Good afternoon EPS Families! Bus 68 will resume its regular schedule starting tomorrow. Have a good evening!
about 1 month ago, Elizabethtown Primary School
🔦 Flashlight Spelling Fun! 🔤✨

Learning to spell is even more exciting with a flashlight! Students used picture cards, flashlights, and dry-erase boards to shine a light on hidden words, read them, and then practice writing each word. Such a fun, hands-on way to build phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and writing skills! 💡✏️
about 1 month ago, Caren Long
Students use flashlights to reveal hidden words on picture cards and practice spelling them on dry-erase boards.
Students use flashlights to reveal hidden words on picture cards and practice spelling them on dry-erase boards.
Students use flashlights to reveal hidden words on picture cards and practice spelling them on dry-erase boards.
EPS Beta Club Induction Ceremony, September 30 at 1:30 PM in the cafeteria.
about 1 month ago, Caren Long
EPS Beta Club Induction Ceremony, September 30 at 1:30 PM in the cafeteria.
Learning to sort and count with our building towers! 🔢🧸

Kindergarten students used numbered mats along with shapes, cubes, chips, and bears to practice sorting, counting, and matching quantities to numbers. Hands-on math makes learning fun! 🌟
about 1 month ago, Caren Long
Students use manipulatives and number mats to practice counting and sorting.
Students sort colorful cubes while practicing number recognition and counting.
Students sort colorful cubes while practicing number recognition and counting.
Students use counters and manipulatives for hands-on sorting and counting.
Students use counters and manipulatives for hands-on sorting and counting.
Students use counters and manipulatives for hands-on sorting and counting.
🪇 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! 🪇

Our kindergarten students celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a fun literacy and art connection! We read Alpacas with Maracas by Matt Cosgrove and then got creative by making our very own colorful maracas! 📚🎨🪇

We loved combining a great story with hands-on creativity—and, of course, making a little music along the way! ❤️
about 1 month ago, Caren Long
Kindergarten students create colorful maracas using cardboard tubes and tissue paper after reading Alpacas with Maracas for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Kindergarten students create colorful maracas using cardboard tubes and tissue paper after reading Alpacas with Maracas for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Kindergarten students create colorful maracas using cardboard tubes and tissue paper after reading Alpacas with Maracas for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Attention Bus 68 families! Bus 68 will NOT run its morning route on Monday, September 21st. School doors will open at 7:15 AM for students who normally ride Bus 68. 🚌 Bus 68 WILL run its regular afternoon route. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and support! 💙🐬
about 1 month ago, Caren Long
Hands-on math makes learning stick! 🧮✨ Students used Play-Doh to build arrays and equal groups as they practiced multiplication. By rolling, grouping, counting, and arranging the Play-Doh, students were able to see what multiplication really means instead of simply memorizing facts. A little Play-Doh + a lot of thinking = a fun way to bring math to life! 💙 ➕ ✖️ 🧠
about 1 month ago, Caren Long
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
Students use colorful Play-Doh on dry-erase boards to create arrays and equal groups while practicing multiplication facts.
📣 EPS Families—Mark Your Calendars! 🐬💙

Join us Monday, September 21st for our Title I Parent Information & PreK Night at Elizabethtown Primary School!

Come learn more about what’s happening at EPS, hear a special performance from our 1st & 2nd graders, and meet with your child’s homeroom teacher to learn about curriculum and expectations for the year.

⭐ 5:30–6:00 – Parent Advisory
🎶 6:00–6:15 – 1st & 2nd Grade Performance
📚 6:15–until – Curriculum Meetings with Homeroom Teachers

🍕 Pizza, snacks, and drinks will be served following the presentation!

We look forward to spending the evening with our EPS families! Together, we can make this a great year for our Dolphins! 🐬💙
about 1 month ago, Caren Long
Elizabethtown Primary School flyer for Title I Parent Information and PreK Night on Monday, September 21. Parent Advisory begins at 5:30, 1st and 2nd grade performance at 6:00, followed by curriculum meetings with homeroom teachers at 6:15. Pizza, snacks, and drinks will be served. Event held in the EPS Cafeteria.
Going Gold for Childhood Cancer!

Join Bladen County Schools as we recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Month! 🎗️

Next week, September 21 - September 25, we will celebrate the courage of children and families impacted by childhood cancer with a fun and easy spirit day. There is no need to purchase anything to participate, use what you already have at home!

💛 Monday, Sept. 21 | Go Gold | Wear gold or yellow
🦸 Tuesday, Sept. 22 | Heroes for Hope | Dress like a superhero
🧢 Wednesday, Sept. 23 | Hats Off to our Heroes | Wear your favorite hat
🌈 Thursday, Sept. 24 | Color Our Schools with Hope | Wear your favorite color
📣 Friday, Sept. 25 | Team Up Against Cancer | Wear your favorite team or school shirt
about 2 months ago, Bladen County Schools
Going Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness Week
🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 Making Our Mark on International Dot Day! Ms. Clegg’s and Mrs. Cromartie’s classes celebrated International Dot Day with a colorful activity inspired by The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds! 🎨 Students explored the message of believing in yourself, trying even when you’re unsure, and never giving up. Just like in the story, they started with a simple dot and used their creativity to see where it would take them! Every creation was different—a perfect reminder that we all have our own unique mark to make on the world! ❤️ “Make a mark and see where it takes you!” 🌎✨
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Colorful student-created Dot Day artwork made with blended rainbow colors on paper plates.
Colorful student-created Dot Day artwork made with blended rainbow colors on paper plates.
Colorful student-created Dot Day artwork made with blended rainbow colors on paper plates.
Colorful student-created Dot Day artwork made with blended rainbow colors on paper plates.
Colorful student-created Dot Day artwork made with blended rainbow colors on paper plates.
Colorful student-created Dot Day artwork made with blended rainbow colors on paper plates.
Colorful student-created Dot Day artwork made with blended rainbow colors on paper plates.
🐬🌊 DIVE INTO LEARNING, BE HERE EVERY DAY! 🌊🐬

Calling all EPS Dolphins! 🎨 Show off your creativity and help us celebrate School Attendance Awareness Month by entering our Attendance Matters Poster Contest!

🏆 One winner from each grade level will receive prizes, and every student who participates will receive a ribbon!

📅 Posters are due to your teacher by September 24, 2026.

We can’t wait to see how our Dolphins show that Every Dolphin Counts! 🐬💙
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Colorful ocean-themed EPS Attendance Matters Poster Contest flyer featuring a smiling dolphin, contest rules, prizes, and a September 24, 2026 deadline.
🔎📚 Our Library Detectives are back on the case!

Even our older students had a great time investigating the library “crime scenes!” They carefully examined each scene, recorded the clues and evidence, and then put their detective skills to work by INFERRING what had happened. 🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️

It was a fun, hands-on way to practice an important reading skill while also reinforcing how to properly care for our library books. The evidence doesn’t lie! 🔍📖💛

#LibraryDetectives #MakingInferences #LibrarySkills #HandsOnLearning #EPSDolphins
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Students work together to inspect clues around a damaged library book and make inferences.
Students examine a taped-off library “crime scene” and record clues about a damaged book.
Close-up of a damaged library book surrounded by clues, including a water bottle and glue stick.
Close-up of a damaged library book surrounded by clues, including a water bottle and glue stick.
Students use magnifying glasses to investigate clues at a library book “crime scene.”
Students use magnifying glasses to investigate clues around a damaged library book and practice making inferences.
Celebrated compound words with a SWEET treat! 🌻🧁 Our students put their learning together—just like compound words—to enjoy some delicious sunflower cupcakes! 💛

Learning is always a little sweeter when you can eat the lesson! 😋📚
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Colorful fall cupcakes topped with sunflowers and leaves
a smiling student holds her cupcake outside.
📣 REMINDER: School Spirit Wear Orders! 🐬💙

All school spirit wear shirt orders are due Monday morning!

Please be sure to send the completed order form AND payment with your student Monday morning.

Thank you for showing your EPS Dolphin pride! 🐬💙🤍
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Cheerful EPS dolphin reminds families that spirit wear orders, forms, and payment are due Monday morning.
🚌 Bus 68 Transportation Update 🚌

Parents, please be aware that Bus 68 will NOT run its morning route at all next week. Bus 68 WILL run its regular afternoon route each day.

To help families with morning transportation, school doors will open at 7:15 AM for early drop-off for students who normally ride Bus 68.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience, understanding, and support! 💙🐬
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Colorful Bus 68 transportation update with dolphin mascots and a school bus. Bus 68 will not run its morning route next week but will run its regular afternoon route each day. School doors will open at 7:15 AM for early drop-off.
Attention Bus 68 families! Bus 68 will NOT run its morning route on Friday, September 11th. School doors will open at 7:15 AM for students who normally ride Bus 68.

🚌 Bus 68 WILL run its regular afternoon route.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and support! 💙🐬
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Colorful Bus 68 transportation update with dolphin mascots. Bus 68 will not run its morning route Friday, September 11, 2026. School doors open at 7:15 AM for drop-off. The bus will run its afternoon route.
🚌 Bus 68 Transportation Update

Please be advised that Bus 68 will NOT run its morning or afternoon route tomorrow.

For students who normally ride Bus 68, school doors will open at 7:15 AM for morning drop-off.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and cooperation. 💙🐬
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Bus 68 will not run morning or afternoon Thursday, Sept. 9. Doors open at 7:15 AM for drop-off.
✨🧚 The Handwriting Fairy Visited! 🧚✨

The Handwriting Fairy made a special stop in Mrs. Clegg’s class today! Students who have been working hard on their handwriting discovered a little fairy dust sprinkled on their desks to celebrate their great work. ✏️✨

Keep practicing and doing your best—you never know when the Handwriting Fairy might visit again! 💙🧚‍♀️
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Student handwriting worksheet with “kid” and “lamp” completed and colorful fairy dust sprinkled across the page.
Handwriting practice sheet featuring W, E, and U letters covered with colorful fairy dust.
Student worksheet showing careful handwriting practice with colorful fairy dust sprinkled across the page.
Handwriting worksheet with “kid” and “lamp” written neatly and colorful fairy dust scattered over the work.
Two completed handwriting worksheets on a desk, sprinkled with fairy dust to celebrate great work.
Student letter-tracing worksheet covered with sparkling fairy dust from a special Handwriting Fairy visit.
🚌 Bus 68 Transportation Update

Please be advised that Bus 68 will NOT run its morning route on Wednesday. Bus 68 will run its regular afternoon route.

To assist families with morning transportation, school doors will open at 7:15 AM for students who normally ride Bus 68.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! 💙🐬
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
No Tuesday morning route. Afternoon route will run. Doors open at 7:15 AM.
📚🔎 Calling All Library Detectives! 🔎📚

Our first graders put on their detective hats and investigated some very important cases—damaged library books! 🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️

Students examined each “crime scene,” searched for clues and evidence, and figured out what might have happened to each book. Along the way, they learned important ways to care for library books and keep them safe for everyone to enjoy. 📖❤️

Case closed! These first graders are officially ready to be super book caretakers! ⭐️🔍
about 2 months ago, Caren Long
Damaged library book and candy wrappers displayed as evidence in a taped-off case area.
Students work together as library detectives, examining a book and recording clues.
Students examine a marked-up library book for evidence of improper book care.
Three smiling students pose with magnifying glasses and detective badges during a library activity.
Young girl holding a silver sheriff’s badge toward the camera.