Weekly Update

CFMS 8th grade classes completed a personality/interest inventory in Major Clarity.  The inventory helped them define their realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising and conventional interests.  These categories directly relate to high school electives and future careers.  Ask them to show you their results!

Parents, we ask that if you are checking in/out a student at CFM or CFE, to please exit that building and enter the other school’s front door to check in/out any additional siblings. If you are checking out your student, please do so before 2pmFriendly Reminder:  If you are dropping your student off after 8:00 a.m. you need to come in and sign your student in; you will be called back to sign them in if you don’t come in.

School picture day is October 9th.  Included below is a link for school pictures.  A packet is also being sent home with our students.  https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/cape-fear-middle-school/fall-pictures-10-9-2023-22/optIn This link will allow parents to sign up to receive updates via email regarding their child's school portraits. These updates include promotions, additional deals and the ability to order more pictures at a later time. When entering student information, parents should be sure to enter the student's name as it is on file at the school. 

September is Attendance Awareness Month - One of our goals is to partner with you to have a 95% attendance rate as a school.  We are well on our way to meeting this goal.  Our current attendance rate is 95%.  This is great news because we want every opportunity to teach and support your child.  

If you need to make a transportation change, please do so before 2:00 pm. 

NEW ATTENDANCE EMAIL ADDRESS.  Parents, if you have doctor's notes or excuses, they can be emailed to this address, cfm_info@pender.k12.nc.us . If you send a note to this email, you do not have to send in a note with your child.  We are trying to make this a smoother process and our staff will receive notification when an email is sent.  

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics NCSSM Pender County Middle Schools Evening Virtual Program

When bringing lunch for your child, we ask that it is brought during your child’s lunch period.  We will have your child pick up their food on the way to the cafeteria.

Football Schedule Softball Schedule

School Pictures 10/9, Makeup school picture date is 11/15

Pender Early College High School (PECHS) is planning to do recruitment with 8th graders on Tuesday 10/31 during 8th grade elective time.  This typically consists of all students being present in the gym, hearing the 20-25 minute presentation of the PECHS program. Students who are interested in learning more and applying will move to the media center to hear from current PECHS students and get more information.

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