
We are down to our final four homerooms this week: Ms. Ferrentino's Falcons, Mr. Donahoe's Dolphins, Mrs. Elmore's Egrets and Mrs. Radcliff's Ravens. We still have 3 days left this week to go. Good luck Grizzlies!!!!


Last week we hard our awards assembly. Congratulations to our 6th grade students who received A/B Honor Roll, A Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, and the ACE Program Award. (pictured in order of award)





Last week we hard our awards assembly. Congratulations to our 7th grade students who received A/B Honor Roll, A Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, and the ACE Program Award. (pictured in order of award)





Last week we hard our awards assembly. Congratulations to our 8th grade students who received A/B Honor Roll, A Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, and the ACE Program Award. (pictured in order of award)





🚍 Help Us Prepare for 2025-26 Bus Routes! 🚍
The Pender County Schools Transportation Department is gearing up for the next school year, and we need YOUR help to ensure accurate bus assignments!
📢 Important Steps for Parents/Guardians:
✅ Check your child’s Parent Letter for their current bus stop details.
✅ If there are NO changes, return the form with all “YES”s circled by April 16, 2025.
✅ If changes are needed, update your info using the Student Ridership Survey (https://bit.ly/4lb0ZLF) by April 16, 2025.
⏳ Deadline Reminders:
🔹 Schools must update all transportation data in Infinite Campus by May 9, 2025.
🔹 The Google Form will NOT reopen during summer – all new student transportation requests will go through Infinite Campus.
📌 Let’s work together to ensure every PCS student has the right bus assignment on day one!


Please plan to join PCS on Thursday, April 3rd from 5:30-6:30pm for a virtual town hall to learn about and provide feedback on the district’s next strategic plan. Participants will preview the district’s new vision, mission, values, and goals before having an opportunity to share feedback and input that will inform revisions moving forward. Register here, https://tinyurl.com/2wv3s5ef!
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Please join us for Coffee with the Principal. Please RSVP at: https://bit.ly/4hHxZrW
Únase a nosotros para tomar un café con el director. Por favor confirme su asistencia al: https://bit.ly/4hHxZrW



Want to build a roller coaster, float pennies on a boat, create a duct tape parachute, learn what our electives teacher have been up to and other activities? Join us tonight at 4-6 pm for our STEAM Night. We hope to see you there!!!!
¿Quieres construir una montaña rusa, hacer flotar monedas en un bote, crear un paracaídas con cinta adhesiva, descubrir qué han estado haciendo nuestros profesores de asignaturas optativas y otras actividades? Acompáñanos esta noche de 4 a 6 p. m. a nuestra Noche STEAM. ¡Esperamos verte allí!



8th grade Social Studies students are writing parody songs about the Civil War/ Reconstruction Era set to a modern day song of their choosing. Great job Grizzlies!!!





Good afternoon Grizzly family. We will be having our NC Reading Check In tomorrow, so please make sure your student's Chromebook is charged and ready to go. See you in the morning.
Buenas tardes, familia Grizzly. Mañana tendremos nuestro NC Reading Check In, así que asegúrense de que la Chromebook de su estudiante esté cargada y lista para usar. Nos vemos mañana.



Congrats to Sarah Thomas for being named the CFMS 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Thomas does so much for our students and community. She works tirelessly and advocates for our students. We could not have a better person to represent us than Mrs. Thomas. Please help us to congratulate her.





📣 March is Social Work Month 🎉
Meet Rebecca McSwain, a dedicated school social worker with 21 years of experience! For the past two years, she has been a vital part of Cape Fear Middle School, advocating for students and families with compassion and expertise. Her extensive background in public education includes specializing in McKinney-Vento services with NCDPI. ✨
CFMS Principal Bobby Simmons shares, “Ms. McSwain’s genuine care for all students and families truly makes a difference. Her willingness to jump in and help whenever needed has transformed our culture at CFMS.”
🎤🎶 Fun Facts: Ms. McSwain loves traveling to Disney, singing karaoke, and competing in trivia!
Join us in celebrating Ms. McSwain and all our incredible school social workers for their dedication and impact! 💙👏


Today we had our Quarter 3 PBIS Celebration for our students. Our Grizzlies have been diligently working, and it was a great day to celebrate their success. Thank you PTO for all you do to help us reward our students.







We have had a lot of students the past two weeks (March 10-21) with perfect attendance.
Congratulations to the 83 eighth graders, 81 sixth graders and 79 seventh graders with perfect attendance. Great job!!!! Keep it up!!!
Hemos tenido muchos estudiantes con asistencia perfecta las últimas dos semanas (del 10 al 21 de marzo). ¡Felicitaciones a los 83 estudiantes de octavo, a los 81 estudiantes de sexto y a los 79 estudiantes de séptimo grado con asistencia perfecta! ¡Excelente trabajo! ¡Sigan así!


Congratulations are in order for the following homerooms for winning this week's attendance competition and will move on to the next round: Ms. Ferrention's Falcons, Mrs. Dunn's Diamondbacks, Mrs. Mills' Macaws, Mr. Donahoe's Dolphins, Mr. Barbour's Bulldogs, Mrs. Elmore's Egrets, Mrs. Radcliff's Ravens, and Mr. Zeigler's Zoomers.
Great job Grizzlies for being: In school, on time and engaged.
Updated Bracket:
Felicitaciones a los siguientes salones por ganar el concurso de asistencia de esta semana y pasar a la siguiente ronda: Falcons de la Sra. Ferrention, Diamondbacks de la Sra. Dunn, Guacamayos de la Sra. Mills, Delfines del Sr. Donahoe, Bulldogs del Sr. Barbour, Garcetas de la Sra. Elmore, Cuervos de la Sra. Radcliff y Zoomers del Sr. Zeigler.
¡Excelente trabajo, Grizzlies!: ¡Asistiendo a la escuela, siendo puntuales y comprometidos!
Grupo actualizado:


During the internet outage yesterday, Mrs. Merrit's classes keep going with sunshine and reading. Great job Grizzlies!!!!





Here is a midweek update for our CFMS Attendance competition. As of today, Ms. Ferrentino, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Mills, Mr. Elmore, Mr. Barbour, Ms. Elmore, Mrs. Radcliff, and Mr. Zeigler are in the lead. We still have two days to go this week's competition!!!!!
We have 266 students with perfect attendance from March 10th-today (March 19th). Way to go Grizzlies!!!!! Keep it up!!!
Aquí tienen una actualización de mitad de semana sobre nuestro concurso de asistencia de CFMS. A día de hoy, la Sra. Ferrentino, la Sra. Dunn, la Sra. Mills, el Sr. Elmore, el Sr. Barbour, la Sra. Elmore, la Sra. Radcliff y el Sr. Zeigler van a la cabeza. ¡¡¡Todavía nos quedan dos días para el concurso de esta semana!!!
Tenemos 266 estudiantes con asistencia perfecta desde el 10 de marzo hasta hoy (19 de marzo). ¡¡¡Bien hecho, Grizzlies!!! ¡¡¡Sigan así!!!


Our STEAM Night is next week. We hope to see you there!!!
Nuestra Noche STEAM es la semana que viene. ¡Esperamos verte allí!

