🚍 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!
📣 March is Social Work Month! 🎉 Meet Julia Beall, one of our dedicated school social workers! Ms. Beall has been with Pender County Schools for six years and was among the first social workers hired when the role was reintroduced to the county. She finds joy in supporting students and staff, who motivate her every day! ✨ “I love my job because the students and staff make me smile every day.” 🎉 Fun Facts: She graduated from ECU in 2018, recently started her master’s program at UNC, and is obsessed with making charcuterie boards! 🧀🥖 Join us in thanking Ms. Beall and all our amazing school social workers for their dedication! 💙👏
Campus looked a bit different today! 🌴🎉 A beautiful sign and palm trees greeted our students. Huge thanks to TMS PTO, Fun Run Fundraiser, P & L Palms, and Brad Wallace Irrigation & Landscape for making this happen!
🎉 Huge shoutout to our Topsail Middle School Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Megan Vergenz! 🌟 As an 8th grade ELA teacher, her dedication to her students inspires us all. Join us in celebrating her hard work! #TeacherAppreciation #TMSProud
🌟 What a fantastic day at the ROCAME Jamboree last Saturday! 🎉 Huge congrats to Sophia and Elena on their wins: 🥉 3rd place in Write it Do it & Quiz Bowl, and 4th in Egg Drop! 🥚✨ Pender County took home 1st overall! 🏆💪
Join us tonight from 4-9pm at Oval and Ale for our most popular spirit night for TMS. We hope to see you there!
It's World Down Syndrome Day! 💙💛 Pirates showed their support by wearing mismatched or colorful socks today! 🧦
Mrs. Vickers’ 5th graders kicked off Wit & Wisdom Module 3: A War Between Us with an exciting Book Tasting! Students sampled historical texts to preview the themes of the Civil War while enjoying a menu inspired by foods that were commonly available in each region during that time. This engaging experience set the stage for deep discussions and learning about this pivotal moment in American history!
Congratulations to those that were selected for the 2025 Topsail Middle School Baseball team!
Bryson Baxley
Ethan Borgia
Eli Britt
Justin Clinch
Brian Hinrichs
Keith Judah
Grayson Lee
Aaron Logan
Anderson Reeves
Clayton Rose
Finn Schoenwiesner
Corey Swinson
Trace Taylor
Ridge Watson
Brayden Yarborough
**Please ensure that all Players bring Turfs or Tennis Shoes for Cages.
Practice (3/20) will end between 4:30-4:45 @ Kiwanis Park, Smith Field**
*** We will practice Friday(3/21) and have a very brief parent meeting immediately following.***
Thank you to all those that came out and tried out for the team. It was extremely difficult to select the roster this year. For those that did not make it this year, please continue to work hard and try out next season.
Mrs. Fabbie's 5th-grade class recently recreated their favorite books and crafted summaries to showcase in the library. Their goal? To spark curiosity and encourage fellow students to explore new stories!
Thanks to all the boys that tried out for baseball today. Here is a list of those that have made it through the first round of cuts.
Justin Clinch
Trace Taylor
Thomas Howard
Eli Britt
Ridge Watson
Keith Judah
Ethan Borgia
Finn Schoenwiesner
Bryson Baxley
Mason Hasenauer
Ethan Unger
Clayton Rose
Brayden Yarborough
Grayson Lee
Anderson Reeves
Aaron Logan
Chris Scott
Matthew Thomas
Corey Swinson
Brian Hinrichs
Seth Todd
Ethan Muni
Easton Stroud
All Catchers will need to bring gear tomorrow.
Practice until 4:30 @ Kiwanis Park, Smith Field
Students will be transported from TMS to Kiwanis via TMS Activity Bus after school.
Parents please pick up your student athlete from Kiwanis at the end of practice, there is no transportation back to TMS.
Thanks to all 35 girls who tried out for volleyball today. Below is the list of who made the first cut for Tuesday. See you tomorrow for practice. There will be additional cuts
Watson, Tess
Watts, Cameron
Allen, Carolyn
Blanton, Harper
Coston, Morgan
Ess, Charlie
Fanning, Addison
Grenier, Leila
Losey, Allison
Lynn, Sydney
McDaniel, Emma
O’Reilly, Ava
Szakasits, Lexi
Throckmorton, Avery
Coston, Morgan
Today was an unforgettable experience for the TMS News Club as we visited the WECT news studio! 🎥✨ We had an incredible tour and gained valuable insights into the world of journalism and broadcasting. A special thank you to Gabe and Brian for guiding us, and to Bob for helping us make this connection with @wectnews!
🐴 A day to remember! Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. Dinkins' classes had a blast at Russel's Reach Farm, participating in therapeutic horseback riding! The students worked on their coordination, balance, and gained invaluable life skills!
Today we had nearly 40 girls tryout. Congratulations to those who made first cuts for the Monday group. Plan to attend practice on Wednesday until 5:00. There will be another cut by the end of the week.
Angle, Sophie
Chewning, Olivia
Coleman, Aubrey
Fink, Emma
Hester, Lily
Kaszycki, Katarina
Kaszycki, Nastassia
Long, Alba
Lowther, Mersades
McDonald, Aslyn
Meisel, Addy
Moss, Elizabeth
Nicholson, Eleanor
Richardson, Bexley
Terrell, Makayla
Due to all the rain we have had this afternoon, we have had to cancel baseball tryouts for today. We will resume tryouts tomorrow afternoon. Thank you. Go Pirates!
🎶 PCS Bands Shine at NCBA Music Performance Adjudication! 🎶
Our talented Pender County Schools band students recently showcased their hard work and musical excellence at the NCBA Music Performance Adjudication at the Minnie Evans Arts Center! This state-sanctioned event, held during Music in Our Schools Month, brought incredible performances from our schools.
🏆 Results:
🎼 Topsail High School – Superior (Wind Ensemble) & Excellent (Symphonic Band)
🎼 Topsail Middle School – Excellent
🎼 Surf City Middle School – Excellent
🎼 Burgaw Middle School – Participated for comments only and received amazing feedback! First time attending in 10 years!
🎼 Heide Trask High School – Excellent
ALL of our ensembles earned Excellent or Superior ratings – the highest possible! 🎷🎺🎵 We are so proud of these dedicated students and their directors for representing PCS with outstanding musicianship.
7th grade science has been studying protists. Students went on a protist hunt to the ditch and pond to collect water samples. After collecting samples, students were able to see what was living in the water on school grounds. Check it out!
