Surf City Middle School

Scooter time in PE!

⏳ Time is running out! The deadline to complete the PCS Strategic Plan Survey is Friday, November 22, 2024. Your input is essential to shaping the future of Pender County Schools. Don’t miss your chance to share your thoughts! 📝 Complete the survey now: https://bit.ly/3zY7Ll9 #OnePender

Once again, thank you SO much to our amazing PTA!!! Teachers and staff enjoyed a wonderful mid-week breakfast delivered to their doors. When it comes to this season of thanks, please know that we are so very thankful for our PTA and all of our shark families!

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The Yearbook order site is now open! https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/search/YB31215 Don't miss out...order your yearbook today! *please note- this site is for the middle school yearbook only.

Mrs. Warren's class made ice cream today! Science class was delicious!

Good afternoon, Please check out the Shark Bites Weekly for important updates. Eighth-grade students brought home permission slips for our field trip on Friday, Nov. 22. This is a change from what was previously communicated. Please make sure it is returned to their homeroom teacher on Monday. A digital copy is also available in this week's newsletter. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DZeLCAwg7vqP4QgkJhqUtsLJdBItKjXH/view?usp=sharing Thank you, Mrs. Hall

🎨🦃 4th Annual Not Your Average Hand Turkey Contest 🦃🎨 It’s time to get creative! 🖐️✨ Due Date: November 18th Awards: 🏆 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Places How to Enter: 1️⃣ Trace your hand as the base of your turkey (get help tracing if needed). 2️⃣ Use a vertical or horizontal piece of paper—your choice! 3️⃣ Transform your hand turkey into a character or image (school-appropriate). 4️⃣ Add a creative background to make your artwork stand out! 5️⃣ Color NEATLY and include plenty of details. 🎉 Every Entry Earns Frenzy Points! 🎉 📄 Entry forms are located outside Mrs. Berdeau’s room We can’t wait to see your colorful, detailed, and imaginative hand turkeys! 🦃✨

Thank you to the Landfall Foundation for providing a grant to the students of the Surf City Middle Band! The grant is being used for additional chairs for students as well as the purchase of a baritone saxophone and bass clarinet. We look forward to putting the grant to work in our upcoming concerts!

Good evening, This Veterans Day, we salute all veterans and active service members. Your courage inspires us every day! Please remember that in honor of Veteran's Day, there is no school tomorrow, Monday, November 11th. Make-up picture day is on November 26th. Please find the link below to the Shark BItes Weekly. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OdjnXoI_LbaUK9BnSkL3cA9mEnWgfKGA/view?usp=sharing Thank you, Mrs. Hall

🎨 A huge thank you to the Pender Arts Council and Topsail High School for their continued support of our students! PAC generously loaned us display panels for our 7th Grade Autumn Arts Festival, giving students a wonderful opportunity to showcase their hard work from the first quarter. 🌟 Our Student Council also made great use of the display panels for student elections, creating a setup that gave students a real sense of what voting booths are like! 🗳️ Special shoutout to the Topsail High students who helped with pickup, setup, and breakdown of the panels. Your support made these events a success! 👏 #ThankYou #CommunitySupport #StudentShowcase #PenderArtsCouncil #TopsailHigh

We've extended the deadline for our Strategic Plan Survey to November 22, 2024. If you haven't done so already, please complete the survey. We want to hear from you as we shape our next five years. SURVEY LINK - https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/o/pcs/article/1827572

It's Student Council Election Day! Special thanks to Ms. Smith for all of her hard work giving our students a very realistic voting experience.

Good afternoon, Here is the Shark Bites Weekly with important updates for Surf City Middle School. Don't forget Tuesday, November 5th is a teacher workday and students do not have school. https://drive.google.com/file/d/130y4n-37YRnomRzXLCgZDBH-AAx-J_Uf/view?usp=drive_link Thank you, Mrs. Hall

Congratulations to the 8th grade band students on a FANTASTIC concert last night! We look forward to performing for everyone again on Dec. 11 for our Winter Concert at Topsail High School.

🎃 Huge Thank You to Walmart Neighborhood Market of Surf City! 🎃 A big shout out to Walmart Neighborhood Market of Surf City for sponsoring our Pumpkin Decorating Contest! We had 27 amazing, creative entries, and the People's Choice winners were voted on during the 7th Grade Autumn Arts Festival. Congratulations to Our Winners! 🏆 Best Traditional: Nicole May 🎨 Most Creative: Dahlia Kuchta 😍 Most Adorable: Ryker Samson 👻 Spookiest: Ruth Barry And a special congratulations to our overall winners, who received gift cards from Walmart! 🥇 1st Place: Dahlia Kuchta 🥈 2nd Place: Eva Mascio and Gianna Camisa 🥉 3rd Place: Perry Smith All winners received gift bags filled with goodies—thank you to everyone who participated and voted! Your support made this event a huge success! 🎉

Cuneiform writing in social studies class today.

Ms. Muffett’s social studies class practices how to use a stylus and write their names in cuneiform.

📢 Help shape the future of Pender County Schools! Join our Parent & Family focus groups for strategic planning. 🗓️ Upcoming Dates: Nov. 12, 6:30 PM @ Pender HS Nov. 14, 5:00 PM @ Rocky Point Elem Nov. 14, 6:30 PM @ Heide Trask HS Nov. 19, 6:30 PM @ Topsail HS #OnePender

Aloha! It's Hawaiian Day!