Hello Panther Families

We are excited to see our students tomorrow at C. F. Pope Elementary School. Students who ride bus 219 and 213 will be picked up by bus 213 30 minutes early on Monday morning. Those who live on Hwy 53 and in the Ballybunnion area will be picked up by bus 238. Please continue to make sure students attend on time each day. If/when students are absent, please send a note to the teacher indicating the reason for the absence, the dates they were absent, and a parent signature. Please remember, if anyone in your household has a COVID symptom and/or awaiting COVID test results, they should stay home and contact the school nurse before students return to school. PCS schools nurses will follow the NC Strong Schools Toolkit in terms of exclusion from school. Decisions of isolation and quarantine dates will continue to be made by the health department. COVID-19 testing is available at school now. Go to the Pender County Schools website, click COVID-19 at the top and then register your student by clicking on C F Pope student. You can also use this link to sign up for future use of this service or use the link on the PCS website. Please call and speak with one of the nurses if you have any questions. https://sites.google.com/pender.k12.nc.us/pcs/covid-19

Girls on the Run and STRIDE registration is now open. This is a fun after school fitness program that will be held 2 days a week starting after Spring Break. Check with your teacher or Ms. Thompson for more important information. STRIDE registration is open for boys in 3rd-5th grade. The link is: https://www.ymcasenc.org/register/register-for-programs/

Pre-K morning arrival: 7:15am at teacher’s backdoor
Pre-K dismissal: 2pm
K-5 arrival: 7:10-7:30 am in the car rider at the back of the school. After 7:30 parents check in
K-5 tardy bell: 7:35 am
K-5 dismissal: 2:35pm
Bus riders: Be at the bus stop 10-15 minutes early, wait for the driver’s hand signal if crossing the road, follow all bus rules including having to wear a mask throughout the entire ride and K-2 students must be accompanied by an adult or older sibling for dropoff/pickup. If unaccompanied, they may be brought back to school for parent pickup
Here Comes the Bus App: District Code: 29081 contact school for student number

Parents are strongly encouraged to send their correct email addresses in order to receive messages like these via email. Thank you for your patience as bus drivers drive the newest bus routes that have begun. We are always in need of additional bus drivers. If you or someone you know is interested, please invite them to fill out an application online at the PCS website and contact our school administration.

As always we continuously work to improve our processes to keep everyone educated, informed, picked up and dropped off at school. Our school number is 910-259-0145. Please enjoy your evening.

Important Dates:

February- Bus Driver Appreciation Month

February 8 - Interim Reports

February 16 - Workday- No School

February 16 - School Improvement Team meeting

February 22 - School Class Pictures

February 23- 4th Grade Title I Parent Night

March 3 - Kindergarten & 3rd Grade Title I Parent Night

March 7-11 - Spring Break

March 16 - School Improvement Team meeting 3pm

March 17- 2nd Grade Title I Parent Night

March 18 - End of Quarter 3

March 24 - Report Cards

April 15 - Good Friday- No School

April 18 - Workday-No School

April 20 - School Improvement Team meeting 3pm

April 21 - Interim Reports

April 28 - 1st Grade Title I Parent Night

May 18 - School Improvement Team meeting 3pm

May 20 - Report Cards/Last day of school for students

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