Good Evening Penderlea Families. You can find the full version of this message on our school website under About and clicking Weekly Message.

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!! We are so excited about seeing everyone return to school tomorrow, Monday January 10, 2022. We hope that everyone got the opportunity to spend time with family, friends, and got the opportunity to rest. We are looking forward to hearing all the exciting news you have to share with us!
Please remember that drop off time begins at 7:20 am and the tardy bell rings at 7:45 am. Breakfast begins at 7:20 am and ends at 7:45 am. If your student eats breakfast, please arrive early so that your student has enough time to eat breakfast as they will be sent to class at 7:45 am to begin their instructional school day.
We are in our 3rd nine weeks of school. The end of the 3rd nine weeks is March 4th. Please help us by encouraging your student to attend school, be on time, and work hard. EOG’s for grades 3-5 are right around the corner in May. Stay focused and work hard.
There will be no school for staff and students on Monday January 17th, 2022. This is in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
All students(K-8) will be taking the Middle of the Year Math diagnostic assessment in i-Ready this week at school. i-Ready is currently located within Classlink, but please do not take this assessment at home. i-Ready is an adaptive test. That means the assessment will get easier or harder based on questions that your child gets correct and incorrect. This test is not graded. The purpose of this test is to gather information to help us be better teachers for your child. Another purpose is to put your child on a learning path for the semester. Please let Dr. Jordan know if you have any questions.
Basketball Tryouts for boys and girls in grades 6-8 will begin on Wednesday, January 12th. Students must be academically eligible to try out and must have a physical on file. If students do not meet these requirements, they will not be allowed to try out. Girls time is 3:15-4:30 pm. Boys will begin at 4:30-6:00 pm. Please pick up your student at the front of the school at the scheduled time. Please contact Mrs. Mintz if you have any questions.
Please remember that the dress code is enforced daily. Rips/holes in jeans should be below the mid thigh. For girls leggings and for boys basketball shorts are examples of appropriate clothing items to wear under jeans if rips/holes are above mid thigh. Pajama pants/pajamas are to be only worn on approved school wide activities. Hats are a PBIS incentive on Fridays only. Hats are not allowed to be worn inside the building Monday-Thursdays. Please visit Pender County Schools website under board policy 4316 Student Dress Code Policy to review the policy. If you have any questions please call the school.
8th grade students who are interested in applying for Pender Early College. Please remember that paper applications are due to Mrs. Burdette on January 27th, 2022. If you have any questions about the application process or Early College, please contact Mrs. Burdette.
Our amazing PTO will be holding its Quarter Auction this month! If you are willing and able to donate to your classrooms/grade level basket, please donate items by Thursday January 13th. Please reach out to your student’s teacher for information on what the theme of the basket will be. Thank you for your continued support of Penderlea PTO. They truly go above and beyond for our staff and students.
Penderlea has a Spirit Rock! Thank you PTO and the village it took to get the rock to Penderlea. We are looking forward to seeing this celebrating our students and school!
Our lost and found is overflowing. Please have your students check with the front office if they have misplaced their coats/jackets/sweatshirts.
If your student is a bus rider, please remember that while masks are optional while on school campus, masks are mandatory on the school bus. Please ensure your student has their mask on prior to boarding the school bus. Masks will remain on at all times while riding the school bus.

Reminders:

On September 21st, 2021 the Pender County Board of Education held a special called meeting and voted to make mask use optional for students and staff beginning on October 4th. When returning to campus tomorrow, October 11th, masks will be optional in classrooms and on school grounds. Masks are still mandatory on all school buses (yellow and activity). All students, staff, and community members are encouraged to make their own decisions regarding their personal health into choosing whether to wear a mask. Harassment, discrimination, bullying, or intimidation based on any person’s decision to wear or not wear a face covering or a mask will not be tolerated.

Please remember, PCS schools nurses will follow the NC Strong Schools Toolkit in terms of exclusion from school. Decisions of isolation and quarantine dates will be made by the health department. Only symptomatic students must stay home from school, siblings who are not showing any symptoms are allowed to come to school at this time. If someone in the household tests positive for Covid then all students should stay home and the school nurse needs to be contacted.

Please CLICK HERE to review the revised COVID-19 Protocols (revised on September 21, 2021). If you have any questions, please contact the school.

UNCW women’s basketball team would like to encourage Penderlea’s student body, teachers, and parents to enjoy a night of family fun that is dedicated to Penderlea Elementary! Penderlea is invited to Trask Coliseum on 2/13/22 at 2pm to watch the Seahawks take on William & Mary University in women’s basketball! Parents who purchase a ticket for the designated Seahawks Tomorrow game on 2/13 can use the promo code: UNCWST6 to receive a FREE youth ticket with the purchase of an adult ticket. The ticket deal will also be available on gameday at the main gate. Penderlea Elementary students and educators will be recognized on our video board, along with the opportunity for select students to participate in exciting gameday entertainment!

Backpack program:

Penderlea School will once again be partnering with two local churches to provide food bags on Fridays for students to take home. The purpose of this program is to help families with a few extra staple foods and snacks to have for their children over the weekend. The churches only know the number of bags to deliver each week and not the names of the children. If you would like for your child/children to participate please reach out directly and confidentially as soon as possible to Mrs. Burdette, School Counselor. Her email address is: lisa_burdette@pender.k12.nc.us or you may call her direct line at 910-815-7304. Please leave a message if she is not at her desk.

Penderlea School and Pender County Schools are happy to announce the adoption of an innovative mobile device app and website entitled, Here Comes the Bus®. Please review the attached information sheets for more information on how this application works. Here Comes the Bus allows you to view the real-time location of your child’s school bus on your smartphone, tablet or computer. With it, you will have the information you need to send your children to the bus stop at just the right time, helping to protect them from inclement weather and other roadside dangers. What’s more, you’ll have peace of mind knowing your children haven’t missed the bus. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Jordan.

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To ensure that our buses remain on schedule, we are asking that all bus riders stand at their bus stops ready to board the bus when the bus arrives. Please arrive at the stop at least 15 minutes early before the scheduled pick up time. Please utilize the Here Comes the Bus Application to track your child’s bus.

This year, Pender County Schools will offer FREE breakfast and lunch for ALL students for the 2021-2022 school year. Penderlea Menu

Our Glow Run that was scheduled for October 23rd, has been cancelled and rescheduled for Saturday, March 26th. More detailed information will be shared at a later date.

Important message for 8th grade parents and students:

The Pender Early College Recruitment/Application process for current 8th grade students are listed below. Please let Mrs. Burdette know if you have any questions.

PEC will be having two parent nights:

November 2nd: Parent night at the CFCC campus at Surf City at 6:00pm

November 8th: parent night at PECHS Burgaw campus at 6:00pm

October 29: Recruitment visit at Penderlea (1:00pm) for Penderlea students.
Online applications will be available beginning November 1. Students can let Mrs. Burdette know if they would like a copy.
Completed paper applications due to Mrs. Burdette by January 27, 2022.
Student interviews will be held in February, 2022.
Acceptance or waitlist letters will be mailed in mid March, 2022.
Shadow day for those accepted will be in mid April, 2022.

Important Dates to remember:

January 10th: Students return to school.

January 11-14: iReady MOY Assessments

January 11th: Monthly Board of Education Meeting. Meeting begins at 6:00 pm. https://www.youtube.com/c/PenderCountySchools

January 12th: Middle School Basketball Tryouts Begin

January 17th: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: No School for staff or students

January 27th: 8th Graders interested in attending PCS Early College; Paper applications are due to Mrs. Burdette.

February 1st: Interim/Progress Reports go home

February 9th: No school. Optional Teacher Workday

March 4th: End of the 3rd nine weeks

March 7th-18th: Spring Break. No school for staff and students

March 21st-22nd: Optional Teacher Workdays. No school for students

March 23rd: Students return to school for the 4th nine weeks.

March 28th: Report Cards go home.

Please find this year’s school calendar here: Penderlea School Year Calendar 21-22

Thank you for your continued support and have a great week!

Penderlea School

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