Chief News

North Myrtle Beach Middle School is proud to announce that we have earned a GOOD rating on the South Carolina School Report Card, increasing our overall score from 51 last year to 54 this year.

This growth reflects the hard work and dedication of our students, teachers, staff, and families as we continue moving forward on our road to greatness.

A key part of our success is our commitment to building strong partnerships between home and school, creating a positive and supportive school community, and providing targeted small-group instruction and interventions to meet the individual needs of all learners.

At North Myrtle Beach Middle School, our focus remains on Every Child, Every Classroom, Every Day. Through meaningful relationships, high expectations, and individualized support, we strive to create an environment where every student feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.

Next stop: Excellence. Range score 56 to 100

Quarter 1 will end this week. Grades will be finalized on Friday, October 23, 2026.

Report Cards issued on October 29, 2026.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Our counseling department will be hosting weekly initiatives to promote bullying prevention.

This month, remember that everyone deserves to feel safe, included, and accepted at school. You never know what someone else may be going through, so choose kindness, include others, and speak up when something isn't right.

On Wednesday, 10/21/26, Wear your Orange to support National Kindness day!

Students - Don’t forget about the upcoming Candy Crawl.

In order to qualify you will need…

1- to be passing ALL your classes,

2 - have completed 7-ELA assignments in iReady or Progress Learning,

3 - have completed 7- Math assignments in Zearn or iReady,

We would love for ALL our students to qualify!

8th Grade Jr. Beta Members: There will be a meeting on Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 7:45am in Ms. Ruggieri's room.

Starting next week, the Jr. Beta club is kicking off SOCK-tober.

We will be collecting packages of new socks to donate to a local homeless shelter

It is a Jr. Beta initiative, but all students and staff are welcome to participate.

Each package of socks will count as an hour of community service for Jr. Beta with a maximum of 5 hours earned through this initiative.

Socks can be dropped of to Mrs. Ruggieri in the library from 7:30am to 8:00am.

Or they can be brought to her classroom, room 903, after the completion of the news.

Please write your name on the package so we know who the donations came from.

For any 7th & 8th grade girls that are interested in playing soccer this year.....

Open season workouts will be held Mondays & Wednesdays at the high school from 3:30pm - 5:00 pm.

A current physical is required to participate. See Coach Miller for more information

NMBM 26-27 Arrow Academy Parent Permission Form

Arrow Academy supports academic support for our students. Your child's teacher will contact you and sign your child up.

Superintendent's Reading Challenge - Horry County Schools

• The public is invited to review textbooks and instructional materials that have been proposed for use in South Carolina’s public schools. This report provides the titles of programs recommended for state adoption and the publisher-provided links to digitally access the student materials. Citizen comments will be provided to the SBE with the Review Panel recommendations. The areas up for review are Fine Arts and CTE.

  
  

  The website has the information and the links.

  https://ed.sc.gov/instruction/instructional-materials/high-quality-instructional-materials-hqim/virtual-public-review/

The North Myrtle Beach Middle School PTO invites all parents to get involved and join our volunteer team! We offer weekly opportunities to support our students and staff, and we’d love to have you be a part of it. To learn more, please visit www.nmbmiddlepto.com or email us directly at nmbmpto@yahoo.com to sign up.

Spirit Week is almost here, and the NMBMS PTO has you covered!

Monday, Oct. 26 – PINK OUT DAY!

Friday, Oct. 30 – BLUE & GOLD DAY!

Shop our Spirit Store for pink Chief shirts starting at $19.99, plus blue and gold apparel! Youth and adult sizes available. ORDER DEADLINE: OCT. 20 AT NOON! Get your shirts ordered and let’s fill the halls with CHIEF SPIRIT! Shop at, https://nmbmiddle.spiritsale.com

Enter for your chance to win skip the line for an entire month! Ticket sales cut off on the 25th of each month to win for the following month. Buy your tickets here, www.nmbmiddlepto.com

Book the Spirit Rock for your students birthday or any special occasion, just $25 a day. Book online, www.nmbmiddlepto.com

Boo grams sales will start Wednesday, October 21st. These will be available for purchase during student lunches, and we’ll also offer an option to purchase online. Suckers $1 and Airhead Extremes $5.

We are excited to announce that the Chief Store will be open Friday, October 23rd for students who have Chief Bucks to spend 🎉 The Chief Store will be open during each grade level’s lunch. If your student plans to shop, please remind them to bring their student ID — they will need it to spend their Chief Bucks!

https://sites.google.com/g.horrycountyschools.net/nmbmsathletics/home

October 20, 2026 - Home football game vs Loris

October 21, 2026- PSAT (8th Grade)

October 21, 2026 - Unity Day for Kindness - Wear orange

October 23, 2026 - Chief Store open

October 22, 2026 - Governor's School visit

October 23, 2026 - End of Quarter I- finalize grades

October 25 - 30, 2026 Student Spirit and Red Ribbon week

October 27, 2026 - HTC bowl game

October 27, 2026 - Student Incentive (Candy Crawl)

October 28, 2026 - Lemons and Dough (social recess)

October 29, 2026 - Lemonds and Dough (playground recess)

October 29, 2026 - Report Cards Available

October 30, 2026 - Pep Rally