Surf City Middle School

When: May 1, 2025, 6:00 pm Where Surf City Middle School 12345-B Literacy Lane, Hampstead, NC, US 28443 PTA General Election for the 2025-2026 school year will take place during the last PTA General Meeting on Thursday, May 1st at 6 pm at Surf City Middle School. Please submit nominations to surfcitymiddleschoolpta@gmail.com or be prepared to write in a nominee at the meeting. You must be a current PTA member in order to vote in the election. Currently, the open positions are: -President -Vice President -Vice President -Secretary -Treasurer

Happy School Principal's Day to Mrs. Hall!!!

8A-Everfi Financial Certifications for a total of 37 Financial Literacy Certifications for 8th Graders! Some students are certified in Alcohol Education: Safe and Smart, Smart Economics, Accounting Careers, Prescription Drug Safety, Vaping: Know the truth, and Mental Health Wellness.

Happy National School Principals Day! 🎉🏫 Today we celebrate the amazing leaders who guide our schools with heart, strength, and vision. 👏❤️ Our principals wear many hats—mentor, problem-solver, cheerleader, and champion for students and staff alike. 🎓📝🧠 To all our incredible principals across Pender County Schools: THANK YOU for your dedication and leadership. Your impact reaches far beyond the classroom! #OnePender

The yearbooks are IN and will be distributed May 12th! Online orders are due tomorrow. Limited extras may be available for purchase after distribution.

More accidental twinning!

From Mrs. Turner.... 8th Grade- B-Day had 17 Students Certify in EVERFI Financial Literacy this semester. 7th Grade has been completing Engineering Careers research and 1-Pagers. 6th Grade has been continuing to work on keyboarding and finishing Digital Literacy modules.

Lost and Found Reminder With the weather getting warmer, our Lost and Found is overflowing with items! Please remind your student to stop by and check for any missing belongings. Unclaimed items will be donated or discarded soon.

🎨 Student Artwork on Display This Weekend! 🎨 Celebrate the creativity of our student artists at TWO exciting local festivals this Saturday, May 3rd! 🌊 Ocean Fest – Surf City 🕘 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM 📍 Vendor Market 🏅 Middle School Art Contest Winners: 🥇 1st – Kennedi Brayton (Her design is featured on the official Ocean Fest T-shirt!) 🥈 2nd – Harry Roy 🥉 3rd – Cooper Tracy 🌼 Pender Spring Fest – Downtown Burgaw 🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM 📍 Courthouse Square 🎤 Superintendent’s Art Award Recognition 🏆 Honoring Makayla Parmentier – 11:45 AM on the Main Stage Makayla’s artwork will be professionally framed and displayed at the Pender County Board of Education Central Office for one full year! 💫 🦈Don’t miss the incredible student artwork and help us celebrate their talent and hard work!

Bus 313 Second Route will be 30 minutes early today, riding on bus 216. Students on Bus 280 will ride on Bus 293 this afternoon. Thank you!

Scooter time in PE!! Throw back to elementary days!

Mrs. Warren's classes experimented with sound today.

Mrs. Hill’s science class is dissecting frogs to allow them to make hands on comparisons between them and our own anatomy as we share many of the same organs and body systems. (part 2)

Mrs. Hill’s science class is dissecting frogs to allow them to make hands on comparisons between them and our own anatomy as we share many of the same organs and body systems. (part 1)

PTA Officers needed for next school year! Please submit your nominations now or be prepared to do so at the meeting on May 1, 2025. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xQb_ijBDiFKTBxMwzJcx5l_ZR7fNmIAV/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108485033231923439029&rtpof=true&sd=true

After months of hard work, the Sharks Engineering Team won 4th place Friday at the NCDOT Bridge Competition in Raleigh on Friday! Great job to Emma Kimes, Tanner Soward, Harrison Shroeder, and Amelia Brandenburg!

Here is this week's Shark Bites. Please remember the deadline to purchase a yearbook and SCM Color Run shirts is May 1, 2025. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C3zG3OztTlXwO9OQb124GzdTfpznuJIE/view?usp=sharing Have a great week! SCM Administration

Thanks so much to Mrs. Nutt who came in to talk about her career as an American Sign Language Interpreter for our Career Explorations interview series!

The deadline for ordering yearbook online is fast approaching! May 1st is the last day to order.

🎉 North Carolina Federal Junior Duck Stamp 2025 Art Contest Results 🎉 The Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest combines art and science to teach students about wildlife conservation. Each year, the national winning design is featured on a $5 Federal Junior Duck Stamp, with proceeds supporting conservation education, scholarships, and awards. 🖌️ Congratulations to the following talented student artists in placing at the state level🖌️ 🎨 GROUP II (Grades 3–6) – Honorable Mention: Taylor Corcoran June Crosby Harper Dunn Emma Harris Noah Jones Chase Kosinski Hannah McClellan Sadie Meyer Airlie Sawyer 🎨 GROUP III (Grades 7–9) 🏅 Second Place: Harry Roy 🏅 Third Place: Leighton Bailey Josephine North Caroline Shepard 🏅 Top Honorable Mention: Makayla Parmentier 🏅 Honorable Mention: Dylan Congimi Hayden Davis Samantha Finch Eva Hughes Colton Kauffman John Kohler Dahlia Kuchta Dylan Lamb Josie Nelson Maddie Siemon Sadie Tranter Christopher Williams Parker Stevens Jet Turner Alexandra Ware Olivia Withers 👏 Amazing work, Sharks🦈! Your creativity and dedication to conservation are truly inspiring! 🌿🦆🎨