📢 Enrollment Open for 2025-2026 PACES! Pender After School Care Enrichment Services (PACES) is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year! PACES operates at all PCS elementary schools and offers: ✅ Hands-on enrichment ✅ Daily homework support ✅ Healthy snacks Spots fill quickly—apply today! 🔗https://bit.ly/43dOvvK
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
Sign up for PACES
Did You Know that PCS is once again providing free summer meals to children across the county? Beginning Wednesday, June 18, and running weekly through Wednesday, July 30, families can pick up five days’ worth of breakfast and lunch at four convenient school sites: South Topsail Elementary, C.F. Pope Elementary, Malpass Corner Elementary, and Rocky Point Elementary. Meal pickup will take place every Wednesday from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM. No application is needed, though families are encouraged to pre-register online here 🔗 https://bit.ly/4dqFXoE. Names and ages of children will be required at pickup.
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
delivering food to cars
That's a wrap on another incredible school year! Thanks to our amazing students, dedicated staff, and supportive families for making this year unforgettable. Wishing everyone a safe and restful summer. See you all soon! 💙🐢💚
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
goodbye school hello summer
teachers wearing all done shirts
🎉Check out our 5th graders as they walk the SCE hallways one last time. 🔗https://bit.ly/4dsgYl7 🎓Your school is proud of you and we are going to miss you next year. We know you're going to do great things as a shark at SCM. 🦈Remember to come back and say hi to your Sea Turtle family. 🐢
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
5th grade walk through
Making a splash and having a blast in the EC room and camping day in 1st grade.
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
end of year classroom party
end of year classroom party
end of year classroom party
camping day in 1st grade
camping day in 1st grade
camping day in 1st grade
camping day in 1st grade
What a great morning celebrating all the success of our 5th graders. We're looking forward to the final hallway walkthrough tomorrow morning.
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
5th grade moving up ceremony
5th grade moving up ceremony
5th grade moving up ceremony
5th grade moving up ceremony
5th grade moving up ceremony
5th grade moving up ceremony
5th grade moving up ceremony
5th grade moving up ceremony
Yesterday, our 5th graders enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon with a foam party, music, pizza, friendship & more.
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
5th graders at a foam party
5th graders at a foam party
5th graders at a foam party
5th grade teachers
5th graders in line to get pizza
5th graders posing at photo booth
5th graders posing at photo booth
5th graders posing at photo booth
5th graders at a foam party
5th graders at a foam party
Mrs. Allen’s 2nd grade class is celebrating the end of the year by doing measurement activities on “Beach Day”! Thanks parents for the awesome pool/beach float donations that make learning more fun! 🏖️☀️
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
2nd grade students working on the classroom floor in pool floats
2nd grade students working on the classroom floor in pool floats
For first grade's culminating activity for module for Wit and Wisdom, Cinderella stories, Miss Fields dressed up as Disney’s Cinderella and read the Disney version of the story. They compared and contrasted this book to other Cinderella stories that they read during this module.
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
Miss Fields reading Cinderella story to 1st graders
Miss Fields reading Cinderella story to 1st graders
Check out Ms. Potts' Kindergarten class observing their butterflies that hatched. 🦋
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
Kindergarten kids observing butterflies hatching
Kindergarten kids observing butterflies hatching
Kindergarten kids observing butterflies hatching
Kindergarten kids observing butterflies hatching
Mrs. Curry's first grade class had fun with glow day learning!
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
first grade students having glow learning day
first grade students having glow learning day
first grade students having glow learning day
first grade students having glow learning day
first grade students having glow learning day
first grade students having glow learning day
first grade students having glow learning day
first grade students having glow learning day
Hello, Sea Turtle Families. I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend as we prepare to go into the last week of school. Please use the following link to access this week's edition of The Turtle Times. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZRNLXFCeYLp4a73ZrquEsSzm3vePpYDI/view?usp=sharing
7 months ago, Franklin Bailey
Weekly Newsletter
Kindergarten is hosting a Kindergarten Screening Event for all newly registered Kindergarten students who will be enrolled at SCE for the 25-26 School Year. We can't wait to meet our newest Sea Turtles! All screenings will take place at Surf City Elementary on June 3rd only. Please use the link to sign up for a time slot to have your child complete the screening with one of our Kindergarten teachers. ❗ If your child currently attends Pre-K at SCE they will be screened at school, no need to sign up.❗ 🔗https://bit.ly/4doNfJR
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
Kindergarten screening information
We’ve made it to the end of the school year—no one has energy left to cook, and honestly… why should we? Join us for our FINAL SPIRIT NIGHT this Monday 5/19 from 4–9pm at Italian Bistro and Phroyo! BUT WAIT—don’t forget! You MUST mention “SCE Fundraiser” when you order or pick up, or it won’t count toward our total. Let pizza and froyo do the work while we celebrate making it to the finish line. See you there, SCE fam! #SCEspiritnight #EndOfYearEats #PizzaAndPhroyo #NoCookingZone #SurfCityElementary
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
PTA spirit night information
Mrs. Sidbury's 5th grade AIG Math classes worked in teams to create paper roller coasters. Their goal was to have the longest time with a marble run. Team Marlowe, Mackenzie, Brynn, and Lila came in 1st place with a time of 32.56 seconds. Way to Go!!
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
5th grade testing their rollercoasters
5th grade testing their rollercoasters
5th grade testing their rollercoasters
5th grade testing their rollercoasters
5th grade testing their rollercoasters
5th grade testing their rollercoasters
We're happy to share with you that Leena R. from Ms. Bohrer's 1st grade class is our Sea Turtle of the Week for the week of May 12-16. Leena, your school is proud of you. 💙🐢💚
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
sea turtle of the week announcement
Did you forget to order a Yearbook? 🤔 No problem! 🙌 Use this information to order and it'll get sent directly to your house. 🔗 https://www.strawbridge.net/ Code: YB29984
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
yearbook order form
Our amazing master gardeners taught us about bees, butterflies, and bats. We also harvested lettuce for the sea turtle hospital!
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
master gardeners working with 1st grade students
master gardeners working with 1st grade students
first graders gardening outside their classroom
first graders gardening outside their classroom
first graders gardening outside their classroom
Mrs. Holmes’s third grade class read the book called “If I Built a School” and then extended it into a STEM challenge! Can you design and then build your own crazy school?
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
3rd grade students working in groups at their desk on a STEM project
3rd grade students working in groups at their desk on a STEM project
3rd grade students working in groups at their desk on a STEM project
Good afternoon Surf City Families. Bus 223 and bus 230 will be approximately 20-30 minutes late this afternoon. We are sorry for the late notice and the inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your continued support!
7 months ago, Surf City Elementary
Late Bus