Congratulations to our February Citizens of the Month for being recognized last month for showing respect to themselves and others. They celebrated with a special treat before spring break that was donated by Lobstah Shack! https://mainelobstahshack.com/
Thank you for always supporting our Pirates!




Thank you to Officer Brunjes, along with Officer Watts with his horse Romeo and Officer Collver with his horse Willy, for visiting the Adaptive EC classes at TMS and TAES.




Tryouts for baseball and volleyball will be Monday, March 18th.
Please go to the website below to find information about signup sheets, eligibility forms, and eligibility requirements.
Volleyball will have optional practices by grade level this week starting Tuesday, March 12 until 4:15.
https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/o/tms/article/1495956

REMINDER - the first of two parent meetings to discuss K-6 classroom library content will take place at Topsail Annandale Elementary on Tuesday, March 12 from 5:00 - 5:30 pm in the media center. Find more information here - https://www.pender.k12.nc.us/article/1487888


📚🎉 Exciting news! Pender County Schools is updating K-6 classrooms with new libraries to promote literacy and a love for reading! 📖💡 Parents, your input matters! Check out the book titles and join our parent meetings to discuss on March 12 & 14🌟https://bit.ly/48FYBVD


Congratulations to our girls and boys basketball teams! They both had an awesome season and are the tournament champs! We are proud of our Pirates!


Congratulations to Mr. Emmett for receiving HES employee of the month in PCS. We are thankful for all that he does for TMS!
With one week left before Spring Break, it looks like a full and busy week at TMS. Please see the Topsail Times and grade level newsletters linked below for current events taking place on campus this week. We hope everyone has a great week,
Topsail Times #27
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K61abdxPRoWsyaCHIgHDvg0U-Y1BCts2/view
Book Fair is here at TMS. We began yesterday and it will continue until Thursday, February 29. Hope to see you there! Happy Reading
Have questions about "kid cash", use the link below for FAQ. https://shorturl.at/hKLNU
Congratulations to our boys and girls basketball teams as they finish regular season undefeated with wins vs. Cape Fear tonight! 8th graders were honored for the girls team, boys team and cheerleaders! Come support our TMS #1 seed teams as we begin the tournament Monday starting at 4:30 at TMS. Girls will play first followed by the boys.Championship games will be held at THS on Wednesday. Good Luck Pirates!

Congratulations to our Battle of the Books Team! They placed 2nd at our competition today! We are proud of our Pirates 🏴☠️

8th grade STEM students visited CFCC to participate in their EASE Day investigation where they had to discover why passengers on a cruise ship were getting sick. They determined the amount of neurotoxin present in certain fish, ran a gel electrophoresis, and conducted water testing for different contaminants that could have been present.









Today we are in session on President's Day. Thank you to all our parent volunteers for another successful Science Olympiad season. Congratulations to our 5th grade Science Olympiadians, with Varisty taking home 1st place and our JV taking home 2nd place. Please see the following link for this week's Topsail Times and team level newsletters. We are looking forward to an exciting engineering week here at TMS.
Topsail Times- issue #26--https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mRZoJEdnJKBxVf1D0vjmMy8ZkATupkX/view
Congratulations to the 5th grade Science Olympiad varsity team for winning 1st place and the JV team for winning 2nd place at the tournament this weekend! A special congratulations to Laney Heath for winning the MVP award. Way to go Pirates!

TMS students shared book projects created in ELA class with Mrs. Fabbie. Well done Pirates!
5th grade students created amazing projects while studying the American Revolution. Students were given choice boards and were allowed to pick one activity to submit. Multiple projects were displayed in the media center for all of our Pirates to enjoy!
We love our bus drivers here at TMS! During Bus Driver Appreciation week our bus drivers have been showered with love by our PTO, staff and students! Thank you for carrying the most precious cargo everyday!
This weekend 5th graders Nora, Adrianna, Silas, and Austin all competed in the Regional Science Fair. A huge congratulations to Austin and Silas because they will be moving forward to the State competition! Way to go Pirates!
These 2 awesome young men represented TMS in the math counts competition on Saturday. 90 kids overall were in the competition.
The top 10 kids made the countdown round, which are like the playoffs.
Derek was 2nd overall in the individual competition and 4th in the countdown round. Cavan was 11th overall in the individual competition.
Good Luck to Derek as he will advance to the state competition.

Happy National Counseling Week to the best here at TMS. Mrs. Markijohn, Mrs. Dennis and Military Couselor Mr. O'Dell. Thank you for all you do for us!!!
