Pemberton Elementary

📢 A huge shoutout to all 135 students who submitted a yearbook cover design this year. Your creativity blew us away! 🎨 From those entries, we’ve hand-picked 15 finalists that best represent our Panda Pride: being Kind, Safe, and Responsible. 🐼 Now the power is in YOUR hands. Vote for the cover that should represent our school this year! 🐼 Use this link to vote: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefk96Dlc1HuabKnr6NSe0hCb_A2UzS3nNK6RKXhr_AJraS9g/viewform

📢 A huge shoutout to all 135 students who submitted a yearbook cover design this year. Your creativity blew us away! 🎨 From those entries, we’ve hand-picked 15 finalists that best represent our Panda Pride: being Kind, Safe, and Responsible. 🐼 Now the power is in YOUR hands. Vote for the cover that should represent our school this year! 🐼 Use this link to vote: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefk96Dlc1HuabKnr6NSe0hCb_A2UzS3nNK6RKXhr_AJraS9g/viewform

🐼👍Ms. Carapico’s 1st grade class surprised their 2nd grade reading buddies with thank you notes for helping them grow in their reading, while also intertwining good luck messages on their COAGT testing. Good luck to 2nd grade!

💻🎒🤗 We were so excited to see so many families at the mall for our Early Childhood Fair! As a reminder, registration opens for 2026-2027 Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten online on the WCPS website. Register today as we can’t wait to welcome our new Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Pandas to Pemberton! 🐼💙 https://www.wicomicoschools.org/o/wcps/page/enrollment

📣 Look Who’s Joined Ms. Fries' Classroom! Hatching Project is a Success! 📣

We are absolutely thrilled to share the news that we have some very special new "classmates"! Our classroom hatching project has been a huge success, and the students are over the moon!

These pictures capture some of our new fluffy friends piping out of the egg, acclimating to their environment, getting their very first meal, and learning how to navigate their brooder.

This project is more than just about how cute they are; it's a profound learning experience for the students. Here is what this project is all about:

What the Students are Learning:

• The Circle of Life: This is a powerful, hands-on lesson on biology and reproduction, moving from an egg to a living creature in real-time.

• The Importance of Care & Responsibility: Students are seeing firsthand how much care a life needs—from regulating incubator temperatures to providing water and food to the chicks.

• Scientific Observation: They have been keeping observation logs, predicting hatching dates, and now, they get to observe and record the chicks’ different behaviors and milestones.

• Patience & Empathy: Waiting 21 days is hard work for little learners! They've learned patience and are practicing empathy by being gentle, quiet, and caring around their fragile new friends.

Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.

School Status Alert for Friday, April 10: Wicomico County Public Schools has a 90-minute delay due to fog. Breakfast will not be served at school. Schools provide additional details if needed. Please be safe.

🤗💙 National Assistant Principals Week calls for celebrating one amazing leader Dr. Elizabeth Finch! Her dedication to our staff, students, and school doesn’t go unnoticed. We see you, we appreciate you! ✨

Just three more days until we celebrate the wonderful Teacher of the Year semifinalists from around Wicomico County Public Schools and learn which one will be the 2026-2027 Wicomico Teacher of the Year! Meet all of the semifinalists (listed below) in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhz1Wq4Llh0

Semifinalists for 2026-2027 Wicomico Teacher of the Year:

Beaver Run Elementary: Meghan Albers, Prekindergarten
Bennett Middle: Kari Thomas (NBCT), Math
Charles H. Chipman Elementary: Shelley Smith, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
Delmar Elementary: Tracy Hayes (NBCT), Special Education
East Salisbury Elementary: Heather Davis, 3rd Grade

Fruitland Primary: Courtney Feeney, ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
Fruitland Intermediate: Kacie Robinson, 3rd Grade
Glen Avenue Elementary: Lyndsay Greenan, 2nd Grade
James M. Bennett High: Dr. Chelsea Taylor, English Language Arts/Literacy Professional Development Coach
Mardela Middle & High: Amber Dorman, English Language Arts

North Salisbury Elementary: Madeline Naumann, 3rd Grade Magnet Math
Northwestern Elementary: Melissa Hileman, 5th Grade
Parkside High/CTE: Andre Carter, Physical Education
Pemberton Elementary: Marsha Rickards, Kindergarten
Pinehurst Elementary: Jodi Moore (NBCT), Reading Intervention

Pittsville Elementary & Middle: Kristin Walston, Reading Intervention
Prince Street Elementary: Diane Powers, 3rd Grade
Salisbury Middle: Gabrielle “Ellie” Cuppett, Chorus
West Salisbury Elementary: Lauren Gilmore (NBCT), 1st Grade
Westside Primary: Jessica Carter (NBCT), Reading Intervention

Westside Intermediate: Bethany Hammond, 2nd Grade
Wicomico Middle: Katy Likovich, 8th-Grade Science
Wicomico High: Danielle Glenn, Math
Willards Elementary: Sophia Vitilio, 3rd Grade
Special Programs: Jen Campbell, Math, Virtual Learning

Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.

Reminder of Spring Break dates for Wicomico County Public Schools:

Wednesday, April 1: Full school day
Thursday, April 2: School day with 3-hour early dismissal
Friday, April 3 and Monday, April 6: Schools and Central Office Closed

🤗🐼🥳 We are so proud of our Lego League Club students who presented at the 2026 Lego League Showcase! We thank our Lego League Coach, Ms. Vanessa Stein, for her support throughout this season! Congratulations to the Four Musketeers Team of Harley Jorgensen, Henry Thorburn-Humphrey, Marvens Saint-Preux & Liam Perkins as well as the Lego Explorers Team of Ju’zyia Griffin, Logan Simshauser, Zachary Kim & Arthur Davis!

5th grade finished the week GLOWING last Friday! 🔥 These pandas earned their PBIS Glow Party by being kind, safe, and responsible with zero office or bus referrals. Panda pride on fire! 🐼

3rd grade showed OUT last Friday! 💙These pandas earned their PBIS Glow Party by being kind, safe, and responsible with zero office or bus referrals. That’s panda pride! 🐼

4th grade glowed last Friday! 💙 These pandas earned their PBIS Glow Party by staying kind, safe, and responsible with no office or bus referrals. Panda pride never looked so good! 🐼

2nd grade was glowing last Friday! 🔮 These pandas earned their PBIS Glow Party by showing kindness, safety, and responsibility with no office or bus referrals. Panda pride all the way! 🐼

Kindergarten was GLOWING last Friday! 🌟 These pandas earned their PBIS Glow Party by staying kind, safe, and responsible with no office or bus referrals. Way to show that panda pride! 🐼

Our Pre-K pandas glowed it up last Friday! 🌟 They earned their spot at the PBIS Glow Party by being kind, safe, and responsible with zero office or bus referrals. Panda pride on full display! 🐼

Reminder of next week's schedule for students of Wicomico County Public Schools: Wednesday, April 1 is now a full school day. Thursday, April 2 is a makeup day (for a school day missed for winter weather) with 3-hour early dismissal. Schools and Central Office will be closed Friday, April 3 as well as Monday, April 6 for Spring Break.

Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.

Please note that for next week, April 1 is now a full school day. April 2 is a makeup day with 3-hour early dismissal. The school system is closed April 3 for Spring Break.