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Good Evening Topsail Elementary Families! 

This is Mrs. Wilson with your weekly update. Just a reminder that you can see the full version of this message in your e-mail or you can find it on our school website under the "about " heading and then by clicking on "Weekly Message". 

Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms who make up the Topsail Elementary School community! We hope you've had a wonderful day! 

We want to send a BIG thank you to our PTA and all of our families for all of the treats and gifts during Teacher Appreciation Week! You made us feel special! Thank you so much!  

We also want to thank Coach Redd and all the parent volunteers who helped make our Field Day a success! We hope everybody had fun! 

Important Dates:

*Please note all individual classroom and grade level end-of-year events will be noted in individual teachers' parent communication. Please pay close attention to all teacher newsletters and parent e-mails and updates. 

Wed. 5/4- Fri. 5/20- End of Year (EOY) Reading Benchmarking (mClass)- Grades K-4. 

Mon. 5/9- Fri. 5/20- Extend 1 End of Year Testing for 3rd and 4th Grade Adaptive EC students.

Tues. 5/10- Math End of Grade (EOG) testing for 3rd and 4th graders. All students must be in attendance. 

Tues. 5/10- PCS Monthly Board of Education Meeting- 6pm- Burgaw. 

Wed. 5/11- School Nurse's Day! Be sure to tell Nurse Vicki how much you appreciate all she does for our Osprey students and staff! 

Thurs. 5/12- English/Language Arts End of Grade (EOG) testing for 3rd and 4th graders. All students must be in attendance. 

Fri. 5/13- Operation Military Kids Club (OKMC)- 2:30-4:15. 

Tues. 5/17- Read to Achieve Testing for select 3rd graders. Parents will be notified if this applies to their child. 

Wed. 5/18- TES PTA Summer Splash Event- Front Playground Area- 4-6:30. More info to come. 

Fri. 5/20- Last Day of School for Students!

Fri. 5/20- 4th Gr. Moving Up Ceremony- Gym- 9am. Parents are invited! 

Sat. 5/21- Girls on the Run and Stride Running Clubs 5K

Please find this year's school calendar here: PCS School Calendar 

Please find NEXT year's school calendar here: 22-23 Traditional Calendar.pdf 

Club Information for this week: 

GOTR/Stride (for registered 3rd-5th graders)- Mon/Thurs- 2:30-4:00. 

Operation Military Kids Club (OKMC)- Fri- 2:30-4:15. 

Social Media:

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PTA Updates:

TES PTA Summer Splash is BACK and will be held on Wednesday May 18 from 4-6:30PM!  This fun outdoor event includes several water inflatables, the Pender County Fire Department will be on hand spraying their fire hoses, water stick spraying galore and more.  Food trucks will be onsite.  Only participating children require wristbands.  Adults and children too young to participate do not require wristbands. Visit https://tes.memberhub.com/store to purchase wristbands today or see the flyer in your child's folder to submit check or cash.  Advance purchase at the rate of $8 per wristband is available through May 17.  Wristbands will be available the day of the event for $10 each.  Funds raised will go toward our upcoming library remodel and refresh.  

Thank you to everyone that donated towards Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week  It was an incredible week and the teachers and staff certainly felt your love!

Nominations are complete for our TES PTA Board for the 2022-23 school year.  Our Nominating Committee has put forth the following slate of nominees.  A final PTA membership virtual meeting will be announced soon. We'll be in touch with a date and time.  

President - Courtney Fowler

Vice President - Kristi Lee

Secretary - Karin Agoulnik 

Treasurer - Laura Nicholson

Members at Large - Amy Meisel, Sara Cotten, Jennifer Moss  

Committee Chairperson Coordinator (Board Member) - Amy Talley

Hospitality Coordinator (Board Member) - Melissa Williamson  

FOURTH GRADE PARENTS:  TMS PTO is need of parents to serve on their 2022-23 PTO Board.  If you are interested, please email pto4tms@gmail.com

We look forward to a great week at TES! Thank you and have a great evening!