April 18, 2022
Good evening Topsail Middle families, this is Mr. Lawrence with this week's community message. I hope everyone had a blessed 4 day weekend. All parents who drive on the Topsail campus, just a reminder to please use extreme caution during arrival and dismissal as we have over 3,000 students on our campus daily with some of our High School students utilizing our tennis courts for parking each day. We have a number of new announcements this week so please be sure to check your email or our school website for this week's community message.
Attention parents, Friday April 22 will be a Job Shadow day for all interested students in PCS in grades 7-12. This means students will have the opportunity to job shadow an adult on this day to learn first-hand knowledge about their workplace and explore future career opportunities. All students participating on this day will have an excused absence for an educational opportunity. Transportation must be arranged by families for students to attend the job shadow day. If you are interested in this opportunity please print and return this form to school prior to this Thursday, April 14.
Parents, we need your help with ensuring bus assignments for the 2022-2023 school year. Our goal is to have all of our TMS parents complete this survey prior to May 9. Even if you are planning to not have your child ride a bus next year, please take a couple of minutes to complete the survey: Student Ridership Survey 2022-2023 School Year
Attention Parents, the Pender Mobile Dental clinic is now at Topsail Middle School until July 22. The clinic provides routine and basic dental treatment to ALL interested students, parents, and staff. If you would like to take advantage of the delta services they provide, parents and staff can call the mobile for an appointment and students can ask his/her teacher for a form. A parent must complete the form and have your child return it to our school nurse. Please be aware that they make every effort to treat your child during elective classes so they are not missing out on core class instruction. If you have questions or would like more information, please call the mobile at 910-470-3250 or 910-279-3204.
Calling all 8th grade students, information about joining the High School Color Guard can be found using this link. There will be a clinic this week with auditions taking place this Thursday, April 21.
TMS will have an 8th grade Formal this year on April 30. Tickets must be purchased prior to the event as no tickets will be sold at the door. Ticket sales will continue this week on April 22 and next Friday, April 29. More information can be found here.
Attention any parents living outside of the TMS district. We are currently accepting applications for reassignment that you can complete online using this link for the 2022-2023 school year.
Attention parents: please be sure to update your child’s information suing Scribbles for next school year. It can be found under the “Enrollment” tab on the PCS website. You will need to create and account if you have never used Scribbles before.
April is the month of the Military Child. With a large percentage of our students being Military connected, we have dedicated specific days this month to recognize our students. Please see this link for specific days this month and students and staff are encouraged every Friday to wear Purple.
Parents, in accordance with board policy, all students on crutches, scooters, etc should have a medical appliance form signed by the HCP and Parent before returning to campus with these devices. We have linked the form to this message for your convenience.
NEWSLETTERS
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SPORTS/CLUBS
Our Volleyball team will have a couple of games this week. On Tuesday they will travel to West Pender Middle and on Thursday we will have a home game vs Cape Fear. Costs to attend the games are $5, with an expected start time of 4:00pm
Our baseball team will host a home game on Thursday with Cape Fear Middle coming to town. First pitch is set to be thrown at 4:00pm. Game will take place on TMS Baseball field in front of Topsail High.
Students now have the opportunity to take part in our TMS Run Club! We will meet on Mondays and Thursdays after school until 3:30. All students will need a current physical in order to participate. Please contact Mrs. Baer for more details.
Chess Club takes place on Monday's after-school in room 613 with Mrs. James.
Girls on the Run and STRIDE meet Mondays and Thursdays after school until 4:00 at TES.
OMKC will have a Family Freedom Family Fest event this Sunday, April 24. This is a great way to meet other Military Connected families. The event will take place at the samll pavillion near the corner of Country Club Dr and Sloop Point Loop. More information and to register to volunteer can be found using this link.
Topsail Middle has connected with AXIS fitness in Hampstead to conduct a fundraiser to benefit the athletic teams at TMS. The 4-mile and 1-mile fun run will take place on May 12 starting ast 6:30. More information can be found at www.hampstead4mile.com
PTO
The PTO is an integral part of TMS as they are always doing positive things for the students and the staff. They have provided lunches for teacher appreciation week, fundraisers to improve the school grounds and support classrooms, and other highly positive events. To keep their tradition of excellence moving forward, the organization needs your support by volunteering to be a part of the Lead Team for 2022-2023. If you are interested, please email the PTO at Go PTO!!
The PTO needs your help and generosity to make this year’s Teacher and Staff Appreciation week a total hit and success! Each day during the week the teachers and staff will be treated to special surprises as a way to thank them for all of their hard work with our children! Please click on this link to see how your family can participate!
We will have our monthly PTO meeting this Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held virtually and you use this link to access our meeting.
Spirit Night at 5 Guys amd Flip & Fly will be May 17th. Please see this fyler for more details.