Report cards for our 3rd nine weeks will be sent home with students on Tuesday, March 25th.

As we start our 4th nine weeks tomorrow, we will have new staff outside for car duty. Please keep your car tags in your windows until your child is loaded in order to help our staff and the efficiency of our car line. In the mornings, please continue to help us get all students inside on time by pulling all the way up to the tall orange cone if you are the front vehicle and having your child ready to get out of the vehicle as soon as you turn into the last driveway to enter the car line.

• · Wednesday, March 26: We will have our March School Improvement Meeting at 2:45pm.

  · Thursday, March 27: Pender County Schools will host the PCS Job Fair at Heide Trask High School from 4:30 - 7:00pm

  · Thursday, April 10: Plan to join us for our Science Night supported by Duke Energy from 4:30 - 6:30pm. We will begin this event with a performance by our 4th & 5th grade students at 4:30pm. At 6:00pm, 3rd grade families will be invited to attend an evening session for the EOG Parent Night as those students prepare to take an EOG for their first time.

  · April 14 - 18: We will honor Military Spirit Week with the theme days.

  · Thursday, April 17: We will have our 2025 Field Day with a day time performance by our Kindergarten and first grade students.

  · Tuesday, April 22: We will have our class pictures for the 2024-2025 school year.

  · Wednesday, April 23: We will have our April School Improvement Meeting at 2:45pm.

  · Tuesday, May 6: We will have our annual transition event from 4:30 to 6:00pm beginning with a combined 2nd & 3rd grade performance

  · Thursday, May 14: We will have our May School Improvement Meeting at 2:45pm.

  · Wednesday, May 21: We will have our K-4 end of year awards ceremonies.

  · Thursday, May 22: We will have our 5th grade moving up ceremony at 8:00am.

Kindergarten Registration is now open online! Please plan to come to our Kindergarten Registration event on March 12 at Heide Trask High School from 4:30 to 7:00pm. Admission to the event is free, and attendees will have the chance to purchase food from local food trucks while enjoying the evening. This event provides a valuable opportunity for families with children ages 3-5 to meet PCS staff, connect with community partners, and learn more about early learning programs in the district. Children will enjoy games and entertainment, while incoming kindergarten families will receive a Kindergarten Readiness Bag to support their transition to school.

A Kindergarten Registration Station will be available on-site, offering families assistance with the registration process. Parents planning to register their child for kindergarten should bring the following required documents:

· Birth Certificate

· Proof of Residence

· Health Assessment

· Immunization Records

· Parent/Guardian ID

Make-up pictures will take place on Friday, March 28th. Class Pictures have been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 22nd.

In an effort to continuously move our students forward academically, we have recently implemented a program called Freckle across all grade levels. Students will be coming home with Chromebooks two days of the week to allow them to work on the adaptive pathway for the skills needed. You are able to access it through Classlink

A reminder that the reassignment request period for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year is now open. Parents who wish to enroll their students in a Pender County school outside of their designated zone, with the exception of Pender Early College and Pender Innovative Learning Academy, are encouraged to participate in the application process. Due to schools in the Topsail and Surf City school districts being over capacity, no new applications will be accepted for those schools. The deadline for submitting reassignment requests is March 31, 2025

The application for the 2025-26 Pender County Schools Preschool Program is now open! If you are interested in applying for our high-quality preschool program, we encourage you to submit your application early. To complete an application, please visit: https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/o/preschool. If you have any questions or need assistance with the application process, please contact our Preschool Office at 910-259-7603.

We are excited to share that 14 of our 19 homeroom classes have reached 80% of families connected in Rooms. If you have not been able to do so, please let us know how we can support removing any barriers to improve stakeholder communication.