This week is going to be another very busy week for our students. Please help celebrate our Military Community by participating in our PCS.

Also, this week on Thursday, April 17th, we are inviting all families to join us for our annual field day event. We will have our 2025 Field Day with a day time performance by our Kindergarten and first grade students beginning at 7:45am. All classes will participate in whole group activities from 8:45 - 11:15 and lunch from 11:15 -12:15.

In the afternoon beginning at 12:30, Kindergarten through 2nd grade students will participate in egg hunts and classroom activities while 3rd through 5th grade students will participate in races and tug-of-war back on our big playground.

We are in need of proctors to ensure successful EOG testing environments. Test proctors help to monitor students during our test sessions. Test sessions will run from 7:30-11:30 on May 9th, May 13th and May 15th, with other dates for make-up assessments. If you, a family member or friend are interested in volunteering, please complete the included link, EOG Volunteer Proctor Interest. Thank you for supporting RPES.

This Thursday, April 17th, our Preschool students will have their Field Day at Heide Trask High School beginning at 9:00am since it was rescheduled due to inclement weather last week.

To end the afternoon on April 17th, the District Elementary/Middle Robotics Competition will take place at Heide Trask High School from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.

A reminder to complete and return the transportation paper letters that were sent home with all students last week. If you circle “NO”, as indicated on the parent letter, you will need to complete the Google form linked below and update your transportation needs for the upcoming school year. Again, we are asking for these forms to be turned in prior to Wednesday, April 16th and returning these forms will support efficient routing from the start for the 2025-26 school year!

Pender County Schools has partnered with RTI International to create its next strategic plan and we need your feedback on what we have developed thus far. Please review the questions below and share your thoughts on how well these elements reflect what is most important for Pender County Schools over the next five years.

The Camp Invention Scholarship Application is now open.

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

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.