Pender Innovative Learning Academy

📢 Final Chance to Share Your Voice! Pender County Schools invites YOU to the final Family & Community Strategic Plan Focus Group VIRTUAL MEETING. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of our schools and make a difference for our students and community! 🗓️ Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024 ⏰ Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 💻 Join Us Here: https://bit.ly/4fCMxZw Your input matters! Don’t miss this chance to help guide the direction of education in our county. #OnePender 📢 ¡Última oportunidad para compartir tu opinión! Las Escuelas del Condado de Pender te invitan a participar en la última reunión VIRTUAL DEL GRUPO de Enfoque del Plan Estratégico para Familias y la Comunidad. ¡Esta es tu oportunidad de ayudar a dar forma al futuro de nuestras escuelas y marcar la diferencia para nuestros estudiantes y comunidad! 🗓️ Fecha: Jueves, 21 de noviembre de 2024 ⏰ Hora: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM 💻 Únete aquí: https://bit.ly/4fCMxZw ¡Tu opinión cuenta! No pierdas esta oportunidad de guiar el rumbo de la educación en nuestro condado. #OnePender

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We are OTTER-ly ecstatic to be awarded a Bright Idea Grant to support the awesome work being done in our specials classes. Ms Justice and Ms Mintz collaborated on this grant in order to be able to offer amazing opportunities for our students in the near future!! #onepender

📢 Attention families! Don’t miss out on tonight's Family Focus Group for the Strategic Plan from 6:30 - 7:30 at Heide Trask High School! This is your chance to share your thoughts and help shape the future of our schools. Join us and make your voice heard! 📅 Check the graphic for all the details. We hope to see you there! 📢 ¡Atención familias! ¡No se pierdan el Grupo de Enfoque Familiar para el Plan Estratégico esta noche, de 5 a 6 PM en la Escuela Primaria Rocky Point! Esta es su oportunidad de compartir sus ideas y ayudar a dar forma al futuro de nuestras escuelas. ¡Únase a nosotros y haga escuchar su voz! 📅 Consulte el gráfico para todos los detalles. ¡Esperamos verlos allí!

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Mrs. Braune and Ms. Beveridge were excited to accept a $6000 Landfall Foundation Grant on behalf of PILA this afternoon to fund "Otter-ly Inclusion Learning Spaces"! #onepender

We've extended the deadline for our Strategic Plan Survey to November 22, 2024. If you haven't done so already, please complete the survey. We want to hear from you as we shape our next five years. SURVEY LINK - https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/o/pcs/article/1827572

Super proud to say that another Otter met ALL requirements for graduation today!!! Mid-year graduation is shaping up to be an AMAZING event!!! #onepender

Meet Kaylee Champ, K-5 Math & Science Teacher at PILA! ✏️📚✨ With 15 years of teaching experience, Ms. Champ brings her passion for elementary math and science to PILA! She spent 12 years teaching in Illinois before moving to North Carolina, where she’s now in her third year. Growing up, Ms. Champ always dreamed of being a teacher, following her passion even though career tests suggested other fields! 🌟 Her favorite subject? Math! 🧮💡 Ms. Champ loves guiding students through those rewarding “ah-ha” moments that make challenging problems click. Special teaching accomplishment? She has developed a unique skill in teaching multiple grade levels of math within the same classroom—both in Illinois and here in NC. This approach allows her to impact a diverse group of students all at once! 💪✨ Outside the classroom, Ms. Champ enjoys spending time with her daughter and grandson, relaxing at the beach 🏖️, and visiting family back in Illinois ✈️. She’s also a fan of crafting, especially making mesh wreaths when inspiration strikes! 🎨 Her two beloved cats, Princess (11) and Waffles (2), keep her company at home 🐾. She hopes to visit Hawaii one day for the ultimate dream vacation. 🏝️ Guided by her motto, “On the hard days, focus on what is going well,” Ms. Champ continues to create a positive impact for her students, one “ah-ha” moment at a time! 🌟

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The Otters are on the move!!! Moore's Creek Battlefield here we come!!! #onepender

📢 Help shape the future of Pender County Schools! Join our Parent & Family focus groups for strategic planning. 🗓️ Upcoming Dates: Nov. 12, 6:30 PM @ Pender HS Nov. 14, 5:00 PM @ Rocky Point Elem Nov. 14, 6:30 PM @ Heide Trask HS Nov. 19, 6:30 PM @ Topsail HS #OnePender

📢 PCS is gathering student input for our Strategic Plan! Starting Nov. 6, middle & high school students can join an optional survey via ClassLink. An opt-out form is attached and will be sent home with students (due back by Nov. 4). Let’s shape PCS together! 🌟 #OnePender https://bit.ly/student-survey-opt-out

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Power has been restored to all of the affected schools. Thank you for your patience. La energía ha sido restaurada en todas las escuelas afectadas. Gracias por su paciencia.

We’ve been informed by Four County Electric about a power outage currently affecting several schools in the Rocky Point area. The following schools are experiencing outages: Rocky Point Elementary, Cape Fear Middle, Cape Fear Elementary, Pender Innovative Learning Academy, Heide Trask High. Our teams are closely monitoring the situation, and Four County Electric is working to restore power as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

This is the first senior selfie of the year!!! PILA has its first student that has met ALL graduation requirements!! Can't wait to watch him walk on January 3!! #seniorselfie #onepender

The Otters spent the afternoon celebrating AMAZING 1st quarter attendance achievements!! Ice cream sundaes, corn hole, line dancing and soccer were just some of the fun activities!!! #onepender

🎓 The UNC System is excited to invite students, parents, and school counselors to a special virtual event focused on North Carolina's new simplified admissions program! Join representatives from the UNC System and NC Community Colleges to learn about the admissions process and get answers directly from experts at the pilot campuses: Elizabeth City State University Fayetteville State University UNC Asheville UNC Greensboro UNC Pembroke Winston-Salem State University 🗓️ When: October 17, 2024, from 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm 💻 Where: Virtual via Zoom 🔗 Register Here! - https://bit.ly/4f5gvoe ### 🎓 ¡El Sistema de UNC invita a estudiantes, padres y consejeros escolares a un evento virtual especial sobre el nuevo programa de admisión simplificado para estudiantes de Carolina del Norte! Únase a representantes del Sistema de UNC y de los Colegios Comunitarios de NC para obtener información sobre el proceso de admisión y hacer preguntas a expertos de los siguientes campus: Elizabeth City State University Fayetteville State University UNC Asheville UNC Greensboro UNC Pembroke Winston-Salem State University 🗓️ Cuándo: 17 de octubre de 2024, de 6:30 pm a 7:15 pm 💻 Dónde: Virtual a través de Zoom 🔗 ¡Regístrate aquí! - https://bit.ly/4f5gvoe

The Pender County Health Department is offering flu vaccines for students (K-12) and school staff at our schools. 🩺💉 It's a convenient way to protect your family this flu season! ✔️ Consent forms are due by Oct. 18. ✔️ Paper and online consent forms available. For more information and a full schedule of vaccine clinics, visit: https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/article/1813524 El Departamento de Salud del Condado de Pender ofrecerá vacunas contra la gripe para estudiantes (K-12) y personal escolar en nuestras escuelas. 🩺💉 ¡Es una manera conveniente de proteger a tu familia esta temporada de gripe! ✔️ Los formularios de consentimiento deben entregarse antes del 18 de octubre. ✔️ Formularios de consentimiento disponibles en papel y en línea. Para más información y el calendario completo de las clínicas de vacunación, visita: https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/article/1813524