE was well represented at Saturday’s Regional Science Fair at UNCW. We had two groups to earn awards. First, Honorary Mention went to Carter, Elijah & Gage in 4th grade (not pictured). While Harper, Hailey & Audrina in 5th grade received an Exemplary Project within the Elementary Division for their Cold Wash Challenge Project. They will be moving on to the State Science Fair on March 29th at NC State in Raleigh.


Happy Friday, Sea Turtle families. Please use the link provided to access this week's edition of The Turtle Times. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. https://drive.google.com/file/d/19964hz_rp8nfkwWz9fpJzAOyZeez9EVJ/view?usp=sharing


Mrs. Seferyn's 4th graders are working hard to learn how to change mixed numbers to fractions greater than one and back again. They are using a variety of models to understand this new concept and taking the time to explain their thinking. Great work, mathematicians.



Who’s ready for a weekend challenge?! 🙋♀️ Get a $60 flat donation or $2 per lap donation before Monday and you’ll score a GOLDEN EDITION Dude Perfect keychain! 😮 Good luck!


Mrs. Allen’s class mustache you… will you be our valentine?


Good Afternoon Families,
Bus 310 will be 60-90 minutes late today. If you are able to make other transportation arrangements for your child, please contact the front office. We will relay the information to your child. Thank you
sce_info@pender.k12.nc.us


Need a good book on this rainy day? 🌧️ The Little Free Library is stocked and ready for some visitors! 📚

We're happy to share with you that Anthony P. from Mrs. Pierce's 1st grade class is our Sea Turtle of the Week for the week of February 10-14. Anthony, your school is proud of you. 💙🐢💚


Check out these sweet kiddos in Mrs. Burnett's 3rd grade class. They're enjoying some partner reading time with a great book, The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. 📖




Mrs. Curry's 1st grade class earned 15 SURF points and celebrated by choosing tent day. They had a fun day of learning. ⛺️ Keep up the great work!





