Rocky Point Elementary School

Only a few more days until school starts, and we want to introduce you to some of our new faculty! Ms. Finch is joining our Kindergarten team! Her favorite color is yellow and her favorite food is sushi (yummy!). She has two cats, Alice & Dolly. Ms. Finch is a 3rd generation NC teacher and she loves playing piano - we'll have to sneak her into music class one day! Welcome to RPE, Ms. Finch!

Only a few more days until school starts, and we want to introduce you to some of our new faculty! While Ms. Stewart is not exactly new to Rocky Point, we're excited that she's joining the K-5 team from preschool! Ms. Stewart will be joining our 2nd grade team this year. Her favorite color is purple and her favorite food is nachos (yum!). She has 2 boys and 3 dogs! In her free time, she loves going fishing! Welcome, Ms. Stewart!

🎓 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

Today, all PCS teachers are gathered at HTHS for our annual professional development conference - Rocky Point teachers are getting ready for a day of learning!

Rocky Point Elementary School Families, This message is for families of 1st through 5th graders, excluding new enrollments. As Pender County Schools has stated, all students will require a Chromebook Agreement in order to receive a Chromebook from school. The Chromebook Agreement is embedded in the Beginning of Year Application on Scribbles. Families completing this B.O.Y. application is extremely important for our records. It allows us to receive valuable updated information, for example, transportation, guardian phone number/address changes and emergency contact information. Our hopes are to have this completed before Open House so you can focus on the meet and greet with your child and teacher. Please take the time to submit the application online as soon as possible. The link is listed below. https://penderncc.scriborder.com/ (English and Spanish) **If you have a change of address, please note that a new Proof of Residence must be on file in order to have bus changes completed or for the student information system to be updated. We would also like to remind you that all students will receive free breakfast and lunch for the school year 2023-2024. Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. Familias de Rocky Point Elementary, Este mensaje es para familias de estudiantes de 1er a 5to grado, excluyendo registraciones nuevas. Como han mencionado las Escuelas del Condado de Pender, todo estudiante requiere un Acuerdo de Chromebook para que reciban un chromebook de la escuela. El Acuerdo de Chromebook está incorporado en la Aplicación de Inicio del Año en Scribbles. El completar esta Aplicación de Inicio del Año es extremadamente importante para nuestros registros. Nos permite recibir información actualizada, por ejemplo, transportacion, numero de telefono de padres/cambio de direccion e informacion de contactos de emergencia. Esperamos tener estas aplicaciones completadas antes del Open House para que ustedes se puedan enfocar en conocer y platicar con la maestra de su hijo(a). Por favor tómese el tiempo para someter la aplicación en línea lo antes posible. El enlace se encuentra a continuación. https://penderncc.scriborder.com/ (Ingles y español) **Si usted tiene un cambio de dirección, por favor tome en cuenta que necesitamos una Prueba de Residencia nueva para hacer los cambios de autobús o para actualizar la información del estudiante en nuestro sistema. También quisiera recordarles que todos los estudiantes recibirán desayuno y almuerzo gratis para el año escolar 2023-2024. Por favor siéntase libre de comunicarse con cualquier pregunta. ¡Nos vemos pronto!

Happy Birthday to Ms. Faye! She's been working so hard during the summer to get the school ready, and we don't know what we would do without her! Thanks to Ms Perez for baking a cake to celebrate this amazing staff member!

Our Kindergarteners and 3rd graders have had so much fun at Summer Bridge this week! Check out this fun activity they did in STEAM with Ms. Roman, where they created a rainbow!

¡Aqui estan las listas de útiles para el próximo año escolar 2023-24!

Here are the grade-level supply lists for the upcoming 2023-24 school year!

Now that August is here, this is just a reminder that Open House events are right around the corner. Mark your calendar 📆 #ExperienceTheExcellence

For the 2023-24 school year, PCS will be implementing a program called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) which provides breakfast and lunch, at no cost, for students at eligible schools. Eligible schools can be found here - https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/article/1172162

Michael & Sons created a video highlighting all of their Jingle Contest Winners - check out the Rocky Point section where we were awarded $5,000! https://youtu.be/ZdEvofVfzGc

We hope everyone has had a great start to their summer! In case you missed it, here are the awards ceremony videos from the end of the year! K-4th grade - https://youtu.be/4W-HB8QCxEo 5th Grade - https://youtu.be/mZQwaDcyg_I Enjoy!

Burgaw Middle is proud to host the Pender Long Term Recovery Group 2023 Disaster Preparedness Expo. Hurricane season officially begins June 1st and this event will provide answers to many questions you may have when it comes to your family’s safety! #PCSPride #PCSCommunity

Are you looking for some summer music opportunities? Here's one for you! Mrs. Black will be teaching a 2-day camp at UNCW June 17th-18th. The camp is open to rising 2nd-5th graders, and costs only $55 for RPE students since we are a Title I school! Please reach out with any questions! Here's the link to register: https://ebill.uncw.edu/C20231_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1428&SINGLESTORE=true

Hungry For Music donated 6 instruments to the @rpe_rams orchestra program. The nonprofit has donated a total of 14 instruments to RPE - 13 violins, and 1 cello. The RPE orchestra was started by Laura Black in '22 and consists of approximately 40 1st-5th gr students 🎶

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Rocky Point Elementary just received 6 instruments from Hungry for Music, an organization that collects used instruments and distributes them to schools in need. The organization was able to donate 5 violins and 1 cello for our growing string orchestra! If your student is interested in joining our orchestra strings program, please email Mrs. Black at laura_black@pender.k12.nc.us. Lessons will be taught over the summer!

Please plan on joining us for our End-of-Year Celebrations and Awards Ceremonies! The 5th grade ceremony will be on Thursday, May 25th, and all other grade levels will be on Friday, May 26th. We hope you can come help us celebrate all of our students' amazing accomplishments!

3rd grade had an Author’s Book Tasting Event today where students shared their written books and listened to others books! Thank you Ms Liz for all of your hard work in helping students create their pieces!

Please join us for a conversation about PCS's consideration of a three-tiered bus routing system. Unable to attend? The events will be streamed live via our YouTube channel https://bit.ly/3OgSYXw You can also provide helpful survey information here https://bit.ly/3MkFZBx