🌧️🚸 Pender County, important update! 📢 Due to expected bad weather on Fri, Sept 22, Pender County Schools will have an early release schedule. All the details can be found INSIDE this link: https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/o/pcs/article/1252598 Stay safe! 🏫 ☔🌦️

📢Weather Alert: Tropical Storm Warning ⚠️ Pender County Schools is monitoring a Tropical Storm Warning in our area. As of now, all school operations are on as scheduled. Updates will follow if needed. Stay safe! 🌧️☔ https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/o/pcs/article/1252598

🎒📚Exciting times ahead! It's the first day of school for all of us! Let's make memories together 📷 Share your back to school pics with us using #ExperienceTheExcellence ✨ Can't wait to see your smiles! 😊🚌

🎓 Exciting day at the convocation event at @hth_titans, as we gear up for a new school year! 📚 Ready to #ExperienceTheExcellence all over again. 🌟https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-maCiYgWWc

From just 2000 classrooms in 1965, Head Start has now grown to 51,809 classrooms! 37 million children have been served since 1965. Head Start helps children build skills they need to be successful, and takes a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of children and families.

More Mother’s Day event pictures…so much fun!




Children at all of our preschools did Mother’s Day crafts with mothers, grandmothers, aunts and fathers this week!




They beat the rain, but the kids ended up wet anyway - and that was part of the fun!
Another successful PreK Field Day is in the books, sorry for the OT needed for laundry parents, but along with the dirt our students left with a 🙂https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzdNSTGSiCk

Join us in celebrating National Library Week (April 23-29, 2023)!

Join us in celebrating Military Spirit Week from April 17th through the 21st.

Tasty Tuesday fun at Cape Fear Elementary!


Join us today in celebrating our amazing media coordinators who instill a love and passion for reading in our students!

April 3-7, 2023 is NAEYC's week o f the Young Child. This week is a fun-filled week celebrating early learning, young children, their teachers, families, and communities. We are so excited to celebrate young children and their families with hands-on, collaborative activities encouraging movement and healthy lifestyles through music, food, and art.
Music Monday: When children sing, dance, and listen to music, they develop their language and early literacy skills while being active and encouraging movement. Make up and record your own unique version of a song or write your own, and share it on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the #WOYC23 hashtag.
Try out today's Message in a Backpack™–Make Animal Music (link: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/tyc/dec2017/backpack/make-animal-music)

Please join PCS in celebrating Employee Appreciation Day! During Dr. Breedlove's Listening & Learning Series, the No.1 reason why our employees choose to work here - the family atmosphere. THANK YOU for making this a special place! #PCSPride #Family #EmployeeAppreciationDay

Kindergarten registration is underway! There are three ways to register - use the QR code; head to pendercountyschools.net or attend your school’s scheduled K Screener Day, assistance for registering will be provided. Please register by March 31st! 📆#PCSPride


Kindergarten registration is underway! There are three ways to register - use the QR code; head to pendercountyschools.net or attend your school’s scheduled K Screener Day, assistance for registering will be provided. Please register by March 31st! #PCSPride


Our Read Across America activity at the public library featured 10 activities from our Studies and revolved around the book Emile and the Field. Each activity had take-home cards for families to be able to do the activity at home!




February Is National Children’s Dental Health Month. Keep your child's mouth healthy:
Brush with fluoride toothpaste twice a day.
Drink water throughout the day.
Limit foods and drinks with added sugar.
Visit a dentist by age 1.

Cape Fear Elementary was our final woodworking event yesterday. Lots and lots of family members were there for the event and family meeting. Thank you so much for your participation!




South Topsail's woodworking event last Friday had a great turn out of family members to assist their child in creating butterfly houses or bird feeders. Such great family engagement!




