YOUTUBE LINK - https://youtube.com/shorts/x1T-cxhteGM 🌟 Celebrating Excellence in Education! 🌟 Pender County Schools recently honored four outstanding educators at our 2025 PCS Awards Night, held at Heide Trask High School! 🎉🍎 👏 Congratulations to our award winners: 🏆 Teacher of the Year – Michelle Lee, Topsail Annandale Elementary 🌟 Beginning Teacher of the Year – Sophia Foster, Burgaw Middle 🎓 Principal of the Year – Jill Robertson, North Topsail Elementary 🎯 Assistant Principal of the Year – Christina Eames, South Topsail Elementary Thanks to the generosity of our community partners, this year’s awards included gift baskets totaling more than $20,000! ✨ Plus, Teacher of the Year Michelle Lee received 🎫 two round-trip tickets from Avelo Airlines and will participate in the Go Global NC Global Teachers program thanks to a generous donor. 🌍✈️ Superintendent Dr. Brad Breedlove shared: “These four educators exemplify what makes PCS special—dedication, compassion, and a deep commitment to student success.”
Full Topsail Annandale Elementary Teacher Appreciation Week Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdCsBx3D7Pab8gp_11Ym7wYVRQUSD0kr
Tonight, Mrs. Michelle Lee was officially recognized as Pender County School's teacher of the year. We are honored to have her as a teacher in our building and cannot wait for her to represent our district as the 2024-2025 teacher of the year.
We had many talented Ospreys represent TAES at Spring Fest today through the talent show, All County Choir and their art work. Way to SOAR!
Students had a great time at field day today. Thank you to Coach Redd for organizing such a great event, pta for all of your help, and the coast guard and TMS National Honor Society for all of your volunteers.
Congratulations to all of our amazing olympians! You did a fantastic job competing today and representing TAES. We are so proud of you!
Congratulations to the Topsail High Class of 2025! We were so excited to celebrate you at the senior walk this morning.
Mrs. Charity's group released ladybugs and butterflies! The students had so much fun watching them grow and then releasing them!
Happy National School Principals Day! 🎉🏫
Today we celebrate the amazing leaders who guide our schools with heart, strength, and vision. 👏❤️
Our principals wear many hats—mentor, problem-solver, cheerleader, and champion for students and staff alike. 🎓📝🧠
To all our incredible principals across Pender County Schools: THANK YOU for your dedication and leadership. Your impact reaches far beyond the classroom! #OnePender
4th grade students in Mrs. Hinrichs’s class read the book “Ada’s Violin” and watched the video “Orquestra de Reciclados de Cateura”. They planned how to create their own instruments from recycled materials and built them in STEM Class. Their ideas were amazing!
We had an incredible time with Jim "Basketball" Jones learning how to truly SOAR through always giving it 100%, using our manners, never giving up, patient listening and so much more. Look here soon for a video of all the fun.
Our 2nd grade students were so excited to receive brand new books from Peggy Harris and our community members with the Give 5, Read 5 program. They started reading as soon as they got books and couldn't put them down. What a terrific reading initiative for our children! We thank our wonderful community!
Kindergarten spent the day at the Zingg Museum in Jacksonville exploring and building language skills during imaginative play.
🎶 What an amazing performance by our talented students! 🎶
We are so proud of the incredible voices showcased during the All-County Elementary Chorus performance. Their hard work, dedication, and love for music truly shined on stage!
If you missed it — or just want to enjoy it again — you can watch the full performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kd59EJTQJI
Thank you to our students, music educators, and families for making this event such a special celebration of the arts in Pender County Schools! 🎤✨
We want to say a HUGE thank you to all of our UNCW interns this year for all of their hard work and dedication to our staff, students, and families at TAES. Their graduation is coming up and we wish them the best of luck as they start their teaching career.
Congratulations to our Ospreys who represented TAES at All County Choir today. Shout out to Mrs. Payne for ensuring our students have these great opportunities.
These kindergarteners are on a mission to save the worms! To celebrate Earth Day, students got to adopt a pet worm that was rescued from being bait at Eastern Outfitters. They took them home to be released in their gardens.💙🪱🌍
🎓✨ The Junior Seahawk Academy is back for Summer 2025 at @uncwilmington! 🏖️ Dive into a week of fun, hands-on learning in STEM 🔬, healthcare 🏥, and teacher education 🍎 – all designed to spark your curiosity and expand your future!
📍 Join in-person at UNCW’s Watson College of Education or participate online via Zoom 💻
🙌 High schoolers – Want to get involved? Become a Jr Mentor and explore amazing opportunities at UNCW while making a difference!
📅 Don’t miss out!
🌟 Student Spotlight: Baylor | 4th Grade | TAES 🌟
Baylor’s kindness lights up every room she enters! 💛 She shows empathy, respect, and compassion in all she does—whether it’s offering a helping hand or simply being there to listen. Her friendly nature creates a warm, welcoming environment for both classmates and teachers.
🍝 Favorite Food: Mom’s homemade baked ziti
💛 Favorite Color: Yellow
⚽ Hobbies: Dance and soccer
🐶 Pet: A dog named Regenia
📏 Fun Fact: Baylor is taller than her mom!
Keep being your amazing self, Baylor! 👏😊
Mrs. Luke's class hosted an Easter Egg Hunt for Mrs. Hulsey's class. Everyone had an EGGscellent time!
