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    <title>TCAPS' Press Releases</title>
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      <title>TC Central High School Debate Team Receives $30,000 Donation from Lagina Family Foundation And Will Be Recognized At February 13th School Board Meeting </title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;The TC Central High School Debate Team and Coach Carol Roehrich will be recognized for their passionate commitment to providing debate opportunities for students at TC Central High School. The Debate Team has received a generous $30,000 donation from the Lagina Family Foundation, which will be accepted by TCAPS Board of Education on February 13, 2012.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1921/TC-Central-High-School-Debate-Team-Receives-30-000-Donation-from-Lagina-Family-Foundation-And-Will-Be-Recognized-At-February-13th-School-Board-Meeting.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Courtade Elementary School to Host Morning Movie Madness at the State Theatre 2/19</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;Courtade Elementary School PTO will host &lt;i&gt;Morning Movie Madness &lt;/i&gt;Sunday, February 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, at the State Theatre, downtown Traverse City. Family and friends are invited to enjoy a &lt;b&gt;free&lt;/b&gt; feature presentation of &lt;i&gt;Rio&lt;/i&gt; beginning at 10:00 a.m. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Optional donations benefitting the Courtade Elementary School PTO fund will be accepted at the door.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1922/Courtade-Elementary-School-to-Host-Morning-Movie-Madness-at-the-State-Theatre-2-19.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TCAPS Student Artwork Featured in Welcome to Idlewild Exhibit at Dennos Museum</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;Traverse City Area Public Schools is very proud to announce two classes, taught by Art Teacher Jaffe Davis at Cherry Knoll Elementary School, will have artwork featured at the Dennos Museum Center, 1701 E. Front Street, now through February 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1919/TCAPS-Student-Artwork-Featured-in-Welcome-to-Idlewild-Exhibit-at-Dennos-Museum.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Blair Elementary School Participates in Two Way Interactive Connections in Education (TWICE)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;Blair Elementary School is participating in a program called Two Way Interactive Connections in Education (TWICE). TWICEis Michigan’s organization for videoconferencing in K-12 education, and supports collaborative connections for the benefit of all students. A primary goal of the TWICE program is to expand the boundaries of the classroom beyond the local community, raise global awareness, and promote cultural and geographical understanding.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1920/Blair-Elementary-School-Participates-in-Two-Way-Interactive-Connections-in-Education-TWICE.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Students from Traverse City Area Public Schools Advance to Finals in 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Traverse City Area Public Schools is proud to announce the following students have been named as Finalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin: 0in -0.25in 0pt 0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;            Traverse City Central High School:             Traverse City West Senior High School:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0.75pt; margin: 0in -0.25in 0pt 0in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;            Ellie Dupler                                                 Eric Fegan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0.75pt; margin: 0in -0.25in 0pt 0in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;            Elizabeth Sigworth                                              Trey Hines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0.75pt; margin: 0in -0.25in 0pt 0in"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1918/Students-from-Traverse-City-Area-Public-Schools-Advance-to-Finals-in-2012-National-Merit-Scholarship-Program.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cognitive Ability Testing February 24 – March 15 for TCAPS Talented and Gifted Program</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10.5pt"&gt;The Traverse City Area Public Schools Talented and Gifted Program (TAG), provides a learning community where each student is surrounded by a peer group of academically gifted learners throughout the day. This unique environment is one of the key elements identified as being essential to a successful gifted education program. TCAPS TAG program provides essential peer stimuli allowing children to learn and share their ideas as well as enhances their emotional growth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1917/Cognitive-Ability-Testing-February-24-March-15-for-TCAPS-Talented-and-Gifted-Program.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Traverse City High School Students to Perform at Dennos Museum Center With Billy Branch</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left; background: white"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: "Times New Roman""&gt;Traverse City High School students will participate in &lt;i&gt;The Son of Blues&lt;/i&gt; concert to be held at the Dennos Museum, 1701 E. Front Street on Saturday, this evening, February 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;, at 8:00 p.m.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1916/Traverse-City-High-School-Students-to-Perform-at-Dennos-Museum-Center-With-Billy-Branch.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cherry Knoll Elementary School to Host Winter Family Fun Night and Health Fair</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"&gt;On Friday, February 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Cherry Knoll Elementary School will host a &lt;i&gt;Winter Family Fun Night and Health Fair. &lt;/i&gt;Students, families, friends, and staff are invited to this free event. Indoor and outdoor activities will be available as well as the opportunity to visit information booths sponsored by local businesses in the fields of heath and wellness. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1915/Cherry-Knoll-Elementary-School-to-Host-Winter-Family-Fun-Night-and-Health-Fair.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Traverse City Central High School To Host ‘Hair for HOPE’ Event</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;On Thursday, April 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Traverse City Central High School will host a &lt;i&gt;‘Hair for &lt;/i&gt;HOPE’ event, to benefit Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program, and Locks of Love. Each of these programs depends upon human hair donors to create wigs and hairpieces for adults and children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. TC Central High School senior Nikki Schweitzer initiated the project, inspired by, and in memory of, her Aunt Lori, who passed away due to breast cancer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1912/Traverse-City-Central-High-School-To-Host-Hair-for-HOPE-Event.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Traverse City Central High School Choral-Aires to Perform at Backpacks for Kids Fundraiser</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt"&gt;On Saturday, February 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, at 5:30 p.m., the Traverse City Central High School Choral-Aires singing group will perform at the Traverse Bay Sunrise Rotary Club &lt;i&gt;‘Family Fun Night’&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1913/Traverse-City-Central-High-School-Choral-Aires-to-Perform-at-Backpacks-for-Kids-Fundraiser.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Traverse City West Middle School Student Named School Champion in National Geographic Bee</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;On Thursday, January 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, Joseph Sobeck, a seventh grade student at TC West Middle School, won the school-level competition of the 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Annual National Geographic Bee. Joseph was declared the School Champion and moves one step closer to a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. Also taking top honors in the Bee were runner up, Hannah Trolz, and third place finisher Francesca Sydow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1914/Traverse-City-West-Middle-School-Student-Named-School-Champion-in-National-Geographic-Bee.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Willow Hill Elementary School to Host ‘Green Summit’</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;Willow Hill Elementary School will host a ‘&lt;i&gt;Green Summit’ &lt;/i&gt;on Thursday, February 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, at 5:30 p.m. in their Library. Parents are invited to become involved in planning for the future of the learning extension opportunities at Willow Hill Elementary School, made available through a recent grant award and parent donation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1910/Willow-Hill-Elementary-School-to-Host-Green-Summit.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Traverse City East Middle School Student Named School Champion in National Geographic Bee</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;On Wednesday, January 11&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, TC East Middle School hosted a National Geographic Bee competition for the school’s 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; – 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; grade geography classes. The top ten students advanced to the next round, answering geographical questions until two students remained. Seventh grade student Erin Huls and sixth grade student Paige Langum were the final competitors, who were each asked the tie-breaking question, “Cologne Cathedral, the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe, is located in the Rhineland region of what country?” Erin Huls answered, “Germany”, and earned the title, ‘&lt;i&gt;School Champion’&lt;/i&gt;. Erin will take a written test to qualify for the State level competition of the National Geographic Bee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1911/Traverse-City-East-Middle-School-Student-Named-School-Champion-in-National-Geographic-Bee.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <title>Traverse City Area Public Schools to Host International School at Bertha Vos Information Night 2/9</title>
      <description>On Thursday, February 9th, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Traverse City Area Public Schools will host an International School at Bertha Vos Information Night. The event will be held at the Acme Township Hall, and is open to all area students and families interested in learning more about the TCAPS International School at Bertha Vos.&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1908/Traverse-City-Area-Public-Schools-to-Host-International-School-at-Bertha-Vos-Information-Night-2-9.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Westwoods Elementary School Grades 3-5 Students Present a Winter Concert on Thursday, February 16th, 2012</title>
      <description>Westwoods Elementary School 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes will perform two winter music programs on Thursday, February 16th, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in the school gymnasium.  Students will share songs, dances and instrumental accompaniments to a few of the many songs they have learned this year in their General Music classes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1909/Westwoods-Elementary-School-Grades-3-5-Students-Present-a-Winter-Concert-on-Thursday-February-16th-2012.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TCAPS elementary schools will host Kindergarten Parent Information Night for the 2012-2013 school year </title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;TCAPS elementary schools will host Kindergarten Parent Information Night for the 2012-2013 school year on the following dates and times:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Blair Elementary School Thursday, February 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Central Grade School            Thursday, February 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Cherry Knoll Elementary School            Monday, February 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Courtade Elementary School            Thursday, February 23&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Eastern Elementary School            Tuesday, February 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Interlochen Community School            Tuesday, February 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Long Lake Elementary School            Thursday, February 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;TCAPS Montessori at Glenn Loomis            Thursday, February 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Old Mission Peninsula School            Wednesday, February 22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Silver Lake Elementary School            Tuesday, February 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Traverse Heights Elementary School            Tuesday, February 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Westwoods Elementary School            *Wednesday, February 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;Willow Hill Elementary School            Thursday, February 9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt"&gt;*Westwoods Elementary School will host a spaghetti dinner beginning at 5:45 p.m. preceding the parent informational meeting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"&gt;The Kindergarten Parent Information Night events will provide parents of students who will be kindergarten age this fall, an opportunity to tour classrooms and gather information about TCAPS kindergarten options for the 2012-2013 school year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <title>Willow Hill Elementary School Teacher Receives Mini-Grant from Local Agencies</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;On Thursday, January 12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;,Willow Hill Elementary School Teacher Kim Chase received a $500 mini-grant from community partners, TBA Credit Union and MEEMIC Insurance/Harvett Agency. Mrs. Chase was awarded the grant, which will be used to purchase trade books for the Willow Hill Elementary School Literacy Library.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1894/Willow-Hill-Elementary-School-Teacher-Receives-Mini-Grant-from-Local-Agencies.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;Interlochen Community School PTO would like to invite all students, families, and community members to attend a free &lt;i&gt;Ice Cream Social and Family Night, &lt;/i&gt;to be held on Friday, January 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Interlochen Community School gymnasium and cafeteria.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1895/Interlochen-Community-School-to-Host-Ice-Cream-Social-and-Family-Night.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: left"&gt;TCAPS is proud to announce that Chivas USA, based in Los Angeles, California, recently drafted Casey Townsend, a TC West Senior High School alumnus, fifth in the Major League Soccer Draft.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.tcaps.net/Information/NewsEvents/tabid/72/EntryId/1896/Traverse-City-West-Senior-High-School-Alumnus-Drafted-into-Major-League-Soccer.aspx&gt;More...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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