🌟 Feature Friday: Employee Spotlight 🌟

This week we’re recognizing Ms. Talia England, Speech Language Pathologist at South Topsail Elementary School.

Ms. England is a consistent source of support for both students and staff. She works closely with her teams to provide resources, share strategies, and help others better support student communication. Whether she’s creating materials, leading trainings, or sharing helpful information, she is always willing to step in and help.

She is also known for her positive and friendly approach. She takes time to connect with others, greet people each day, and help create a welcoming environment in the school. Her presence makes a difference in the day-to-day experience for those around her.

💛💙 Thank you, Ms. England, for the support you provide and for the role you play in helping South Topsail Elementary run smoothly.
about 2 hours ago, Bob Fankboner
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South Topsail Elementary just earned the Heart of Gold Top 25 award for the AHA Kids Heart Challenge 🥇 💛 We are so proud of our students for showing big hearts and healthy habits. Thank you to all the families, friends, and staff members who have supported our commitment to heart health. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💗💗💗💗💗💗
3 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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Testing days mean Media moves outside into the sunshine! ☀️ 📚
8 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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Yearbooks will be passed out to all students who pre-ordered one on FRIDAY! If you have not ordered one yet but would like one, we have a few extras available FCFS. Once they are gone, they are gone. Bring Mrs Kennedy $25 cash or follow this link to pay online: https://osp.osmsinc.com/p/XL347-97
9 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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Our principal: Mrs Bates!
If you ever want to learn about STE you would need to know our principal Mrs. Bates! Happy fri-yay everybody, and welcome back to STE social media! Today our principal Mrs. Bates is the star of this show so let me tell you all about her! First of all, she runs the entire school! That's a lot of work! Going more into depth, sheeeee:
Make sure teachers do their work.
Enforces teaching drills in case of danger.
Keeps us safe and
Makes STE a place we want to come back to.
That's all I have to say for now, until next time everybody, and don't forget our excellent principal, Mrs. Bates! #STEPRINCIPAL 😍
14 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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Fifth grade teachers. What can we say? You helped us through our last year at elementary school and you made sure we were ready for middle school. Thank you for making school so much fun and always helping us when we needed it (even if we didn’t know we did).
14 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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Student Services Support Team! The name says it all. These people support us by working hard to make sure each student gets the support they need to be successful at STE. Thank you!
14 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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STE is so lucky to have the best PTO in Pender County. You do so much more than support our school! You run fundraisers to help build things our school needs and you host fun events. Even though you work behind the scenes, we know what you do for STE and we appreciate all of your hard work and dedication.
14 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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They may not be “teachers” but we sure learn a lot from our social worker and SRO! They keep us safe and help us be our best.
15 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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At South Topsail it’s teacher appreciation week. Let's take a minute to recognize our amazing 4th grade teaching staff. They always make sure the students are safe and are okay. #theydeservetheircoffee. ☕ ☕
15 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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We wouldn’t even have South Topsail if it wasn’t for EC teachers. They do so much that you might not even realize from reading and math to speech and OT. #thankyou EC teachers you deserve this 🙏🙏🙏
15 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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We want to shout it from the rooftops! Our third grade teachers are the best of the best! They have SO much to do to get us ready for our first EOGs! Thank you for all of your hard work!
15 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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💙✨ It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! ✨💙

This week, we’re celebrating the heart, dedication, patience, creativity, and love our teachers pour into our students every single day. 🍎📚

Students and families from across our district sent in video messages to help us say one big, heartfelt THANK YOU. To make sure every school community can be celebrated together, we’ve combined the messages into one special video per school, and we’ll be sharing them throughout the week. 🎥🏫

These videos are filled with smiles, gratitude, and reminders of the incredible impact teachers make far beyond the classroom. 💛

To every teacher: thank you for showing up, lifting up, encouraging, inspiring, and believing in our students. You are appreciated more than words can say. 🌟

SOUTH TOPSAIL ELEMENTARY YOUTUBE LINK - https://youtu.be/k8MYojn08ZE
16 days ago, Bob Fankboner
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This week is teacher appreciation week, but our teachers couldn’t do their jobs without the amazing people in the front office. They are the ones who help us when we are sick or injured, make sure that report cards can be printed, and help direct us where we need to go! Thank you!
16 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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What’s a bus drivers least favorite music? TRAFFIC JAMS! Thank you to all of our bus drivers for getting us to and from school safely, even when the traffic is crazy! We appreciate you!
16 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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Sometimes teachers have to be out, and when they are substitute teachers are the superheroes! Thank you to all the subs who keep things going when our teachers are sick.
16 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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Does your child have medication at school? Please make arrangements to pick everything up by Friday, May 29.
17 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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We couldn’t learn every day if we were hungry. The cafeteria makes sure we have a yummy breakfast and lunch! Also, the custodians at STE keep our building safe and clean. Thank you for making our environment so nice!
17 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
We couldn’t learn every day if we were hungry.  The cafeteria makes sure we have a yummy breakfast and lunch!  Also, the custodians at STE keep our building safe and clean.  Thank you for making our environment so nice!
Meet our second grade teachers, Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Donovan, Ms. Hall, Ms. Baxter, and Ms. Register. They keep learning fun and make sure we are ready for third grade! Thank you for all you do!
17 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
Meet our second grade teachers, Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Donovan, Ms. Hall, Ms. Baxter, and Ms. Register.  They keep learning fun and make sure we are ready for third grade!  Thank you for all you do!
Teacher appreciation continues all week! Next up is our first grade team. Thank you for helping us learn to read, add, and subtract. Without you, we wouldn’t be able to read all about our favorite things, like animals.
17 days ago, South Topsail Elementary School
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