Osprey Family Update

2/19 - Book Fair Starts

2/27 - Parent Advisory Committee

3/1- First Grade Field Trip - EMA

3/4 - 3/8 - Spring Break

3/11 - 3rd Grade Master Gardeners

3/13 - Kinder District Community Event and Registration

3/14 - 1st Grade Master Gardeners

3/15 - OMKC

3/15 - End of 3rd Quarter

Pender County Schools calendar: 23-24 PCS School Calendar

We have had a lot of new families picking up students at the ended of the day, so we wanted to send reminders out for car pick up line expectations.

• All traffic MUST enter using the traffic light at Hwy 17 and Jenkins Rd. (This is the light that is the main entrance to Topsail High School).
• Once you have entered the line you should not be cutting off or trying to get in front of other cars
• For families who have students at both schools, TMS students will be escorted over to TAES to wait and load with their younger siblings. If you want your TMS student to walk over and meet their elementary sibling for dismissal, please communicate that to your middle school child and to their TMS teacher.
• After turning onto Jenkins Rd., parents will continue straight to the stop sign and make a right on St. John's Church Rd.
• Parents will follow St. John's Church Rd. past the front of Topsail High School. They will then make a left into the THS student parking lot (please ignore the signs that say “students only”). Please DO NOT turn into the TAES parking lot without first riding through the THS parking lot. Parents will stack/line up along the sidewalks surrounding the THS student lot.
• Parents will follow the exterior sidewalks of the student parking lot and make an entire “square” before exiting the parking lot.
• As parents exit the THS student parking lot, a staff member will be present to assist with traffic direction, as parents will cross over to enter the TAES parking lot.
• Parents will then drive straight forward (towards 17) in the TAES parking lot and after passing the breezeway and the flagpole, make a left into the front playground area.
• Please do not block the entrance way to the school. We must keep the entrance clear in the event an emergency vehicle needs to gain access to our school.
• A staff member will be at the gate. Please have your green card clearly displayed in your front driver's side window. If you do not have a green card, please request one from your child's teacher. Your card should have your elementary school child(ren)'s names and grade levels clearly written so we can call for them and they can be ready to load when you pull up. If somebody else is picking your child up in the car rider line, please give them your child's card.
• Parents will line up along the sidewalk, in the front playground area, where students will load into vehicles.
• Please pull straight forward, all the way up to the vehicle in front of you or to the end of the sidewalk. Be sure students can easily enter your backseat through the back driver's side door of your car. We do NOT want students walking in between cars to enter the front passenger side door.
• If your child requires assistance with a car seat or seat belt, please pull all the way to the front of the line or please pull over to assist them. Please do not exit your vehicle in the car rider line.
• Parents will exit the front playground area by making a right and using the light in front of TMS to turn onto HWY 17. Both lanes are able to turn right at that light.
• Please yield to any buses that you may encounter throughout this process.
• Parents, to keep the line moving efficiently, please do NOT exit your vehicle during drop off or pick-up. Parents may not park at the high school and walk their students down to the elementary school. The only parents that should be walking students down from the high school are high school staff members.
• Please remember for the safety of our staff and students, parent walk-ups are NOT allowed during morning or afternoon drop off/pick-up.

Thank you for following our procedures and ensuring the safety of our students and staff!

Please use this link to see what is going on in our specials classes!

The book fair is coming to TAES!

All students will be able to shop during their Media class the week of 2/19 - 2/ 23. Online shopping and wish lists will also be available as well as the purchase of book fair gift cards. Please see the flyer below for more details.

Here are some helpful links:

Online Shopping make sure to connect to our school for fundraising!

Sign up to Volunteer here to work the book fair

This spring, we are thrilled to announce our participation in Neighborhood Forest's 15th Annual Free Tree Program as part of our Earth Week celebrations from April 22nd to 26th!

Since 2010, Neighborhood Forest has engaged over 1,500 institutions, reached over 500,000 families and planted over 130,000 (mostly urban and residential) trees through the hands of children and parents across North America.

We are excited to be participating in this wonderful program that teaches youth about the importance of environmental stewardship through the magic and wonder of planting and watching trees grow.

Please fill out the following online registration form by March 15th and receive a free tree (6-12 inches in size) during Earth Week (April 22-26). The tree species will be announced in early April. Neighborhood Forest aims to provide native trees in all regions they serve.

Register to receive a free tree for Earth Day to plant with your child:

https://www.neighborhoodforest.org/parent-registration/?school=54941

You will also have the option to donate and / or purchase additional trees and tree-related educational products (via the registration form). Please note this is optional and any purchases/donations will help fund more free trees for kids in the program.

Trees will be delivered to us and we will arrange to get the trees in the hands of your children on or around Earth Day (April 22nd).

Instructions on planting and caring for the trees, along with species details, will be emailed a few days before the tree delivery and will also be accessible in the “Resources” section on the Neighborhood Forest website. For further questions, please check out the Parent FAQs.

Practice for registered students will begin the Monday after spring break!

All PCS schools will be hosting a kinder registration event on March 13th. This is a great event to get your kinder students registered for the 24-25 school year! Come out and play games, eat some good food, enter some raffles, and have some fun!

One of Pender County's initiatives this year is to bolster student attendance. We know that the more students are in attendance, the more successful they are. Our goal is to have a 95% average attendance. See below for our current attendance data.

Students:

September 96.57%

October 94.74%

November 95.12%

December 91.58%

January - 95.48%

Yearly Avg - 94.69%

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

And please also mark your calendars to join us at Phroyo in Surf City from 12-9pm on March 29. Let them know you’re from our TAES and 15% of your sale is donated back to our school.

Mark your calendars to join us at our next spirit event on Wednesday March 20 between 4 and 9pm at Oval And Ale. The next day is a teacher workday, so make plans to meet your friends and hang out for a while! A portion of your purchase to be donated back to our school.

Spirit wear orders have been placed. Be on the lookout for your orders to be delivered in the coming weeks.

Our teacher appreciation week committee will hold its first meeting soon. If you’d like to join, please send us an email Ptatopsailelementary@gmail.com

YEARBOOKS are on sale now! The cost is $18 if purchased before March 1, 2024. Please use the link below to order:

https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/search/YB28096

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/UUCZEU

Are you interested in joining a committee? We have many volunteer opportunities to choose from! Summer splash (May), concession sales, winter family event/glow bash, monthly teacher appreciation events, teacher appreciation week (May) and bus driver appreciation week (February) are just a few of our opportunities. If you’d like to volunteer, please send the PTA a message on Facebook or to our email Ptatopsailelementary@gmail.com for more information.