Turtle Time: Dive into SCE news!

10/28 - Q1 Report Cards

10/27-10/31- Red Ribbon Week

11/5- 5th Science NC Check In

11/6 - 3-5 Math NC Check In

11/10 4th Grade Veteran's Day Performance @ 12:00

11/11 Veteran's Day no school for students and staff

11/13 3-5 Reading NC Check in

11/18 PTA General Meeting/Holiday Performance 3rd grade @ 5:00

11/20 5th Grade Science NC Check in

Pender County Schools calendar: 25-26 School Year

We have NC Check-Ins for 3rd and 4th graders on 11/6 (math) and 11/13 (reading).5th grade Science will have NC Check in 11/20. Please make every effort to have your student well-rested, well-fed, and on-time on 11/6 ,11/13, 11/20.

We will be hosting a family Thanksgiving lunch again this year. Please see the information below. We are hoping to get a headcount of families who plan to participate by 10/31 in order to ensure we have enough meals available. Please complete the form below if you plan on coming. We look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with all of our families.

Date: Tuesday & Wednesday , 11/18 & 11/19

Tuesday 11/18 Pre K- 2nd grade

Wednesday 11/19 3-5th grades

Pre-registration Form: Families/Visitors, please fill out this form if planning to purchase a to-go box. Students will receive a similar meal. They can go through the line as normal with the typical fees applied.
Times: Regular Lunch Times

What to Bring: Families are encouraged to bring blankets to sit on when enjoying their meals with students on the floor of the gym side of the cafe.

Family Check-in: Families/Visitors will sign-in, get a SCE sticker, and purchase their meal ticket with $7 cash only at a table that is outside the cafeteria in hall. PTA members will help with sign in/stickers, and Cafe Staff will receive cash and hand out tickets.

Meal Pickup: Families/visitors will walk to the gym, give their ticket at the table. Then, they will find a spot to eat in the cafe or a picnic table in courtyard. Children purchase their typical lunch through the lunch line and join families/visitors with their meal.
Seating: Families/Visitors may eat in the vacant tables in the cafeteria or any of the picnic tables in the courtyards.

Meals: This is what families will receive in their to-go box: BBQ Chicken Drumsticks, Seasoned Corn, Sweet Potatoes (with brown sugar and cinnamon), Fresh Apple, Garlic Texas Toast, Chocolate Chip Cookie. No other outside for students will be allowed on this day. Thank you!

Families with Children in Multiple Grades: Families are welcomed to stay for more than one lunch period; however, students must eat during their scheduled lunch time. Families can wait in their cars or in front of the school in between lunches if desired.

Signing-out Students: Families/visitors on contact lists must sign out students in the front office using the computer if they are planning to take students home after lunch.

*It is important to note that lunch periods are 25 minutes in duration. Please plan accordingly.

The health department will be offering flu shots during school hours. They will be at SCE on October 28. If you would like your child to receive a flu shot while at school, please complete this form

Veterans Day

Join our 4th grade students in celebrating our Veterans!

Please have students looking in the lost and found. We will be donating all left over items at the end of quarter one, October 28th.

Friendly Reminder: Ensure you are labeling jackets and sweatshirts as it helps us get them to their home

We are getting ready to kick off the PCS Million Minute Reading Challenge runs from October 1, 2025 - May 21, 2026. PCS is trying to reading a million minutes! Student may count any minutes read at home throughout the year to help us get to the million minute goal. Anytime your student reads at home, please complete this form so we can track the minutes.

We have a few important systems that will help our school year run smoothly. Please take a moment to make sure you have access to each one:

Here Comes the Bus

What it does: Allows you to see your child’s bus location, receive alerts when the bus is near, and have peace of mind about arrival times.
What you need: Your child’s Student ID number
- If you do not know it, email Pamela_brazelton@pender.k12.nc.us and she will send it to you.
District Code: 29081
Sign Up Here: Here Comes the Bus

Infinite Campus

What it does: Lets you view your child’s grades and attendance, and submit excuse notes.
Step 1: Get your student’s activation code here: Lookup Activation Code
Step 2: Use your code to create your account here: Infinite Campus Login
(we are also in a district competition to have the most families sign up, help us win!)

Rooms

What it does: Our county-wide communication system for messaging between teachers and parents.
Set up your account here: Rooms Information

Safety is always our first priority at Surf City Elementary School!

We also have a new visitor and volunteer check in system that we will be using. If you would like to visit or volunteer in the building. You MUST have a valid ID to run through our new security program. You will not be able to visit or volunteer during the school day without your ID.

If you are volunteering, you must have completed the volunteer background check. You can find it here.

Arrival: 7:20 - 7:55

Tardy Bell: 7:55

Ending Bell: 2:50

Dismissal: 2:50

Early Release: 11:55 pm

There continues to be NO CHARGE for breakfast or lunch this year at SCE.

Lunch menus are now live!

CLICK HERE!

If you need to make any changes to add or remove bus transportation services for your students please email Mrs. Leah Smith at leah_smith@pender.k12.nc.us.

As we enter the new year we wanted to highlight some important reminders of our BUS RIDER EXPECTATIONS. Please review and talk to your bus rider about following the rules and how they can make good choices.

Reminder:

-K-2nd grade riders MUST have a responsible adult at the bus stop or get off with an older sibling in order for the student to exit the bus.

-You must be at your stop 10 minutes PRIOR to the bus arrival.

-Have your child stand back from the road until the bus makes a complete stop. At no point should a child run towards a moving bus.

-Your child MUST remain seated, facing forward, and be respectful for the duration of the bus ride.

For your convenience you can download Here Comes the Bus on your smartphone, tablet, or computer to view the real-time location of your child's school bus.

Visit http://www.herecomesthebus.com for more information.

Thank you for your cooperation! Safety is our number one priority when transporting your child to and from school.

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

Send in writing (handwritten note, email, rooms message) to your child's teacher
You may also email sce_info@pender.k12.nc.us
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 sce_info@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 to ensure you are up to date on what constitutes an excused absence. It can be found here:

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

To submit a request for educational leave please utilize this form.