One week until the Book Fair! Don't forget to sign up for an eWallet at the link below!
PLEASE NOTE...SCE is also having a Book Fair next week, and they have a different site for their eWallets. Be sure you sign your middle schooler up through our link. Thanks so much!
https://t.message.scholastic.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=%40JCECmDNZqpofJPD%2BzgOcEJWawdUyxUiohKJ2mdPLgkY%3D&ET_CID=DM684319&ET_RID=-2143438345
PLEASE NOTE...SCE is also having a Book Fair next week, and they have a different site for their eWallets. Be sure you sign your middle schooler up through our link. Thanks so much!
https://t.message.scholastic.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=%40JCECmDNZqpofJPD%2BzgOcEJWawdUyxUiohKJ2mdPLgkY%3D&ET_CID=DM684319&ET_RID=-2143438345
Congratulations to Mrs. Frederique!
This week’s Shark Bites is now available! Be sure to check it out for the latest school updates, events, and important information.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/139L9OTLU_UwEQWnyLsG4hsRP8GMWgTge/view?usp=drive_link
🎨🥚 Surf City Middle School Annual Egg Decorating Contest!
Get creative and show off your artistic skills by entering the Annual Egg Decorating Contest! Use paint, markers, fabric, clay, or other craft materials to design a unique egg display. Each entry must include at least 3 decorated eggs, be school-appropriate, and include a title and short description.
🏆 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place & Honorable Mention will be awarded, and every entry earns 20 Frenzy Points!
📅 Entries are due by March 30th at 2:30 PM in the Media Center. Judging will take place after school, and winners will be announced the next day on school news and social media.
Stop by the front office or the table outside the Art Room for entry forms and full contest rules
Get cracking and start decorating! 🐣🎨
Get creative and show off your artistic skills by entering the Annual Egg Decorating Contest! Use paint, markers, fabric, clay, or other craft materials to design a unique egg display. Each entry must include at least 3 decorated eggs, be school-appropriate, and include a title and short description.
🏆 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place & Honorable Mention will be awarded, and every entry earns 20 Frenzy Points!
📅 Entries are due by March 30th at 2:30 PM in the Media Center. Judging will take place after school, and winners will be announced the next day on school news and social media.
Stop by the front office or the table outside the Art Room for entry forms and full contest rules
Get cracking and start decorating! 🐣🎨
Don't forget the Spring Dance is Friday!!
Get your dance tickets ahead of time and breeze through the lines! (Link in comments).
📅 March 6, 4-6pm | 💲 Only $5
Dress to impress and enter our style contests:
• 🌸 Best Flower Wear
• 🏝️ Best Island Wear
• 💃 Best Hula Skirt
• 🌴 Best Tropical Outfit Overall
Bring your island vibes and dance the afternoon away!
Get your dance tickets ahead of time and breeze through the lines! (Link in comments).
📅 March 6, 4-6pm | 💲 Only $5
Dress to impress and enter our style contests:
• 🌸 Best Flower Wear
• 🏝️ Best Island Wear
• 💃 Best Hula Skirt
• 🌴 Best Tropical Outfit Overall
Bring your island vibes and dance the afternoon away!
🦈🎨 Shark Artists Shine at the 2026 YMTS T-Shirt Design Contest! 🦃🎡
Congratulations to two incredible Shark artists for their turk’riffic success in the 2026 Youth Market Turkey Show T-Shirt Design Contest!
This statewide contest invited artists ages 5–18 to design bold, original T-shirts celebrating:
🦃 Turkeys & poultry
🎡 The North Carolina State Fair
🌾 Youth in agriculture
🌎 North Carolina pride & culture
🥈 2nd Place – Dahlia Kuchta (8th Grade)
Dahlia earned 2nd Place overall with her stunning and richly detailed design!
Her artwork features a beautifully colored turkey standing proudly on North Carolina’s state flower, the dogwood. The turkey wears a “State Winner” sash, symbolizing excellence in youth agriculture and competition. Bold lettering reading “NC State Fair 2026” completes the design, making it eye-catching and perfect for a T-shirt graphic.
🥉 3rd Place – Ethan Wagner (8th Grade)
Ethan’s bold and playful design earned him 3rd Place overall!
His cartoon-style turkey marches confidently across the design while proudly holding the North Carolina state flag. “North Carolina State Fair” appears in large, dynamic lettering above and below the character. Bright colors, strong outlines, and expressive details made this design clear, energetic, and T-shirt ready — and it certainly captured the judges’ attention!
We are beyond proud of both artists' creativity, hard work, and artistic talent. Both represented our school and community with excellence!
Let’s give these Shark artists a huge round of applause! 👏👏
Congratulations to two incredible Shark artists for their turk’riffic success in the 2026 Youth Market Turkey Show T-Shirt Design Contest!
This statewide contest invited artists ages 5–18 to design bold, original T-shirts celebrating:
🦃 Turkeys & poultry
🎡 The North Carolina State Fair
🌾 Youth in agriculture
🌎 North Carolina pride & culture
🥈 2nd Place – Dahlia Kuchta (8th Grade)
Dahlia earned 2nd Place overall with her stunning and richly detailed design!
Her artwork features a beautifully colored turkey standing proudly on North Carolina’s state flower, the dogwood. The turkey wears a “State Winner” sash, symbolizing excellence in youth agriculture and competition. Bold lettering reading “NC State Fair 2026” completes the design, making it eye-catching and perfect for a T-shirt graphic.
🥉 3rd Place – Ethan Wagner (8th Grade)
Ethan’s bold and playful design earned him 3rd Place overall!
His cartoon-style turkey marches confidently across the design while proudly holding the North Carolina state flag. “North Carolina State Fair” appears in large, dynamic lettering above and below the character. Bright colors, strong outlines, and expressive details made this design clear, energetic, and T-shirt ready — and it certainly captured the judges’ attention!
We are beyond proud of both artists' creativity, hard work, and artistic talent. Both represented our school and community with excellence!
Let’s give these Shark artists a huge round of applause! 👏👏
Our Spring Book Fair is coming soon! Visit the Book Fair web page to set up an eWallet for your student so they don't have to to keep up with cash or a card. Thanks to our PTA and our families for supporting us!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/surfcitymiddleschool
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/surfcitymiddleschool
On Friday, Gabrielle Olson- freshman at Topsail High School- job shadowed with Mrs. Council, SCMS Theatre Arts teacher. Elle spent time engaging with students as they prepared skits that demonstrated proper theatre etiquette. She gave the students insight on high school theatre and acknowledged the role that her middle school theatre classes played in preparing for high school theatre.
Season 2 of Survivor Surf City Middle is in the books! 6th and 7th graders competed in challenges, found hidden idols, strategized with fellow competitors, and generally worked hard to outplay, outwit, and outlast everyone else to become the sole Survivor. Congratulations to Caroline (6th) and Max (7th) for their wins in 2 tough final 3 fields. Great job to all of the competitors!!
Congratulations to our Battle of the Books team for finishing 2nd in the county competition! Great job, Sharks!
Check out important information in this week's Shark Bites: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1faoa2LKQRuEgiRa20KbiVON6zptyhJAl/view?usp=drive_link
Mrs. Hill’s 7th grade science classes are doing frog dissections as they compare and contrast the frog’s anatomy to human anatomy as we wrap up our unit human body systems. It is so much fun to see them really get into this hands on activity.
Caught reading! Be like Logan, and read a great book today!
Check out important information in this week's Shark BItes! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oqf9kzmZ9oA62DAu0iXR4yIvF2rRxuOY/view?usp=drive_link
Make sure you are logging your reading minutes to help us win March Madness!
On Thursday Feb 12, SCMC took part in "No One Eats Alone Day" at lunch to build new connections and raise awareness to combat social isolation. Students participated in a "Connect the Dots" mural in which they identified their unique characteristics and interests while comparing how similar they are to their classmates.
It's SRO Day! Thanks so much to Officer Wyke for all he does for our school! He's the BEST!
Here is this week's Shark Bites! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nEFEgjt4Hf_uR7LvVc4xKoBR0UL4yMB1/view?usp=sharing
We tested the Monty Hall problem today. You choose which cup you think has the coin, and then a cup that does not have the coin is lifted. The question is then do you want to switch your original choice to the other remaining cup? (Our older Shark fans will remember this from the game show Let's Make a Deal.) The correct answer is switching gives you a 66% chance of having the coin...always switch. We did it 100 times , and our results were exactly that! Changing was the right choice 66 times and the wrong choice 34 times.
🎉 The ART-OLINA Student Art Gallery is officially OPEN at WonderWorks Myrtle Beach! 🇺🇸🎨
We’re excited to share photos from this year’s gallery display and celebrate our Surf City Middle School winners!
🌟 Mason Boone (6th)
🌟 Aurora Fluke (6th)
🌟 Maddie Siemon (8th)
🌟 Dahlia Kuchta (8th)
Their artwork is now on display for a year as part of the 2026 theme America the Beautiful, honoring 250 years of American independence.
Thank you to all of our sharks who participated this year’s talent was truly outstanding. We’re so proud of all our student artists!
We’re excited to share photos from this year’s gallery display and celebrate our Surf City Middle School winners!
🌟 Mason Boone (6th)
🌟 Aurora Fluke (6th)
🌟 Maddie Siemon (8th)
🌟 Dahlia Kuchta (8th)
Their artwork is now on display for a year as part of the 2026 theme America the Beautiful, honoring 250 years of American independence.
Thank you to all of our sharks who participated this year’s talent was truly outstanding. We’re so proud of all our student artists!
