3101 North Oak Street

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29577

843-448-3932

August 15, 2024

Walk Your Schedule 3:00- 6:00 p.m.

August 19, 2024

First Day of School- Doors Open at 7:45 a.m.

September 2, 2024

School is Closed for Labor Day

Returning Student Registration for the 24-25 school year starts May 1, 2024. Parents of returning students can access the 24-25 returning student registration via the Parent Portal beginning May 1, 2024. Here is the link: https://myps.horrycountyschools.net/public/home.html If you have trouble logging into your Parent Portal, please contact Ms. Tracey Robinson or Ms. Chris Paul at 843-448-3932. Thank you!

July 1st – 15th Parent Portal - Registration will be unavailable for the 2024/2025 update.

Call Myrtle Beach Middle for available Registration dates in July and August.

**Registration allows you to update any changed information; address, telephone numbers, people who may pick up your student, etc.

All this information must be up to date in case of emergency.**

https://www.horrycountyschools.net/clearbackpacks

Starting June 5th, 2024 Myrtle Beach Middle School 2023-2024 yearbook re-orders and late-orders can be placed online using the QR Code below. Orders will be accepted through summer break.

Yearbook Re-Orders/Late-Orders will be mailed to your home.

Parents can go to http://www.strawbridge.net and use code YB29547 or they can use the direct link: https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/search/YB29547

If you were not at school when your yearbook was handed out, please see Ms. Paul in the main office.

Horry County Schools has once again qualified for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program, which will allow all students in HCS to receive free breakfast and lunch during the 2024-2025 school year. Students will still have the option to purchase additional meals, food & snack items, and beverages at à la carte prices.

South Carolina law requires that all students entering 7th grade receive one dose of Tdap vaccine on or after the child's 10th birthday. We are reminding you now so that you have time to plan for your child to be vaccinated early before the start of 7th grade. Your child's healthcare provider or the health department may provide this vaccine. Please turn in the updated SC Certificate of Immunization to your school nurse. Any questions, please send an email to cmaner@horrycountyschools.net or call the school nurse directly @ 843-839-7128.

Please keep your phone numbers updated in PowerSchool. If your student has any health issues that need to be addressed with the nurses, please call us at 843-448-3932. Attached is the policy for having medications in the Clinic.

Seahawk athletics are busy with year-round conditioning, practices, matches, and try outs. Please stay current by using this link - MB Athletics - purchase tickets, sign up for updates, and stay informed.

Summer reading is an important way for students to stay engaged, improve their reading skills, and prepare for future academic success. HCS is excited to once again partner with the Read with Malcolm Foundation and provide our students with an opportunity to participate in Malcolm Mitchell’s READCamp.

Books logged for READCamp may also count towards the HCS Summer Reading Program.

Malcolm ReadCamp : May 27th- September 2nd, 2024

READCamp:

• Students register at READCamp (www.readwithmalcolm.com/readcamp). If under the age of 13 an adult must register the student.

• A Canva Graphic on ReadCamp may be found here.

• Additional READCamp resources are available here.

Meredith Kennedy (Chairman)

Sara Boling (Vice Chairman)

Samantha McGriff (Secretary)

Autumn Adzema (Teacher of the Year Rep)

Elva Taco (Rookie Teacher of the Year Rep)

Britney King

Deborah Lopes

Ashley Setzer

Amy Wilkes

Please contact any of these board members with ideas, questions, or concerns.

New Board Members of the PTO for 2023-2024(shown above) Starting on the left, Ashley Setzer (Vice President), Priya Patel (Treasurer), Deborah Lopes ( Secretary)and Sarah Benton (President)

The MBMS PTO always welcomes new members to assist with the many events sponsored by the MBMS PTO. Please make sure you are cleared to be a Horry County School District Volunteer. Need to fill out the application? Go ahead and click here to complete the application. The PTO meets the first Thursday of each month in the upstairs conference room at 8:30 am, unless otherwise posted.

Please contact the PTO at myrtlebeachmiddlepto@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering!

Please scan the QR code below to access the new PTO online store to be able to purchase all of your MBMS Merchandise and Spirit Wear!

PLEASE NOTE THAT EARLY PICKUP ENDS AT 2:00 p.m. Please ensure that any appointments made for your children will work with this 2:00 p.m. daily end to early sign out. When your student has an appointment or will be leaving early from school, please send a note with your student and have the student bring it to the office first thing in the morning so that your student will be ready and waiting when you come to sign them out. This avoids class interruption. Also, you need a valid picture ID when checking students out.

Horry County Schools has adopted a Tardy to School Policy for middle schools across the county. The Tardy to School Policy is reserved for those students who arrive unexcused late to school. Any student arriving late to Myrtle Beach Middle due to HCS transportation delays will be excused. If there is a doctor's appointment or a doctor's note provided, it will be excused.

The Tardy to School Policy is in place to ensure our students are maximizing their time during the instructional day. We will adhere to the policy set forth by Horry County Schools. Please see the attached Tardy to School Policy for details on all consequences. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of our Administration Team.

HCS Middle School Tardy to School Policy

Students should be in their first class, ready to begin working at 8:20 am each school day.Any student who is not in the building and through search by 8:20 will be marked tardy to school.Consequences for arriving tardy to school are as follows:

1st offense: Verbal Warning and parent notification

2nd offense: Verbal Warning/Parent Contact to make them aware of after school detention (and consequences for subsequent tardies)

3rd through 5th offense: After School Detention/Parent Contact. A one hour after school detention assigned and supervised by school staff; assigned one week to be served the next week.

Note: If students do not attend after-school detention consequences of ISS will result (step 7)

6th offense: Suspended pending parent conference; possible revocation of waiver, if applicable.

7th offense and beyond:

7th - 1 day of ISS

8th - 2 days of ISS

9th - 1 day of OSS

10th - 2 days of OSS

11th - Evidentiary Hearing

It is the responsibility of the student and the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) to provide timely pickup and transportation home from an after school tardy detention.

Note: Accumulation of tardies will restart each semester

Myrtle Beach Area Transportation Office now has a designated Facebook page with real time updates for any bus route changes! Like them on Facebook to stay in the loop!

https://www.facebook.com/MyrtleBeach Bus Office/

HCSD has updated the school bus transportation system. For questions on bus stop locations, times, and concerns, please contact the Myrtle Beach Bus Office at 843-445-2041.

Each Thursday throughout the year students and staff are encouraged to wear purple to raise awareness of stopping the bullies.Horry County Schools and Myrtle Beach Middle School are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for students, and part of that is creating a climate where bullying is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. We know that safe and supportive environments help prevent bullying behaviors. We will clearly communicate expectations for student behavior as it relates to bullying, and then we will appropriately deal with those who violate those expectations. Likewise, we will provide appropriate support to those who are victims of bullying.

Anonymous reports can be made to the School Crime Tip Line at any time by calling:

• (843) 915-SROS (7767)

All the following must occur for your student to receive a device:

All Technology fines must be paid in full; the $25 technology fee must be paid and we must have a parent/student permission form signed. Payments not made online during registration must be made in person at Myrtle Beach Middle. Owe fees? Payment plans are available; please contact Leticia Michaca, Technology Specialist, at lmichaca@horrycountyschools.net.

Technology Fines: Technology fines are charges added to your child’s account for a lost device, a lost charger and/or damage to the device.

Technology Fee: This is a $25 dollar fee that each student pays at the time of registration.

Students who pay the technology fee receive the following benefits:

● first accidental damage repair will be $25; the second accidental damage repair will be $75; all subsequent accidental damage repairs during the academic year are charged at full cost of the repair.

● device replacement due to theft (requires formal police report) will cost an additional $25

● pay full repair for all damage caused by neglect or abuse.

● pay full replacement cost for loss of device.

● students in grades 6-12 are allowed to take devices home.

Students who do not pay the Technology Fee:

● pay full repair cost for all damage.

● pay full replacement cost for lost due to theft.

● pay full replacement cost for loss of device.

● are not allowed to take devices home.

Please click on the MBMS Procedures to review information that has been shared with students through classroom discussion and class meetings. Please reach out to your child's grade level administrator or to Principal Christy (jchristy@horrycountyschools.net) with questions.

Grade 6 Administrator, Mr. Kyle Franey, kfraney001@horrycountyschools.net

Grade 7 Administrator, Mrs. Cassie Bonnell, cbonnell@horrycountyschools.net

Grade 8 Administrator, Mrs. Andrena Baker, abaker@horrycountyschools.net

Parents and guardians, if you need to change your information, phone number, email, emergency contact, address, etc., you can log in to your PowerSchool parent account, click year-round updates on the left-hand side of the page, and change your information. Please note you will need to use the regular desktop version of PowerSchool as this feature is not available on the mobile app. Please see the document below for more information about PowerSchool login information.

If you have any questions about Registration at Myrtle Beach Middle School, please contact Tracey Robinson at trobinson@horrycountyschools.net.

Juli’s Closet is a discreet service, fully funded by donors, intended to meet the basic needs of students. Our community is very generous in contributing to Juli’s Closet, and Juli herself sends a note and a contribution each and every month - she has not missed a month since September of 2018. If you would like to support Juli's Closet, please consider using the "wish lists" from Amazon or Walmart:

https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/62P4W2BZZJSI

https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/fffedb83-a051-40a3-a5b7-c773bb7f8304

In need of:

Adjustable Belts

Black Leggings

Sweatshirts

Sweatpants

Underwear (Woman sizes, x-small, small, medium, and large. Men sizes small and medium)

Reusable Plastic Water Bottles.

Sports Bra's (small-large)

We always accept donations for the years to come and thank our generous donors for their support.

WHAT IS THE SPIRIT ROCK?

The spirit rock is an exciting way to celebrate birthdays, accomplishments, celebrations, well wishes, congratulatory messages, upcoming school events or inspiring messages. The rock is a fun way to spread any kind of positive message. Please note any use of profanity, symbols, offensive and political messages are not permitted. Painting the rock is one of many traditions that people can participate in with their friends and family. Please note the following:

1) The renter is responsible for providing supplies and painting the rock, rain or shine.

2) Reservations must be made to paint the rock.

3) Reservations are first come, first served.

4) The cost is $15.00 per day with a two consecutive-day maximum rental.

5) The renter may begin painting the rock at 4:00 p.m. the day before your served date; the reservation expires at 3:59 pm the day of your reservation.

How does one rent the rock?

STEP 1 - Click here https://www.horrycountyschools.net/Myrtle_Beach_Middle_School to see the Spirit Rock Calendar and check the availability of the date you desire.

STEP 2 - If your date is available, send an email to myrtlebeachmiddlepto@gmail.com requesting to reserve the date. Please include your name, child’s name and type of message you are painting.

STEP 3- The Spirit Rock Coordinator will respond to confirm that the date is available for rental.

STEP 4- Pay within 24 hours after receiving the confirmation email to secure the reservation. Payments can be made at https://myrtlebeachmiddleptomerch.square.site or scanning the QR code listed above in the PTO section. There will be a service charge attached for using a card payment.

STEP 5 - Your reservation will be published to the calendar and reserved once payment has been processed and you will receive a 2nd email confirming your reservation. If your payment is not received in the time frame, PTO reserves the right to offer the date to someone else.

Email: jchristy@horrycountyschools.net
Website: https://www.horrycountyschools.net/Myrtle_Beach_Middle_School
Location: 3101 North Oak Street, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Phone: (843) 448-3932
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyrtleBeachMiddleSchool/
Twitter: @MBMSeahawks