Pender High School will host its 2nd Annual Car Show on Saturday, August 22. All years and makes are welcome, with awards, food vendors, raffle prizes and plenty of impressive vehicles to enjoy.
Last year’s event brought together more than 100 cars—help PHS make this year’s show even bigger while supporting the PHS Alumni Scholarship Fund!
📅 Saturday, August 22, 2026
📍 Pender High School, 5380 NC Highway 53 West, Burgaw
⏰ Registration: 8–11 a.m.
💵 Entry fee: $20
For questions, contact Tina Welborn at 910-663-5570.
Penderlea School, Pender Early College High School and our traditional-calendar schools begin the year at different times and follow different schedules. Our 2026-27 Family Break Planner brings their major breaks and extended weekends together in one easy-to-use graphic.
Save it to your phone or share it with another PCS family as you plan appointments, travel and family activities throughout the school year.
Time-off totals include weekends. Please refer to the approved academic calendars for complete schedule details.
📅 Tres calendarios. Un solo lugar para planificar.
Penderlea School, Pender Early College High School y nuestras escuelas de calendario tradicional comienzan el año escolar en diferentes fechas y siguen distintos calendarios. Nuestro Planificador Familiar de Recesos 2026-27 reúne los principales recesos y fines de semana largos en una sola imagen fácil de consultar.
Guárdela en su teléfono o compártala con otra familia de PCS mientras planifica citas, viajes y actividades familiares durante el año escolar.
Los totales de días libres incluyen los fines de semana. Consulte los calendarios académicos aprobados para obtener todos los detalles del calendario escolar.
📣 Families, we want to hear from you!
As Pender County Schools prepares for the 2026–27 school year, we’re asking families to complete a brief Communication Preferences Survey.
Your feedback will help us better understand:
📱 How you prefer to receive information
📅 What information matters most to your family
🌐 Whether there are barriers that make communication difficult to access or understand
The survey takes about three minutes to complete. Please submit one response per household.
🔗 https://forms.gle/BtdyMRbm7U6S2B3X6
Thank you for helping us strengthen communication with families!
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📣 ¡Familias, queremos escuchar su opinión!
Mientras las Escuelas del Condado de Pender se preparan para el año escolar 2026–27, les pedimos a las familias que completen una breve Encuesta sobre Preferencias de Comunicación.
Sus comentarios nos ayudarán a comprender mejor:
📱 Cómo prefieren recibir información
📅 Qué información es más importante para su familia
🌐 Si existen barreras que dificultan el acceso o la comprensión de la comunicación
Completar la encuesta toma aproximadamente tres minutos. Por favor, envíe una respuesta por hogar.
🔗 https://forms.gle/BtdyMRbm7U6S2B3X6
¡Gracias por ayudarnos a fortalecer la comunicación con las familias!
📣 There’s still time to take part in the Summer Meals Program!
Pender County Schools is still offering FREE breakfast and lunch for children and teens.
🗓️ Every Wednesday through August 12
🕧 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
🔗 https://forms.gle/RUijeuPKJLp1HboW6
We hope to see you this week! 🍽️
📣 ¡Todavía hay tiempo para participar en el Programa de Comidas de Verano!
Pender County Schools todavía ofrece desayuno y almuerzo GRATIS para niños y adolescentes.
🗓️ Cada miércoles hasta el 12 de agosto
🕧 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
🔗 https://forms.gle/RUijeuPKJLp1HboW6
¡Esperamos verlos esta semana! 🍽️
🌞 We’re halfway through summer, and free meals are still available!
Families can pick up 7 days of breakfast and lunch for children and teens every Wednesday.
🕧 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
📍 Multiple pickup sites
✅ No application needed
📝 Pre-registration encouraged
Help us make sure no child goes hungry this summer. ❤️
🌞 ¡Ya vamos a mitad del verano, y las comidas gratis todavía están disponibles!
Las familias pueden recoger 7 días de desayuno y almuerzo para niños y adolescentes cada miércoles.
🕧 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
📍 Varios sitios de entrega
✅ No se necesita solicitud
📝 Se recomienda preinscribirse
Ayúdenos a asegurar que ningún niño pase hambre este verano. ❤️
📚 The countdown is on—just 38 days until students on our traditional calendar return to school on Monday, August 24!
As we prepare for the 2026–27 school year, families are asked to complete their student’s Beginning of Year Information Update. This update is not required for newly enrolled students.
Keeping contact and emergency information current helps ensure a safe, smooth and successful start from day one.
We can’t wait to welcome our students back! 🚌✏️🏫
With the heat index nearing triple digits ☀🌡today, our team distributed 15,848 meals to children and families across Pender County, bringing this summer’s total to 123,260 meals served! 🥪🥛
Thank you to our dedicated staff, volunteers, community partners and families who continue to make this program a success each week. 💙💛 We'll see you again next Wednesday.
🔬 Campers took part in hands-on STEM activities focused on:
⚡ Alternative Energy
🏗️ Architecture
🌊 Aquatics
🏔️ Landforms
From designing and building to investigating the world around them, students strengthened their problem-solving and critical-thinking skills — while having plenty of fun along the way! 🧠💡
Weekly educational field trips brought those STEM lessons to life through memorable, real-world experiences. 🚌
👏 Thank you to our dedicated staff, community partners and families for helping make this summer of curiosity, creativity and learning possible! ☀️📚
YouTube Link - https://youtube.com/shorts/Aev05Ylfx-k
🍎 Kids still need meals in the summer — and we’re here to help.
Pender County Schools is offering FREE breakfast and lunch for children and teens every Wednesday through August 12.
✅ 7 days of meals
🕧 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
🔗 https://forms.gle/RUijeuPKJLp1HboW6
Please share this post with families in our community. 💙
🍎 Los niños todavía necesitan comidas durante el verano, y estamos aquí para ayudar.
Pender County Schools ofrece desayuno y almuerzo GRATIS para niños y adolescentes cada miércoles hasta el 12 de agosto.
✅ 7 días de comidas
🕧 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
🔗 https://forms.gle/RUijeuPKJLp1HboW6
Por favor comparta esta publicación con familias de nuestra comunidad. 💙
Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/pcs-jobid694
Pender County Schools’ Summer Meals Program has officially eclipsed 100,000 meals served this summer — with 17,374 meals provided today, bringing our total so far to 107,412!
Just how many meals is that? That’s enough to provide a meal to a sold-out crowd at the Dean Smith Center, Cameron Indoor Stadium, and NC State’s Lenovo Center — twice — with nearly 5,900 meals left over. 🙌
This milestone is about more than a number. It represents students being supported, families being served, and a community coming together while school is out.
Thank you to our School Nutrition team, site staff, volunteers, community partners, and families for helping make this possible! 💙 YouTube link - https://youtube.com/shorts/COlXRYTUyk4
This federally funded college-prep program serves eligible students at Pender Early College, Pender High, and Heide Trask High School through tutoring, mentoring, college visits, academic enrichment, and a six-week summer experience at Cape Fear Community College — all at ZERO cost to families.
Students are already making the most of the opportunity! Rising Pender Early College seniors Sal Madison and Maritza Mendoza were selected for the National Student Leadership Congress, where only 100 students from across the country were accepted. Maritza’s group even won the Mock Congress debate! 🙌
“TRIO has given me a lot of opportunities that I would’ve never thought I would’ve had,” Maritza said.
📚 Learn more and apply: https://www.cfcc.edu/upward-bound/
📧 Questions: cfcc.upwardbound@mail.cfcc.edu
Only six weeks remain until the start of the new school year!
As we prepare to welcome students back, we ask that you take a few minutes to complete your student's Beginning of Year Information Updates. (This update is not required for newly enrolled students.)
Keeping your family's contact and emergency information up to date helps us ensure your child has a safe, smooth, and successful start to the school year from day one.
We look forward to welcoming our students back soon!
Due to a damaged fiber line in the area, internet and phone service is being affected at our Topsail and Surf City schools. Four County Electric is working to resolve the issue. We will keep families informed as updates become available. Thank you for your patience and support.
The holiday weekend is over, but free meals are still here!
Families can still pick up 7 days of FREE breakfast and lunch for children and teens every Wednesday.
🕧 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
📍 Pickup sites across Pender County
📝 Register online or onsite
We’re here to help all summer long! ❤️
El fin de semana festivo ya pasó, ¡pero las comidas gratis continúan!
Las familias todavía pueden recoger 7 días de desayuno y almuerzo GRATIS para niños y adolescentes cada miércoles.
🕧 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
📍 Sitios de entrega en el Condado de Pender
📝 Regístrese en línea o en el sitio
¡Estamos aquí para ayudar durante todo el verano! ❤️
🏀 At C.F. Pope Elementary, crews are resurfacing the basketball court on the playground as part of our district’s Capital Improvement Plan.
🛠️ Projects like this help improve safety, extend the life of our facilities, and create better outdoor spaces for students.
👏 We’re grateful for the continued support that makes these improvements possible — and we’re excited for students to enjoy this upgraded space when they return! 💙 YouTube - https://youtu.be/D5Zd-2N6OWE
Pender County Schools served 18,774 meals during Week 5 of our Summer Meals Program, bringing our total to 90,038 meals served so far this summer! 🎉
Each week, this program helps make sure children and families across Pender County have access to nutritious meals while school is out. We are grateful for our school nutrition staff, support teams, community partners, and families who help make this effort possible. 💙
📍 Meals are available Wednesdays from 12:30–2:00 p.m. at:
Atkinson Town Hall
C.F. Pope Elementary
Malpass Corner Elementary
Maple Hill Presbyterian Church
Rocky Point Elementary
South Topsail Elementary
Please help us spread the word to families who may benefit!
🌲➡️🏫 From this… to this.
The future J.H. Lea Elementary and Middle School campus has come a long way from one of our earliest build site photos to the vision shown in the school rendering.
This project represents a major investment in the future of Pender County Schools and the students, staff, families, and community members who will soon call this campus home.
📸 Take a look at where the journey began — and where it’s headed.
Want to follow the progress? Visit our Bond Referendum page for updates and information:
https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/page/bond-referendum
We’re excited to keep sharing the story as the future J.H. Lea Schools continue to take shape! 🏗️📚
