Surf City Elementary

We're happy to share with you that Mae from Mr. Notaro's 5th grade class is our Sea Turtle of the Week. Mae, your school is proud of you. 💙🐢💚

This week we're supporting #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek by wearing green and learning techniques we can use to pick ourselves up when we're having a bad day.

Mrs. Holmes’ 3rd graders traced their shadows the other day to help them understand and learn about the sun’s daily pattern. 🌞

Ms. Polster is busy in music class this week! ♫ 3rd grader students are using Garage Band as they begin to explore & create electronic music. While 2nd grade is working on solfege & hand bells. Solfege is a musical method using syllables like "do, re, mi" to teach children to sing in tune, understand musical patterns, and learn to read music by connecting sounds to notes. 🔗https://youtu.be/Ic1rs0jBl0A

Good morning Sea Turtles,
Bus 291 second route will leave the campus at 4 pm today. If you would like to make alternate arrangements for your child, please email sce_info@pender.k12.nc.us
We appreciate your patience!

Ever wonder what happens to library books when they're no longer able to remain in circulation? The pages of loved characters get turned into buttons, that way we can take these great stories with us wherever we go. 😊📚

Good afternoon Sea Turtles,
The second run of Bus 291 will be approximately 1 hour late departing today. If you would like to make alternate arrangements for your child, please email sce_info@pender.k12.nc.us. I appreciate your patience!

Mrs. Morgan's 3rd grade class is wrapping up a unit about Earth Systems. They are developing a map from clay that represents the patterns of land and water.

This upcoming week is Mental Health Awareness Week and we are wearing green to show our support. 💚

Mrs. Collins’ homeroom got to use the Q-Ball, a throw-able, wireless microphone to increase classroom participation, to share thoughts during a class discussion. The kids loved passing the ball and hearing the students through the speaker.

Thankful for our connection with Surf City Middle and their National Junior Honor Society students. They come over and help students in the morning with literacy skills & reading books. You are a humongous help, we appreciate you!

We're happy to share with you that we have two (!!) Sea Turtles of the Week this week. First, congratulations to Rowan from Ms. Gruber's 3rd grade class and second congratulations to Mila in Ms. Silman's Kindergarten class. Rowan & Mila, your school is proud of you. 💙🐢💚

Ms. Poster integrating some math into her music note value lesson. 🔢♫

PreK had a special parent visitor today! NCIS Special Agent Sal came to talk to the classes today about his job responsibilities and how he helps to keep our community safe. He gave our preschoolers an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about how they can help to stay safe and make safe choices, such as not answering the door at home for strangers, etc.

Our wonderful GOTR coach, Coach Devon, is looking for our help. She is also the THS Cross Country coach and they need your old shoes. 🤝 🏃🏻‍♀️ 👟 They're are holding a fundraiser to collect used athletic shoes including trainers (all sports), cleats (rubber only) and hiking/leisure (Vans, Converse). The XC team is compensated for all shoes that can be rehomed to those in need and those shoes too-well-loved will be recycled into things like rubber tracks and playground surfaces. Money earned will go directly to the THS cross country team to be used for invitational meet fees and travel. There are donation boxes set up at all the area elementary and middle schools.

Ms. Burnett's, Ms. Metivier's, Ms. O'Brien's and Ms. Gruber's 3rd grade classes went to Scooters in Wilmington today. Students did some STEM activities with force and motion, they reverse engineered a skate, made a skate to test friction and had fun roller skating!

Good Afternoon Sea Turtle Families,
The students who have been switched from bus 284 to bus 323 in the afternoons will be riding bus 323 in the afternoons from now on. A bus pass has been delivered to the driver and a copy has been given to the students. Their morning transportation will be the same.