Palm City Elementary School

🧹💙 Today we’re celebrating the people who keep PCE shining! 💛
Happy National Custodian Appreciation Day to our amazing custodial team! Thank you for all you do each day to keep our school clean, safe, welcoming, and ready for our Wildcats to learn and grow. We appreciate you more than you know! 🐾✨

Our third graders have been learning all about plot and theme through the classic tale of King Midas! Students created their very own plot diagrams on crowns, identifying the key parts of the story and demonstrating their understanding in a fun and creative way. 👑 They also brainstormed the themes and lessons they discovered throughout the story. We love seeing our students make connections, share their ideas, and bring their learning to life! ✨📖

Join PCE as we show our unity and kindness towards each other! Stay tuned for more updates about Character Counts! Week, too!

🥳Congratulations to our Teachers of the Month, Ms. Nissinoff and Mrs. Swindler! 🥳

🐾💙 Student leadership in action at PCE! Our School Advisory Council meeting gave our SAC members a chance to experience learning at PCE from a whole new perspective—with our students helping lead the way! 🌟 After learning about AVID and Building Thinking Classrooms, our SAC members stepped into the role of students and participated in a Building Thinking Classrooms activity. A few of our incredible AVID Ambassadors Grace, Hunter, and Xander helped facilitate the experience, guiding our members through the activity and giving them a firsthand look at the collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving our Wildcats experience in the classroom. Seeing our students confidently step up as leaders was such a proud PCE moment! 💙 A huge thank you to our SAC Co-Chairs, Mrs. Belowch and Mrs. Laramie, for their leadership and partnership, to Mrs. Miles for her School Counselor update, and to Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Hallee, and Mrs. Nissinoff for sharing the meaningful work happening through AVID and Building Thinking Classrooms. There is something special about seeing our Wildcats not only engaged in their own learning, but empowered to lead the learning of others! 🐾✨ That’s How We Wildcat! 💙

🚨NOTICE ABOUT DISTRICT PHONES🚨

Some callers are experiencing intermittent issues when trying to reach District offices and school sites. At this time, the issue is affecting some incoming calls only, and outgoing calls remain operational.

While our Education Technology team works with the phone carriers to resolve this issue, families and community members can use the staff directory at martinschools.org to contact the appropriate employee or department via email or submit an inquiry through OnFlo.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to restore normal service. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

#ALLINMartin👊

🎃📚 Get ready for our PUMPKIN BOOK CHARACTER CONTEST! 📚🎃

Calling all Wildcats! It’s time to turn a pumpkin into your favorite book character and let your imagination run WILD!

📖 Choose a favorite book character
🎨 Decorate a fake pumpkin to look like that character
🚫 No food products, please!
🏆 Prizes will be awarded in each grade-level category, including a special Wildcat Winner selected by Wildcat!

📅 Pumpkins are due Thursday, October 15!

Which book character will YOUR pumpkin become? 🎃📚

💛 Sponsored by the PTA 💛

💙💛National PTA Appreciation Day!💙💛
Today we celebrate the amazing people behind the scenes who make such a difference at PCE! Happy National PTA Appreciation Day to our incredible PCE PTA! Thank you for your time, energy, generosity, and endless support of our students, teachers, and school community. We’re so lucky to have you! 🐾💛

🎉Congratulations to our Employee of the Month, Mrs. McDonald!🎉

📚✨READ, DREAM & GO BIG!✨📚

Tomorrow is the BIG day!

On 9/2-5, we’re celebrating Dolly Parton Day and her biggest gift to children: a love of reading. ❤️📖

Here’s how to join us:
📚 Read for at least 30 minutes on September 25.
📖 Get a library card and make your next great read easier to find.
💗 Have a child age 5 or under? Sign up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to receive free books at home

And, of course, dress the part! Think pink, rhinestones, boots and big hair, or even school colors (like Coat of Many Colors)! 👢✨💕

Let’s go #ALLINMartin👊 to celebrate reading, big dreams and the joy of a good book! Get ready to share your pics of reading a book and doing it in style, just like Dolly.

#PublicSchoolPROUD #MartinMeansMore #ImaginationLibrary

🍎PARENT WORKSHOP TODAY: GIFTED PROGRAM🍎

TODAY: Interested in learning more about the Martin County School District's Gifted Program? Come to the first Parent Workshop of the 26-27 school year!

Join us to learn how gifted services work in the District, what families can expect from gifted programs, and how we support gifted students' academic growth and success across our schools.

📆 September 23, 2026
⏰ 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
📍 School Board Room (1939 SE Federal Hwy)

Please contact Kelly Francke at franckk@martinschools.org to RSVP or RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3V6PNa5

#ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolPROUD #MartinMeansMore

Wildcats are celebrating their futures by representing their college, career, and life goals on AVID Day. We are excited for the PAWSome opportunities that lie ahead!

🍎Our kindergarteners had a delicious week exploring apples with all five senses! They looked at the colors, felt the smooth skin and bumpy seeds, listened to the crunch, smelled the sweet aroma, and of course, tasted the yummy fruit. The best part? Making our own homemade applesauce together! Nothing beats hands-on learning that's this much fun (and tasty). 🍏👃👀👂✋👅

🐾 We’re grateful for our amazing community partners! A big thank you to Michael Ortega of SERHANT., a valued PCE business partner, for joining Principal Lauren Rabener at MCSD’s 2nd Annual State of the District Breakfast. 💙💛 We appreciate your continued support of PCE and our Wildcat community! #ThatsHowWeWildcat #MartinMeansMore

🐾 Big Cats in action! Our 3rd graders had a special reading time with our kindergartners, sharing stories, building confidence, and making reading even more fun. We love seeing our students learn from and encourage one another! 💙

🇺🇸 Learning about the Constitution at PCE! 🇺🇸 A big Wildcat THANK YOU to Mrs. Esposito and Mrs. Spears, both attorneys, for spending time with our 3rd and 4th graders today! ❤️🤍💙 Our students had the opportunity to learn about the U.S. Constitution, why it matters, and how it continues to shape our country and our rights as citizens. We are so grateful to have members of our community willing to share their knowledge and bring learning to life for our Wildcats! 🐾📚 That’s How We Wildcat!