Osprey Family Update

10/21 - Early Release Day

10/23 - 2nd grade field trip to Turtle Hospital

10/23 - SIT/PAC Meeting @ 3 pm

10/25 - Boosterthon Fun Run Day

11/2 - SPOT Festival Drummers

11/5 - No School - Voting Day

11/6 - Report cards go home

11/7 - 2nd and 3rd grade Veterans Day Concert @ 6 pm

11/8 - Fall picture day make up

11/11 - No School Veteran's Day

11/12 - Book Fair Week

Pender County Schools calendar: 24-25 PCS School Calendar

This weekend we are issuing a special challenge to help Topsail Elementary reach our $40,000 for classroom & STEM room upgrades. Check out MyBooster.com for details!

🚨"The Weekend Challenge”.🚨 Any student who gets a NEW donation of $2 per minutes, or a flat rate total of $60, over the weekend, will receive the GOLDEN EDITION SPECIAL DUDE PERFECT KEYCHAIN!

1. SIGN UP your student(s) on MyBooster.com today.

2. SHARE with your family/friends using the SHARE tools on MyBooster.com

3. GIVE a donation.

Tip for This Weekend

The easiest way to ask for a donation is to create a Student Star Video. Just upload a photo of your student on MyBooster.com and create a fun video starring them to share with family and friends!

Thank you again for supporting our class and school!

Here is the Boosterthon Fun Run Schedule for 10/25:

We will be doing our first semester lockdown drill some time this week. During the lockdown drill there will be no access to enter or exit the building. The drill will last no more then 15 minutes. All teachers reviewed the purpose and procedures for a lock down drill with students this week. This is also a great time to discuss this topic with your students at home. We will send out a message letting you know we completed the lockdown drill after it is finished.

It's time once again for the Community Holiday Assistance Program. At Thanksgiving, families may receive a meal kit that includes a precooked turkey, so they can prepare a Thanksgiving meal. At Christmas, families are invited to “shop” through the selection of gifts for each of their children up to age 18, and they receive a grocery card. Last year CHAP served 433 families representing 718 children.

Watch this short 2 minute video to learn more.

Community Holiday Assistance - 2024 Dates, 2023 Impact

This year’s deadline for applications is November 18 for both Christmas & Thanksgiving. We encourage you to get your applications in early, as they are limited to 300 meals at Thanksgiving. They can accommodate more families at Christmas, so families applying after they receive the first 300 applications will be put on a waiting list for Thanksgiving and will be served at Christmas. Please use the link below to complete the google form application.

CHAP application 2024

If you have questions, or find it difficult to complete the application form, please contact Dr. Lori Brown, TAE school counselor, for help. Her email is: lori_brown@pender.k12.nc.us

10/23 - 3 pm in the Media Center

This Week's SIT/PAC Meeting Agenda

The 4th grade holiday play will be on December 19th @ 6pm

Over the next several months, Pender County Schools will embark on creating its next strategic plan. This plan will guide our efforts over the next five years, setting a clear direction, aligning our efforts, and holding us accountable to PCS students, staff, and families. We hope that it will reflect our community’s goals for our students and inform how we prepare each student for their future.

We know that to truly reflect the will of our community, this process must be inclusive of a wide range of perspectives. Gathering this range of perspectives starts with a survey for students, teachers, and community members. Please take the time to provide your valuable input by filling out this survey. Your input is valued and appreciated.

The Pender County Health Department will once again be coming to our schools to offer the annual influenza vaccine for students in grades K-12 and school staff. This is an opportunity for your child to receive the flu shot at school as a convenience, if you choose. TAES's day is Oct. 30th. Consent forms are due by Oct 18.

This year you have the option of completing a paper consent form, or an online digital consent form. If you wish to complete a paper consent form, please ask your school for a copy to be sent home. No one will receive a vaccine without a completed consent form.

Student Flu Consent Form Links for Parents:

English - https://form.jotform.com/242675879591072

Spanish - https://form.jotform.com/242684031223044

As you know, we added an additional specials class this year, STEM. Students are absolutely loving it. Our PTA major fundraising project this year is to furnish and get equipment for the room. We are currently in the design and ordering process and should have all of our new furniture and items arrive around November.

In the mean time we are looking to get some support for the consumables used for all the experiments and projects worked on in class. Here is our STEM teacher's wish list for those who would like to support the progra:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/22I3PJX42OJZU?ref_=wl_share

If your student has a change in transportation that is different then then normal, please take the following steps:

• Send in writing (handwritten note, email, rooms message) to your child's teaching
• If you do not get a response by 12 pm the day the change is needed, please call the front office. We will still ask you to send it in writing, but we will be sure the teacher gets the information
• No student can ride a bus other then the bus they are assigned to
• No student can ride a bus with a friend unless they are assigned to that bus

In order to streamline attendance, this year we will be receiving attendance excuse notes electronically, not paper copies.

All excuse notes should be sent to tae_attendance@pender.k12.nc.us

This includes doctors notes, parent notes, etc. This allows us to make sure all excuse notes get to where they need to be. It also allows families to have documentation that they sent in their notes instead of things getting lost.

It is still best practice to communicate with the teacher in the event of the absence to ensure students have all necessary make up work, but you do not need to give the teacher the excuse note.

Please review Board Policy 4400 for the full attendance policy and to ensure you are up to date on what constitutes and excused absence. It can be found here:

https://www.boardpolicyonline.com/bl/?b=pender#&&hs=1686781

Student

August - 98.16%

September - 95.75%

Staff

August - 99.98%

Parents, we invite you to follow us on social media:

Follow us on twitter: @tes_ospreys

Find us on Facebook: Topsail Annandale Elementary School

Find us on Instagram: topsailannandale

Be sure to join the PTA! Join by clicking on the link below. If you have more than one student, be sure to note all teachers

https://tes.memberhub.com/store

Be sure to follow us on Facebook at Topsail PTA and on Instagram at @topsailannandalepta

Please join us for our first general membership meeting is November 7th at 5:30pm in the media center.

Please complete the volunteer interest form to support TAES!

YEARBOOKS are on sale now! The cost is $18 if purchased before March 1, 2025. Please use the link below to order:

https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/search/YB30459

Do you have pictures for the yearbook? Please upload them to the link below. It is IMPORTANT to give us as much info as you can (teacher, grade, student names, etc). 4th grade parents, if you would like a baby picture of your student in the 4th Grade Dedication page you can upload them at any time, YOU MUST include their name as a label.

https://plicbooks.com/go/LXU79F