🔔 Reminder: No School Dec 22 - Jan 2.

Enjoy the winter break! All TCAPS school offices and the TCAPS Administration Building at Glenn Loomis will be closed during this time.

Buildings and classes will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.

View the academic calendar here: https://5il.co/3jfx6

9 days ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
Warm-toned photo with a silhouette of a person reading under a large tree and the TCAPS school logo

🔔 Reminder: No School Dec 22 - Jan 2.

Enjoy the winter break! All TCAPS school offices and the TCAPS Administration Building at Glenn Loomis will be closed during this time.

Buildings and classes will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.

View the academic calendar here: https://5il.co/3jfx6

10 days ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
Warm-toned photo with a silhouette of a person reading under a large tree and the TCAPS school logo

SCHOOL IS CLOSED: All TCAPS schools are closed today, Friday, December 19, 2025 due to inclement weather. Students in Michigan Virtual, Acellus, or Dual Enrollment classes should follow the direction of the instructors for those programs.

For more information on snow days, including how they are communicated and how decisions are made, go to www.tcaps.net.

12 days ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
TCAPS ALERT Schools are closed due to inclement weather.
Fancy day today!
12 days ago, Westwoods Elementary
Fancy Day at school, students sitting in front of a window, dressing in fancy clothes.
Our 5th grade student council is making and signing personalized Christmas cards this week. They picked a local adult foster care home to send a little extra holiday cheer to. We are certain that the recipients will appreciate the hearts of these kids just as much as we do!
13 days ago, Westwoods Elementary
Students standing in front of a tree smiling, with Wilbur our therapy dog in the center

Ms. Stephanie, Ms. Rita, and Mrs. Bennett.

13 days ago, Westwoods Elementary
3 teachers wearing brown and black standing together and smiling at the camera

🌟 Beyond Sounding Out: CKLA Knowledge Units Build Confident Readers! 📚

While learning to sound out words is essential, did you know that CKLA Knowledge Units teach your child about the world (like history and science) and grow their vocabulary by introducing important, academic words? This strong foundation of knowledge and words is how they move beyond simply sounding out letters to actually understanding the meaning of what they read, making them skilled and confident readers.

 CKLA Connected—check out the learning adventures happening right now!

 Kindergarten: Underdogs and Heroes: Stories 
First Grade: Common Threads: Different Lands, Similar Stories 
Second Grade: Legends and Heroes: Greek Myths
Third Grade: Rhythm and Rhyme: Poetry
Fourth Grade: Meaning and Metaphor: Poetry
Fifth Grade: Visions in Verse: Poetry

20 days ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools
Young girl using a pocket chart for a phonics lesson, placing a letter card under the 'Chaining' category.
Student learning what is inside the human body at school
Teachers and students in a classroom hold up cards with shapes (star, circle) and letters ('f', 'o', 'g') for a lesson.
Students learning in the classroom
Students with paper masks learning in the classroom
2nd Grade, Courtade: Domain 2, “Ancient Greece” Display
Group of students smiling together in the classroom.
Mr. Sid is taking time out of his day to help Ms. Kaity fix a wheelchair. Thank you, Mr. Sid, for always thinking of the students. We appreciate all your hard work.
21 days ago, Westwoods Elementary
Mr. Sid laying on the floor helping to fix a wheel chair with Ms. Caity and a student in a wheelchair looking to the side.
Having fun in the snow at Westwoods!
25 days ago, Westwoods Elementary
students outside in the snow piled ontop of each other smiling at the camera
student laying in the snow making a snow angel
student laying in the snow making a snow angel
students laying in the snow in a zig zag pattern smiling at the camera
student buried in snow up to his neck smiling at the camera
students sitting in snow in a triangle form smiling at the camera
Today the 5th graders had a German Lesson from some High school students.
26 days ago, Westwoods Elementary
High school students speaking to a classroom of students sitting at their desk
High school students speaking to a classroom of students sitting at their desk pointing to a screen
High school students speaking to a classroom of students sitting at their desk. The high school students pointing to the board.
The 3rd grade had their holiday music performance today.
27 days ago, Westwoods Elementary
students standing on a riser, singing while the teacher is in front at the piano
Happy Thanksgiving!
about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
Happy Thanksgiving, photo of two turkeys and a pumpkin by kaleb
Westwoods Office Hours for Wednesday, November 26th 8am-1pm
about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
Office Hours Wednesday November 26th 8AM-1:00PM
Mrs. Ray has developed several fun Thanksgiving games. Today, the 5th graders played a game of tag using a laundry basket as the "turkey." Scarves were inserted on the side of the laundry basket, and the students had to try to steal the scarves. One student defended the turkey with a pool noodle, tagging the other students as they attempted to grab the scarves.
about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
student standing with a pool noodle by a basket with a Tukey print out on the front with scarfs coming out of the side of the basket.
student standing with a pool noodle by a basket with a Tukey print out on the front with scarfs coming out of the side of the basket., another student trying to take the scarf.
students trying to take the scarfs from the laundry basket
one student guarding the basket with a pool noodle, two other students trying to sneak to the basket to grab the scarf
one student guarding the laundry basket with a pool noodle, while two other students try to grab the scarfs
Balloons over Westwood parade!
about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
student walking down the hall holding up paper plates that are decorated like balloons
students walking down a hall wall holding up paper plates decorated like balloons
students parading down the hallway holding up paper plates decorated like baloons.
students walking down a hallway holding up paper plates decorated like balloons with their teacher
Our 5th graders, reading the announcements this morning!
about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
three students standing at the edge of the , reading a script while holding a phone, using the phone as a microphone to announce, one student wearing a turkey hat
Mrs. McNitt's 2nd grade class and Mrs. DePlaunty's 4th grade class are working on their balloons. On Monday, they will have a parade around the school with them.
about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
student sitting at a desk smiling, crafting
two students sitting on a square rug, the square rug has multiple squares of brown, blue, green and tan. The students are using a lapdesk on the floor, crafting. the students are smiling at the camera
two students sitting on a square rug, the square rug has multiple squares of brown, blue, green and tan. The students are using a lapdesk on the floor, crafting. the students are smiling at the camera
two students sitting at a table , a basket of yarn in between them, markers and glue. The girls are crafting.
Two students sitting on the floor, in front of a bookshelf, make a craft on the floor smiling at the camera
Mrs. Simon's 1st-grade class earned hat day today!
about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
students sitting on the run, in front of the whiteboard all wearing hats and smiling
Westwoods Wake-up
A huge thank you to: Bay Bread - fresh pastries
Lellenau Coffee Roasters-ground coffee
Northwoods Soda Co.- delicious syrups
Your generosity and community support helped fund 5th-grade field trips!
We're so grateful for this amazing community and volunteers!

Next Westwoods Wake-up is Friday, January 16th, and will benefit the student council.
Event designed for you by Westwoods PTO!
about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
Westwoods Wake-up A huge thank you to: Bay Bread - fresh pastries Lellenau Coffee Roasters-ground coffee Northwoods Soda Co.- delicious syrups Your generosity and community support helped fund 5th-grade field trips! We're so grateful for this amazing community and volunteers! Next Westwoods Wake-up is Friday, January 16th, and will benefit the student council. Event designed for you by Westwoods PTO!

Thanksgiving meal at Westwoods yesterday! Thank you to our wonderful Kitchen staff for putting this on. The kids really enjoyed it.

about 1 month ago, Westwoods Elementary
students sitting at a lunch table smiling
students sitting at a table eating, smiling and hands up
students sitting in the cafeteria, eating and smiling
student standing with hands up, thumbs up smiling
students smiling at the camera, some raising their hands, sitting in the lunchroom