Good Afternoon Topsail Elementary Families!

This is Mrs. Wilson, principal at Topsail Annandale Elementary, with your weekly update. 

Specials: Check out what our students will be doing in Specials this month: December Specials Newsletter

Science Fair: It's that time of year to get students prepared for science fair. TAES will be hosting the science fair on Thursday, December 14.  Participation is optional and open to all students. However, judging will take place in grades 2-4 only. We will choose 3 winners from our school science fair to move onto the county science fair in January. If your child is interested, please let your child's teacher know, and she will send the required paperwork.

Attendance: Families, please help us improve our attendance percentage! We miss your students terribly when they’re not here! Our days are packed full of learning and growing and when students are absent they miss out on so much! We are also requesting your help with tardies and early checkouts. Every minute counts for our Ospreys! As a reminder, students must be at school at least half a day (7:30-11 or 11-2:30) to be counted present for the day. As always, we understand that kids get sick and other circumstances arise, but please partner with us to ensure your Osprey is here on a regular basis! 

Holiday Assistance Needed? We have two resources for you:

~Community Holiday Assistance Program (CHAP)- Click here. Act quickly, the deadline for assistance is quickly approaching. 

Important Dates:

Mon. 12/4- Fri. 12/8- Inclusive Schools Week! We can’t wait to participate in some fun activities to educate all of our students about the abilities of some of their friends with special needs! 

Mon. 12/11- Fri. 12/15- TAE Holiday Spirit Week! Click on the link and be sure to have your child join in on the fun! 

Tues. 12/12- PCS Board of Education Meeting- 6pm- Burgaw. 

Wed. 12/13- 3rd Grade Field Trip to Fort Fisher Aquarium! 

Thurs. 12/14 & Fri. 12/15- 1st Grade Field Trip to UNCW Marinequest (half the grade level each day)!

Thurs. 12/14- 4th Grade Holiday Musical- 6pm- Gym. Please have students wear holiday attire/colors and arrive by 5:45pm. 

Fri. 12/15- Operation Military Kids Club- 2:30-4:15. 

Tues. 12/19- School Improvement Team Meeting- 3:10- Media Center. 

Wed. 12/20- School-Wide Pajama Day! 

Wed. 12/20- Mrs. Wilson’s last day as principal at TAE. 

Wed. 12/20- End of second Quarter/1st Semester. Half Day for Students- 11:30 dismissal. 

Thurs. 12/21- Fri. 1/5- Winter Break for Students. 

Mon. 1/8- Students return to school for second semester! 

Please find this year's Pender County Schools calendar attached: 23-24 PCS School Calendar

Social Media:

Parents, we invite you to follow us on social media:

Follow us on twitter: @tes_ospreys

Find us on Facebook: Topsail Annandale Elementary School

Find us on Instagram: topsailannandale

PTA Updates:

If you have donations for Boosterthon that were pledged in the form of cash or check, please turn those in to your student’s teacher as soon as possible. We have nearly $5,000 in uncollected pledges.

Be sure to join the PTA!  Join by clicking on the link below.  If you have more than one student, be sure to note all teachers https://tes.memberhub.com/stor... 

TAES PTA will soon hold the first meeting of our Glow Bash committee. If you signed up for that committee, please look for an email in the coming weeks. If you would like to help, please email us at Ptatopsailelementary@gmail.com 

Shop anytime between 11/24 through 12/23 at Johnson Nursery for our school to receive a 10% donation of your sale. You will need to use TAES as the special code at checkout. 

YEARBOOKS are on sale now!  The cost is $18 if purchased before March 1, 2024. Please use the link below to order https://strawbridge.fotomercha... 

Do you have pictures for the yearbook? Please upload them to the link below. It is IMPORTANT to give us as much info as you can (teacher, grade, student names, etc).  

4th grade parents, if you would like a baby picture of your student in the 4th Grade Dedication page you can upload them at any time, YOU MUST include their name as a label.  https://plicbooks.com/go/UUCZE... 

Are you interested in joining a committee?  We have many volunteer opportunities to choose from!  Summer splash (May), concession sales, winter family event/glow bash, monthly teacher appreciation events, teacher appreciation week (May) and bus driver appreciation week (February) are just a few of our opportunities. If you’d like to volunteer, please send us a message on Facebook or to our email Ptatopsailelementary@gmail.com for more information. 

Be sure to follow us on Facebook at Topsail PTA and on Instagram at @topsailannandalepta

We look forward to a great week at TAES! Have a great evening!