A reminder that quarter 3 progress reports were sent home with students this past Tuesday, February 4. In addition to progress reports, we also sent home Running Man records from middle of year mClass assessments for students in grades Kindergarten through 3rd grade, StarReading reports for students in 4th and 5th grades as well as StarMath reports for students in all grade levels. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

This week, February 10 - 14, is Love the Bus and Bus Driver Appreciation Week. Please help us show our bus drivers how much we appreciate them this upcoming week

PTO is running a Valentine's Day Gram for our sweet students and staff! Parents and families may purchase a single gram or sponsor an entire classroom. Each gram will consist of a friendship bracelet. They are $2.00 for 1, $5.00 for 3 or $25 for an entire classroom. All funds raised will be used to support end of year celebrations for students and staff. Please reach out to Ms. Meredith Nance, our PTO President, at rockypointpto@gmail.com if you have any questions.

We would like to congratulate our Rocky Point Elementary School Battle of the Books team for their hard work and effort as they read 16 books in preparation for the district Battle of the Books competition that took place on Friday. We are all very proud of you! Additionally, we are very appreciative of all volunteers that helped make this event successful as it was hosted at our school.

In an effort to accommodate the educational preferences of families in the Pender County School District, officials have now opened the reassignment request period for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year, allowing parents ample time to consider alternative educational options for their children. 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. 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. If you have any questions or need assistance with the application process, please contact our Preschool Office at 910-259-7603. To apply, please visit the link below.

Our February School Improvement Meeting will take place Wednesday, February 19th at 2:45 p.m.

Kindergarten Registration will open on Monday, March 3rd online. Please plan to come to our Kindergarten Registration event on March 12 at Heide Trask High School. More details will be shared in the upcoming weeks.

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.