
Ms. Johnson’s class completed a literacy project and created a class book. We voted on what we wanted our topic to be and decided with “Families”. Each student contributed one page to our story & then we read the book together! A wonderful learning experience! 🩷


Pumpkin Patch 🎃 A pumpkin patch vanishing point lesson is an art project that teaches one-point perspective by having students draw a field of pumpkins that appear to receded into the distance, with larger pumpkins in the foreground and smaller ones getting progressively smaller towards a central vanishing point on the horizontal line.





Congratulations to our September Staff Member of the Month, Mrs. Matthews! We celebrate all you do for Cape Fear Elementary.


Pender County Schools is inviting families to join the Million Minute Reading Challenge! Our goal is for students and families to log one million minutes of reading outside of school this year.
Whether it’s bedtime stories, reading in the car, or enjoying a book at the park, every minute counts. Families can record their minutes online .
Our CFE tracker is here: HERE
Check back each week for leaderboard updates and help us reach our goal together!



📚✨ It starts at HOME! ✨📚
Pender County Schools is challenging families to help us reach ONE MILLION minutes of reading outside of school this year.
🛋️ 📖 Bedtime stories.
🚗 📱 Reading on the way to practice.
☀️ 📚 Quiet time at the park.
Every minute counts!
📚✨ ¡Todo empieza en CASA! ✨📚
Las Escuelas del Condado de Pender están retando a las familias a ayudarnos a alcanzar UN MILLÓN de minutos de lectura fuera de la escuela este año.
🛋️ 📖 Cuentos antes de dormir.
🚗 📱 Lectura de camino a la práctica.
☀️ 📚 Un rato tranquilo en el parque.
¡Cada minuto cuenta!
Pender County Schools is challenging families to help us reach ONE MILLION minutes of reading outside of school this year.
🛋️ 📖 Bedtime stories.
🚗 📱 Reading on the way to practice.
☀️ 📚 Quiet time at the park.
Every minute counts!
📚✨ ¡Todo empieza en CASA! ✨📚
Las Escuelas del Condado de Pender están retando a las familias a ayudarnos a alcanzar UN MILLÓN de minutos de lectura fuera de la escuela este año.
🛋️ 📖 Cuentos antes de dormir.
🚗 📱 Lectura de camino a la práctica.
☀️ 📚 Un rato tranquilo en el parque.
¡Cada minuto cuenta!



📚✨ Join Our Million Minute Reading Challenge! ✨📚
We’re on a mission to read ONE MILLION minutes together — and we need YOUR help! 💪
PCS Million Minute Reading Challenge is a district wide challenge that runs from October 1, 2025 - May 21, 2026.
How it works:
1️⃣ Read at home, in school, or anywhere you love.
2️⃣ Record your minutes.
3️⃣ Watch our community reading total grow!
Every minute counts — whether it’s a bedtime story, a chapter book, or reading aloud to a friend. Let’s show how powerful readers can be when we work together! 🙌
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfApzka8bmtJDTTD1qvyfflrcq6d_4ZGG-PpLFpbr_8ct8roQ/viewform
We’re on a mission to read ONE MILLION minutes together — and we need YOUR help! 💪
PCS Million Minute Reading Challenge is a district wide challenge that runs from October 1, 2025 - May 21, 2026.
How it works:
1️⃣ Read at home, in school, or anywhere you love.
2️⃣ Record your minutes.
3️⃣ Watch our community reading total grow!
Every minute counts — whether it’s a bedtime story, a chapter book, or reading aloud to a friend. Let’s show how powerful readers can be when we work together! 🙌
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfApzka8bmtJDTTD1qvyfflrcq6d_4ZGG-PpLFpbr_8ct8roQ/viewform



Ms. Hamilton’s class participated in a Socratic Seminar this morning engaging in conversation about “That Book Woman.”



October Breakfast and Lunch Menu.


👏🏽📸Curriculum Night Raffle Winners! Thank you to everyone who came out! Gift certificates to Strawbridge Studios will be sent home with your student this week. Here is the link to our annual Title 1 presentation. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AtpsJEqbH7elCepJ60Ec1-HkMwemp0IcsmqluTLlHTQ/edit?usp=drivesdk


Mrs Robertson's preschool class completed the M54 gingerbread cookies cooking activity. They practiced measuring, new vocabulary, mixing, rolling and more!
Objective
22 measuring objects
3A balances needs and rights of others
7A uses fingers and hands
8B follows directions
9A uses an expanding expressive vocabulary
11A attends and engages
17B uses print concepts
20A counts
26 demonstrates knowledge of physical properties of objects and materials
28 uses tools and other technology to perform tasks
Objective
22 measuring objects
3A balances needs and rights of others
7A uses fingers and hands
8B follows directions
9A uses an expanding expressive vocabulary
11A attends and engages
17B uses print concepts
20A counts
26 demonstrates knowledge of physical properties of objects and materials
28 uses tools and other technology to perform tasks


Mrs. Johnson’s class completed their take home projects this week & shared their favorite items that describe what they love and enjoy to do! We are still working hard at building our classroom community!



INTENTIONAL TEACHING STRATEGIES SE19
Friendship and love cards
Mrs. Robertson’s class completed making greeting cards for family and friends using letter and letter sound knowledge to make the words that were written.
Friendship and love cards
Mrs. Robertson’s class completed making greeting cards for family and friends using letter and letter sound knowledge to make the words that were written.






This week marked an exciting start to the 21st CCLC program with students taking part in a hands-on STEM activity: the Stacking Cup Challenge. Working in groups, students used only a piece of string attached to a rubber band to stack cups into a pyramid. They weren’t allowed to touch the cups with their hands and had to rely entirely on teamwork and communication.




🌈🎨 Kindergarten artists from Mrs. Rogers' class explored rainbows and painting today in Art! Look at those amazing skills and the beautiful artwork they created. 💕👏





Today Mrs. Johnson’s class had a special visit from one of the leaders of CFE! Mrs. Hopkins explained her role as assistant principal and all she does to help
our principal Mrs. Smith run our school effectively. The students asked tons of questions and they learned so much! She also read us a story and can’t wait until she comes to visit us again!
our principal Mrs. Smith run our school effectively. The students asked tons of questions and they learned so much! She also read us a story and can’t wait until she comes to visit us again!


🎉 We are excited to share that Burgaws Best Parents Night Out event raised $550 for the Cape Fear Elementary PTO! 🎉
Thank you to all the families who joined in the fun and helped raise money towards our new Art Tables.


Half of 5th grade went on a field trip to Masonboro Island today to explore seashells, crabbing, and ecosystems. The other half will take their field trip next Monday!



Our 5th graders took on the Suspend challenge — and they nailed it! Steady hands, teamwork, and lots of laughter made this activity a success. Way to rise to the challenge, 5th grade!


Math groups in Mrs. Johnson’s class are always an adventure! Counting, quantifying & sorting with numbers & shapes!
