District News

With the goal to return all students back to face-to-face learning, the TCAPS Board of Education voted 7-0 to continue virtual learning for all secondary students grades 6-12 for the remainder of this week and reinstate the previous universal masking policy effective Wednesday, January 12, 2022. 

Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) is announcing there will be no school for all students on Friday, January 7, 2022 due to staffing shortages. In addition, TCAPS secondary students (grades 6-12) will move to remote learning for Monday, January 10, 2022 and Tuesday, January 11, 2022.

A health and wellness initiative for students and staff will soon be underway at Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) thanks to a Rotary Charities Systems Change Accelerator Grant.

TCAPS is honored to highlight two outstanding leaders who were honored at the 2021 Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principal Association (MEMPSA) state conference. 

To highlight Computer Science Education Week (12/6 - 12/12), all Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) students, staff, and families are invited to participate in TCAPS Hour of Code.

Discussions began in 2019 among Traverse City Area Public Schools Administration and Board of Education with the Oleson Family, Blair Township, TART trails, and Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy regarding 208 acres of TCAPS property, located behind Blair Elementary School.

Traverse City Area Public Schools' Indigenous Education Program works hard year-round to meet the needs of Native American and Alaska Native students. The goal of the program is to improve student proficiency and graduation rates.

The Michigan High School Athletic Coaches Association, a professional organization of school coaches and athletic directors, (MHSCA) has selected Girls Cross Country Coach Lisa Taylor of Traverse City Central High School as the MHSCA Coach of the Year.

Traverse City Public Schools (TCAPS) is pleased to announce Dean Councilor, Lead Bus Mechanic for TCAPS Transportation, has won the Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation (MAPT) School Bus Technician of the Year Award.

Following a routine bus stop that resulted in a student being hit by a vehicle this morning, Traverse City Area Public Schools is asking the community to be extremely aware of students loading and unloading school buses before and after school each day. 

Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) is pleased to announce that six students have been selected as Semifinalists and seven were named Commended Students in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Tickets to Friday’s 10th Traverse City Patriot Game are now available for sale at gofan.co.

Traverse City Area Public Schools is recruiting volunteers to serve on the Sex Education Advisory Committee.

Please be advised of pest control treatment for weeds at the Oak Park baseball and softball fields on Saturday, September 4, 2021.  Read the full notification here. 

Traverse City Central High School will welcome a new athletic director beginning September 15.