Hello West End Family,
It is our last week of school for the year so let's have a productive week make the best of our end of the year time. Our 8th graders have field day and their end of the year picnic on the grounds May 23rd. Parents send side dishes. and sliced fruit. 7th grade has field day on My 22nd and the parents are to send sliced fruit to the homeroom teachers.
Current 6th grade parents get your student's immunizations before May 20th and come to the "Incentive Party" Turn documentation into the counseling office. All rising 7th graders must be immunized before August 1st.
Summer reading is encouraged with a summer reading assignment due when school comes back August 1st. Friday, May 24th is our last day of school and it is a half day with dismissal at 12:30. We wish all families a safe and fun summer break!

Mr. Keith

West End is a public middle school with an enrollment of approximately 450 students in grades 5 through 8. The campus is conveniently located on the west side of Nashville near Vanderbilt University. The three-story main building, built in 1937 to house West End High School, is a Nashville landmark and recently underwent a $7.5 million renovation. Thirteen-acre Elmington Park serves as the school's front lawn and provides numerous recreational and educational opportunities for students.

To better prepare our students for life and work in a rapidly globalizing world, West End became an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School in 2009. The IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), designed specifically for younger adolescents, emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world and to become critical and reflective thinkers. The MYP also fosters the development of 21st-century skills, such as communication, intercultural understanding, and global awareness. After completing the final two years of the MYP at Hillsboro High School, students are well positioned to succeed in the IB Diploma Programme, a comprehensive and academically rigorous program of study and assessment that is recognized worldwide as a important measure of college readiness.