
Join TMS PTO for some Holiday shopping at The Fancy Flamingo Boutique in Hampstead TODAY from 10am to 7pm. Find special items for anyone on your holiday shopping list.


Pirates show their holiday spirit today with lots of flannel! We can't wait to see the best GRINCH tomorrow!

Last night, Mr. Norem and his band students had an amazing winter concert! If you missed it, you can watch it on our TMS youtube channel. Nice Job Pirates!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k50vLOws_cY





We had our first ever JV Battle of the Books virtual meet with Surf City Middle this month. Our JV team did amazing and won one of the three battles! Even though we didn't bring home the cup by 2 pts difference, this team did an amazing job! Way to go Pirate Readers!



We saw a lot of holiday spirit at TMS today as we count down to our winter break! Don't forget to wear your flannel tomorrow at TMS!

Congratulations to our TMS boy and girl soccer teams for advancing to the championship game! We are scheduled for Thursday championship games! The weather is questionable, so a heads up that next Monday will be the makeup date if necessary. Make plans now to cheer on our teams!


Last week, Mrs. Day and four of her students went to Raleigh to a Computer Science Expo. TMS represented the SE region of NC. Mrs. Day and her students showed others what they have learned, saw what other schools were doing, and had conversations with both the State Superintendent, Dr. Truitt, and the CEO of code.org. Way to go Pirates!





Countdown to Winter Break begins now! Don't forget to wear Red and White on Monday! Dress like a candy cane! Show your holiday spirit each day this week!


Thank you to all teachers, students and parents who helped make our book fair successful! We sold over 1000 books! If you still have ewallet you can purchase online until Dec. 14! It will go towards our TMS library. https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/parent-store-2.html/?fairId=5176396

TMS hosted the EC Prom last Friday! It was a huge success and fun was had by all who joined us!

Save the date for the TMS Band Winter concert Tuesday, December 13. It will feature all of our 6th, 7th and 8th grade band students. If you can't make it, watch live by clicking on the link. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_pv9pD_pdLDzTyQjLQC6nQ


Thank you to Chick-fil-A in Porters Neck @cfaportersneck for donating lunches to our November Citizens of the Month to enjoy last Friday! https://www.facebook.com/cfaportersneck/



Congratulations to our Citizens of the Month for November. Our character trait last month was "good citizenship". We also want to recognize our staff citizen of the month, Mrs. Bafunno!


Save the Date for our Scholastic Book Fair in person December 1-9. Don't forget there will be tax included this year do to a Scholastic change. We are still looking for parent volunteers. Click on the link below to learn more & sign up to volunteer.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/topsailmiddleschool2


The PCS Middle School Career Fair at Topsail Middle gave students an opportunity to get up close and personal with professionals representing more than 40 careers. THANK YOU to all who gave their time 4 our students #PCSPride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo060YTzyh8 @CTEforNC @ncdaCareer #PCSCTE


Our Partner Up Power Up class won MVP last week and a prize! Thank you to all the students, @specialolympics_NC, and staff for supporting our TMS students get ready for their special oplympics!


6th grade science students from Mr. Dugan's class using Legos and stop motion video to create 3D animated plate tectonics and boundary reaction projects.


TMS hosted the "Fall Into Your Future" Career Fair today. Our 7th and 8th grade students & CTE classes from PCS enjoyed exploring different careers. They had opportunities to meet and talk with members in our community! Thank you to the community for your support!



Save the dates: Dec. 1 - Dec. 9 for our Scholastic Book Fair. Please visit this website below to sign up for ewallet, preview the digital flyer & sign up to volunteer! Thank you for your support! https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/topsailmiddleschool2

Don't forget to join us at our Spirit Night at Buffalo Wild Wings TODAY from 4-9. Mention you are a TMS Pirate and our PTO will earn 10% of dine in or take out orders from 4pm-9pm.
