Westwoods Elementary School

The kids are loving the snow!

8 months ago, Westwoods Elementary

students standing under a gazebo pushing the snow off of it.

student in snow gear sitting on the end of the slide

two students standing together outside in front the play structure smiling, one student behind smiling on the play structure.

student dressed in pink snow gear smiling at the camera, standing in the snow

students smiling at the camera outside on the playground in the snow

Mrs. Ray and her Holiday obstacle course.

8 months ago, Westwoods Elementary

students sitting in a circle at gym with Mrs. Ray teaching them. The students are surrounded by a Christmas obstacle course.

Christmas obstacle course: tall fake candles, cones with a hoop connecting them to walk through, a Christmas tree in the back

Christmas obstacle course, cones in a line that are numbered with candy canes sticking out of them. Toy soldiers on the steps in the gym..

🔔 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

8 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools

🔔 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

8 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools

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.

8 months ago, Traverse City Area Public Schools

TCAPS ALERT Schools are closed due to inclement weather.

Fancy day today!

8 months 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!

8 months 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.

8 months 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

9 months 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 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.

9 months 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!

9 months 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

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.

9 months 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.

9 months ago, Westwoods Elementary

students standing on a riser, singing while the teacher is in front at the piano

Happy Thanksgiving!

9 months ago, Westwoods Elementary

Westwoods Office Hours for Wednesday, November 26th 8am-1pm

9 months 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.

9 months 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!

9 months 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!

9 months 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.

9 months 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 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!

9 months ago, Westwoods Elementary

students sitting on the run, in front of the whiteboard all wearing hats and smiling

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