🎒✏️ Get ready for the new school year! Black River Health Services is hosting a FREE Back-to-School Family Event featuring school supplies, children’s activities, family resources and connections with community organizations.
📅 Thursday, August 6
⏰ 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 Black River Health Services
301 S. Campbell St., Burgaw
❤️ Free and open to the entire community! School supplies will be available while supplies last.
🎒✏️ ¡Prepárense para el nuevo año escolar! Black River Health Services invita a las familias a un evento GRATUITO de regreso a clases con útiles escolares, actividades para niños, recursos familiares y organizaciones comunitarias.
📅 Jueves, 6 de agosto
⏰ 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 Black River Health Services
301 S. Campbell St., Burgaw
❤️ ¡El evento es gratuito y está abierto a toda la comunidad! Los útiles escolares estarán disponibles hasta agotar existencias.
📅 Thursday, August 6
⏰ 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 Black River Health Services
301 S. Campbell St., Burgaw
❤️ Free and open to the entire community! School supplies will be available while supplies last.
🎒✏️ ¡Prepárense para el nuevo año escolar! Black River Health Services invita a las familias a un evento GRATUITO de regreso a clases con útiles escolares, actividades para niños, recursos familiares y organizaciones comunitarias.
📅 Jueves, 6 de agosto
⏰ 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
📍 Black River Health Services
301 S. Campbell St., Burgaw
❤️ ¡El evento es gratuito y está abierto a toda la comunidad! Los útiles escolares estarán disponibles hasta agotar existencias.
TMS Athletics is having OPTIONAL workouts for Football and Softball starting the week of August 10. More information below. Reminder that all Final Forms requirements need to be completed to participate in any workout or tryout. Go Pirates!
Reminder that there will be a brief 2026-27 Parents Meeting tonight (7/28) at 6pm for TMS Athletics in the TMS Main Gym. Information about athletic opportunities for 6th, 7th, and 8th Graders (6th Grade is ineligible for TMS Football) as well as tryouts, eligibility and more will be discussed.
Just a friendly reminder that Topsail Middle School Athletic Department has transitioned from BigTeams/Student Central to FinalForms, an online forms and athletic management platform designed to make the eligibility and paperwork process easier for families. All athletic forms/paperwork need to be completed and approved within FinalForms to be eligible to participate in TMS Athletics.
There will be a brief 2026-27 Parents Meeting on July 28 at 6pm for TMS Athletics in the TMS Main Gym. Information about tryouts, eligibility and more will be discussed.
Fall Sports are right around the corner! Football, Cheerleading and Softball will all begin on August 17. Important reminder that all students must have a Final Forms account with all paperwork completed and approved in order to be able to attend ANY workouts or tryouts.
📚 The countdown is on—just 38 days until students on our traditional calendar return to school on Monday, August 24!
As we prepare for the 2026–27 school year, families are asked to complete their student’s Beginning of Year Information Update. This update is not required for newly enrolled students.
Keeping contact and emergency information current helps ensure a safe, smooth and successful start from day one.
We can’t wait to welcome our students back! 🚌✏️🏫
Want to join the TMS team? We are currently looking for a social studies teacher, a science teacher, and an assistant principal! Apply on the Pender County Schools job board!
Funding Update for Pender County Schools
We have a spirit night set for June 24th, all day, at Steadfast Nutrition. Let's see if we can keep our pirate spirit going all summer!
Topsail Middle School is looking for a Head Football Coach for the upcoming school year. Please refer to the Pender County Schools Human Resources page for more information.
👏🎓 Congratulations to two outstanding Pender County Schools educators, Tina Collins of Topsail Middle School and Jennifer Blandin of Penderlea School, on earning their Master of Arts in Teaching from UNCW’s Watson College of Education!
We are proud to celebrate their dedication, perseverance, and commitment to making a difference for students every day. 🍎📚
Thank you, @UNCW, for highlighting these incredible teachers and sharing their inspiring stories! 💙💛
Read more:
🔗 Tina Collins: https://uncw.edu/news/academic-affairs/wce/2026/05/tina-collins-26m
🔗 Jennifer Blandin: https://uncw.edu/news/academic-affairs/wce/2026/05/jennifer-blandin-26m
TMS wraps up the year with fun team days — 6th grade led outdoor activities on our last day of school! Sunshine, teamwork, and smiles all around.
Congratulations to our TMS 8th graders! 🎓 You made the climb up the hill to high school — we’re so proud of your hard work and growth. Wishing each of you every success as you begin this exciting next chapter.
Celebrating student achievement as the school year closes! This week, students completed collaborative puzzles, enjoyed a snow cone reward, and we began our awards ceremonies. Upcoming award :
• 5/19 — 7th Grade Awards Assembly (12:30 PM)
• 5/20 — 8th Grade Promotion (9:45 AM)
• 5/20 — 5th Grade Awards Assembly (1:30 PM)
• 5/19 — 7th Grade Awards Assembly (12:30 PM)
• 5/20 — 8th Grade Promotion (9:45 AM)
• 5/20 — 5th Grade Awards Assembly (1:30 PM)
Good afternoon, TMS families.
The final Topsail Times of the school year is ready to view. Please see the link below:
https://app.smore.com/n/yde2qp
The final Topsail Times of the school year is ready to view. Please see the link below:
https://app.smore.com/n/yde2qp
All students need to have their chromebooks and cords turned in to their home room teacher after their last EOG test or retest.
Good afternoon, TMS families.
The Topsail Times is ready to view. Please click the link below:
https://app.smore.com/n/ujzf1
The Topsail Times is ready to view. Please click the link below:
https://app.smore.com/n/ujzf1
💙✨ It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! ✨💙
This week, we’re celebrating the heart, dedication, patience, creativity, and love our teachers pour into our students every single day. 🍎📚
Students and families from across our district sent in video messages to help us say one big, heartfelt THANK YOU. To make sure every school community can be celebrated together, we’ve combined the messages into one special video per school, and we’ll be sharing them throughout the week. 🎥🏫
These videos are filled with smiles, gratitude, and reminders of the incredible impact teachers make far beyond the classroom. 💛
To every teacher: thank you for showing up, lifting up, encouraging, inspiring, and believing in our students. You are appreciated more than words can say. 🌟
TOPSAIL MIDDLE YOUTUBE LINK - https://youtube.com/shorts/kxd6yMjIUTM
This week, we’re celebrating the heart, dedication, patience, creativity, and love our teachers pour into our students every single day. 🍎📚
Students and families from across our district sent in video messages to help us say one big, heartfelt THANK YOU. To make sure every school community can be celebrated together, we’ve combined the messages into one special video per school, and we’ll be sharing them throughout the week. 🎥🏫
These videos are filled with smiles, gratitude, and reminders of the incredible impact teachers make far beyond the classroom. 💛
To every teacher: thank you for showing up, lifting up, encouraging, inspiring, and believing in our students. You are appreciated more than words can say. 🌟
TOPSAIL MIDDLE YOUTUBE LINK - https://youtube.com/shorts/kxd6yMjIUTM
