Students attending our Hospitality and Tourism camp are being highly engaged and participating in activities that will help them to gain some employability and life skills. Students learned to properly set a table, design bucket hats, and customer service from Chik-fila!
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Our Foods and Nutrition campers are starting this morning with making some oven roasted broccoli. Our children are learning to be helpful, healthy and happy! Thanks Mrs. Mitchell for your training with students this summer.
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Our campers at Cape Fear Middle School have already built their robots and are preparing for robot capture the flag tomorrow!
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Topsail Middle School STEM and Computer Science CTE Camps highly engaging activities. Today students learned the basics of block coding to send mini Spheros through space. Students also designed straw rockets for distance and began building air powered rockets for height.
Pender High School is highly engaged in learning at the 1st day of CTE Summer Career Accelerator Camps.
Students are Learning First Aid with Ms.Garriss (Health Science)
Shop safety with Mr. Herren
Campus beautification with Mr.Dixon and Mr.Jackson
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Our Family and Consumer Science camp at Heide Trask High School is off to a great start. Students are engaging in hands on activities already. Making waffles, can't wait for the final product!
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Carson Major has been interning this summer at Topsail Animal Hospital. When we visited her, she was observing surgery. Carson will complete 120 hours with Topsail Animal Hospital this summer. She is excited to start applying for college in the fall as she wants to be a vet.
Olivia White, a rising junior at Pender HS, presented a session, "Life as a Student-Athlete", as part of the NCHSAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee to coaches and ADs. Olivia plays volleyball, basketball, and soccer at PHS 🏐🏀⚽
Emilie Therrassant, a graduating senior from Heide Trask, received the Jerry McGee Endowed Scholarship Tuesday morning. Emilie played volleyball and soccer at Trask and will be attending UNC Greensboro in the fall. #ExperienceTheExcellence 🏐⚽
PCS active! Madison Brewington, a graduating senior from Pender Early College, received the North Carolina Coaches Association Undergraduate Scholarship on Sunday evening. Madison will be attending Vanderbilt in the fall. #ExperienceTheExcellence
Congratulations to Denise Pollock Pender County Schools CTE Curriculum and Instruction Management Coordinator who was named the SouthEast Region CIMC OF THE YEAR!! She works tirelessly for our school district to ensure they are enrolled, enlisted or employed!
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For the 2023-24 school year, PCS will be implementing a program called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) which provides breakfast and lunch, at no cost, for students at eligible schools. Eligible schools can be found here - https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/article/1172162
The 2023-24 school year is officially underway 📚🍎Penderlea School welcomed students this morning - a new journey for some, familiar hallways for others. Thank you parents for putting your trust in PCS!! #ExperienceTheExcellence
Is your child up to date on their vaccinations? Doctor offices and clinics get very busy in August, plan ahead to avoid the rush prior to the 2023-2024 school year! Remember, some vaccinations are required by the state (fact sheet https://5il.co/1pttk, Spanish - https://5il.co/1pttj) Please contact your healthcare provider or school nurse if you have questions
🎉 Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸
Wishing our incredible students, dedicated educators, and supportive families a day of safety, joy, and celebration.
A busy day of learning with coaches working with teachers and interventionists to dig into the eureka modules. #experiencetheexcellence
Principals, Coaches, and Teachers learning Wit & Wisdom protocols and studying lessons to prepare for the upcoming school year! This is the first session of five being offered this summer. Thankful for the dedication of our teachers to continue learning through the summer! #ExperienceTheExcellence
Hours for the FREE summer meals program have been changed and will now happen from 3-6 each Wednesday. More information can be found here - https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/article/1150223
Out of respect for his family's wishes, Pender County Schools delayed a public announcement on the untimely death of Jamie Rochelle. Here is a link to the statement released the morning of June 27, 2023 on the Topsail High School website -bit.ly/3JBuPaR
