Last week our choir students put on a beautiful concert and our students showed great effort on their EOGs. Students' Reading and Math EOG results have been posted in PowerSchool. Students that did not pass either Math, Reading or both tests will be provided remediation on Monday and Tuesday and then be given the opportunity to re-test for Math on Wednesday, June 4 and Reading on Thursday, June 5. Science EOG scores will not be releases until a later date, therefore, there will not be a re-test for Science. Monday and Tuesday we will operate on a regular schedule dismissing at 2:40. Due to re-testing on Wednesday and Thursday, we will dismiss at 12:40. Friday will be the last day of school with awards ceremonies by grade level in the morning and dismissal at 2:40.

Goshen Medical is offering free sports physicals for students on Monday at 2:30pm at Swansboro High School. Students will need to pick up the paperwork in the main office. Tomorrow we will have some yearbooks for sale during 8th grade at lunch. The cost is $40 and it first come first serve for 8th grade students only at this time.

If your child has passed their EOGs and will not be coming to school for the rest of the year, please swing by Tuesday 8-9am or 12-1pm to return their laptop and charger. Our media specialist will be outside by the main office for drive thru service.

There are about 30 more seats for the Busch Gardens trip on June 11th, so we are opening it up to 7th grade Honor Roll students. If your child fits the criteria and would like to go on the trip, please log in to their School Cash Online account to pay the fee and sign and return the permission slip. Seats are limited, so we are taking the next 30 students that meet the criteria, pay and return permission slip by Wednesday, June 4th. After that, we will open it up to 6th grade honor roll students if seats are still available.

Please don't forget that all student medications must be picked up by the last day of school or they will be disposed of.

We are needing volunteers to donate items including time to make our 8th grade FUN DAY a special day for our 8th grade students. Please use this link to sign up to help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4BAFAB29A4FEC25-56766693-8thgrade

Due to a change in testing dates, our Athletic Banquet was moved to June 9th at 6 pm. All SBMS athletes and their families are invited to attend. Dinner will be provided before awards are presented. Please complete the form to give us an estimate so that we can prepare for this event: https://forms.office.com/r/EZMry6Zpxx. Thank you.

• 8th grade- 8:00 am
• 7th grade- 10:00 am
• 6th grade- 12:00 pm

Dear Parent/Guardian:

If your child/student has medications at school. School policy prohibits storing medications over the summer.

Please make arrangements to pick up your child’s medication on or before the last day of school!

The last day of school is Friday, June 6, 2025. MEDICATIONS LEFT AT SCHOOL AFTER FRIDAY JUNE 6, 2025 MAY BE DISCARDED.

IMPORTANT: Onslow County Schools requires an updated Medication Permission form each school year; the form is available on the Onslow County Schools web page; click Families, then Parents/Students then Health Services, then open School Health Forms; OR contact the school nurse at your child’s school; OR from the School Nurse at your child’s school.

Please call the school nurse if you have questions

ATTENDANCE- Please make school attendance a priority. When students are not at school, they miss out on important opportunities for hands on learning and discussion and this can never be recreated through a makeup assignment. Students get frustrated because they are behind their peers, and this often leads to students shutting down and giving up. It is also important that students are at school on time in class by 7:30 am, ready to learn. Rushing in late sets students up to have a bad day. Signing students out before dismissal (2:40 pm) also creates gaps in learning and sends the message that school is not important. Please make sure that your child knows that you value their education by making attendance a priority. Good school attendance is also great for their mental health and creates good habits for future employment. In order to be eligible for sports at SBMS, a student must be present for at least 85% of the previous semester. It does not matter if the absence is considered an "excused" absence or not. North Carolina also has truancy laws. It you do not comply with this law, Social Services and Law Enforcement will become involved. Let's avoid that and get our students to school regularly! Absentee notes can be email directly to our data manager (lesley.whited@onslow.k12.nc.us). We follow the OCS Board Attendance policy: Policy Manual (boardpolicyonline.com)

BEHAVIOR- Everyone deserves a safe and distraction free environment for learning. School rules and procedures are in place to help us achieve this goal. Please be proactive by discussing school rules and expectations with your child. When students make mistakes and break the rules, encourage them to accept the consequences and learn from these mistakes. Failure to support school discipline policies will lead to increased behaviors. Please help us in teaching our students that you don't have to agree with a rule in order to follow it and you don't have to like someone to be respectful towards them. This will set your child up for success at school and in the real world. We hope to be able to work with families in order to help our students through these difficult middle school years with the least turbulence as possible. Always encourage your child to put forth their best effort; hard work pays off!

COMMUNICATION- Effective communication is critical for success.

1. The teacher is always the first point of contact. If you cannot resolve an issue after meeting with the teacher, please schedule an appointment to meet with administration. Administration does not take walk ins as we are in classrooms, meetings, and working directly with students & staff during the school day. You may leave a message, and we will do our best to return your call within 24 hours. If you do not hear back within 48 hours, please reach out again as it may have gotten lost in the shuffle. The best way to reach administration is via email which is listed below or can be accessed from our school's website.

2. Please sign up for Parent Portal (paperwork will be sent home on the first day of school). This gives you access to PowerSchool where you can see up to date information on student attendance and assignments. Please check Parent Portal weekly to stay on top of missing assignments.

3. Pay attention to the weekly ALL CALL and EMAIL that is sent out every Sunday evening. If you don't want to listen to the message, no worries, the email contains the transcript as well as important links and some pictures too! If you are not receiving the call and email, please let our data manager (lesley.whited@onslow.k12.nc.us) know so that we can make sure your info. is up to date. This is the method that we will use to communicate with parents in the event of an emergency, so you need to make sure that you are receiving these calls and emails. If you use your cell phone as your primary phone in PowerSchool, you can opt in to receive texts as well. If you block us, you will not receive emergency calls either.

4. Check out our school website: Home - Swansboro Middle School (onslow.k12.nc.us)

5. Check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SwansboroMiddleSchool/

6. Remember, for safety reasons, we do not give out student information over the phone and all changes in transportation must be made in writing.

7. If there are custody issues, we must have a copy of the current custody paperwork on file with a judge's signature. If not, both parents have equal access to the student and their educational records.

If you have concerns regarding bus stops or drivers, please contact the Swansboro Transportation Department at 910-326-1436. Swansboro Middle School does not have direct access to buses. Communication directly with buses can only be done through the transportation department. If there are any emergency situations, we will send out an all call to parents; otherwise, please assume that everything is fine, buses are just running behind schedule. If you have an emergency, the best way to reach administrators is via email since we are often tied up in meetings and can't answer the phone.

page.highsmith@onslow.k12.nc.us

amanda.reopelle@onslow.k12.nc.us

michelle.napier@onslow.k12.nc.us

Riding the bus is a privilege, not a right. If your child does not follow the bus rules, they will be suspended from the bus. Disrespectable and unsafe behaviors will not be tolerated.

Check out the OCS Transportation website for more great information regarding buses: Home - Onslow County Schools

6/4/2025 Math EOG Re-test (dismissal at 12:40)

6/5/2025 ELA EOG Re-test (dismissal at 12:40)

6/6/2025 Grading Period Ends

6/6/2025 8th grade FUN DAY

6/6/2025 Last day of school for the 2024-2025 school year for students

6/9/2025 SBMS Athletic Banquet at 6 pm

6/11/2025 Principal's List Trip to Busch Gardens