Boy Basketball Evaluations | Monday 10/27/25 & Tuesday 10/28/25
Spirit Days are coming to WMS. Check out what Student Senate has planned for our Titans.
FALL SPORTS WRAP-UP! What a season for our Middle School athletes! We saw teamwork, dedication, and some incredible finishes across the board!
CHEER TEAM | Your hard work and talent brought the spirit and energy to our school community. Way to go!
CROSS COUNTRY WINS ALL-CITY | The Girls Team ran straight to the All-City Championship title! 🥇 A phenomenal performance with 9 girls finishing in the Top 20! Not to be outdone, the Boys Team showed tremendous strength, placing 7 runners in the Top 20! So proud of every mile run! You showed incredible speed and teamwork!
FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS | The 7th Grade team finished strong with a win over Petoskey! Keep building on that winning momentum next year! The 8th Grade and Combo Teams battled hard to the end. Your resilience and dedication are what counts! Thank you players for leaving it all on the field!
VOLLEYBALL TRIUMPH | The season ended on an EPIC 3-game win streak, beating Gaylord, Petoskey, AND Glen Lake! Ending the season with three straight wins shows incredible focus and synergy!
TENNIS SHOUT-OUT | Big thanks to the West Senior High Tennis Team for visiting our practice and inspiring our players! Keep practicing those serves and volleys!
Huge congratulations to all our teams! You made us proud!
CHEER TEAM | Your hard work and talent brought the spirit and energy to our school community. Way to go!
CROSS COUNTRY WINS ALL-CITY | The Girls Team ran straight to the All-City Championship title! 🥇 A phenomenal performance with 9 girls finishing in the Top 20! Not to be outdone, the Boys Team showed tremendous strength, placing 7 runners in the Top 20! So proud of every mile run! You showed incredible speed and teamwork!
FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS | The 7th Grade team finished strong with a win over Petoskey! Keep building on that winning momentum next year! The 8th Grade and Combo Teams battled hard to the end. Your resilience and dedication are what counts! Thank you players for leaving it all on the field!
VOLLEYBALL TRIUMPH | The season ended on an EPIC 3-game win streak, beating Gaylord, Petoskey, AND Glen Lake! Ending the season with three straight wins shows incredible focus and synergy!
TENNIS SHOUT-OUT | Big thanks to the West Senior High Tennis Team for visiting our practice and inspiring our players! Keep practicing those serves and volleys!
Huge congratulations to all our teams! You made us proud!
Ms. Botkin and Ms. Hart teamed up their 6th grade ELA classes for an engaging and interactive experience focusing on academic conversations! Students rotated through stations where they participated in thoughtful conversations with their peers using discussion prompts. By using contextual evidence and observations from the text, they worked together to complete graphic organizers and deepen their understanding. Great job, Titans!
A huge thank you to our incredible Traverse City Fire Department for partnering with our Health and Physical Education classes to teach students about fire safety as a part of Fire Prevention Month! We appreciate the time, expertise, and care they invest in helping keep our greatest resource, our kids, safe.
Our incredible STEM teacher Mr. Brush, has created a dynamic, hands-on robotics challenge where students build and operate their own robots to compete in competitions! This exciting activity is not only sparking creativity and problem-solving, but also encouraging teamwork.
WMS Titans - Just a reminder that tomorrow, October 13, 2025, is a 2-Hour Early Release Day. Dismissal will be at 12:37 PM.
West Senior High will be BACK on Friday, October 17th during all three lunches selling Patriot Game T-shirts. This is the final day to buy shirts at WMS. Shirts are just $10 and can be purchased with cash or by check made out to TCAPS. Show your Titan pride and join us in supporting this powerful community tradition!
Mark your calendars! The TC West vs. TC Central Varsity Football Game is coming up on Friday, October 24. While this rivalry game is always a highlight of the season, it holds even greater meaning as the Patriot Game—a tradition that unites our community in honoring veterans and active-duty military personnel.
Have no fear, there is still time to save $10 on your yearbook with the Early Bird Discount! This special price will only last through the end of October.
Go to: https://yearbookordercenter.com | School Code 3476
Please reach out to Ms. Shortridge with any questions at shortridje@tcaps.net.
Go to: https://yearbookordercenter.com | School Code 3476
Please reach out to Ms. Shortridge with any questions at shortridje@tcaps.net.
West Middle School STEM students had the opportunity to participate in Manufacturing Day today, sponsored by MiSTEM of Northwestern Lower Michigan. This event gives students the unique opportunity to explore local manufacturing careers and learn how modern manufacturing impacts our community. Our Titans had the privilege of visiting TentCraft and Thompson Surgical. Thank you to all manufacturers in our community who helped make this event possible for all area students and schools by opening your doors, giving of your time, and educating our students!
We love seeing our WMS Robotics Team in action at the beautiful West Senior High Innovation and Manufacturing Center! Our talented students are lucky to have such an amazing space to practice, collaborate, and sharpen their robotics skills.
Time is running out to guarantee your 8th grade student a place on the incredible Washington D.C. trip! We only have 8 spots remaining for the trip, which is scheduled for April 21-24, 2026. If you've been meaning to sign up, now is the time to secure your spot!
What happens when these 8 spots are filled? You can still sign up after the spots are gone, but your student will be placed on a waitlist. Students on the waitlist will only be able to join the trip if a registered student cancels and a spot opens up.
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Register your student today. https://myprogram.worldstrides.com/custom/2026-traverse-city-west-ms-dc-223517/
Questions? | manganpa@tcaps.net
What happens when these 8 spots are filled? You can still sign up after the spots are gone, but your student will be placed on a waitlist. Students on the waitlist will only be able to join the trip if a registered student cancels and a spot opens up.
Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Register your student today. https://myprogram.worldstrides.com/custom/2026-traverse-city-west-ms-dc-223517/
Questions? | manganpa@tcaps.net
Our awesome 6th graders are diving into all things WMS! Today, students in Ms. Botkin and Ms. Schmidt’s classes explored the LMC with our Teacher Librarian, Ms. Baumann. They got a hands-on introduction to the space through an interactive scavenger hunt—learning the lay of the land while having fun!
Today at WMS, we welcomed Deputy Core and TCAPS Safety & Security Director, Patrick McManus, to speak with our students about school and online safety.
Alongside our grade-level principals, these experts shared valuable information to help students make safe, proactive choices and to know how to respond or report if they ever become aware of a concern.
We are grateful for their partnership in keeping our students informed and safe!
We invite all of our WMS students to join together with WSH to show their westside Homecoming Week pride with a fun filled Spirit Week 9/22-9/26. Go Titans!
Reminder | 9.5.25 is a Two Hour Early Release Day with WMS dismissal at 12:37 PM.
At the start of each year, we teach students to be safe, respectful, and responsible through Titan Talk lessons. Yesterday’s focus was hallway movement and restroom expectations.
Today, our morning announcements emphasized being safe with words and actions, and reminded students to report concerns by telling an adult, filling out a form in any wing office, or emailing their grade-level principal or counselor.
Our Titans have the power to make WMS the best it can be by choosing safe words and actions every day.
What a great day of learning and collaboration for our East and West Middle School staffs! We love the opportunity to grow together, share ideas, and strengthen the work we do for our students. When we learn side by side, it not only supports our schools but makes the entire Traverse City community even stronger.
We are so grateful to Mundos Coffee for their generosity in helping our staff start their day of Professional Learning with a great cup of coffee. And once again, Shoreline Fruit made the start of our year even sweeter with their donation of delicious chocolate-covered cherries.
Your support means so much to us and helps remind our staff just how much our community cares
We can't wait to see our Titans at Orientation starting TOMORROW. Students with last names A-L are invited to drop-in on August 20th between 11AM- 7PM. Students with last name M-Z are invited to drop-in on the 21st between 11AM-7PM. As a reminder, we expect our busiest times to be at 11AM and after 5PM.
