Middle School Profile

Participation in the resources and activities available at the middle school can be summarized as follows:

Academic:

                48%        7th graders on honor roll every marking period

                41%        8th graders on honor roll every marking period

Music:

69%        involved in vocal/instrumental music in grades 7 & 8

Sports:

                130          students participated in fall sports program

                                (football and girls’ basketball)

               120 students participated in winter sports program

                                (boys’ basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and intramural volleyball)

               134 students participated in spring sports

                                (girls’ and boys’ track)

Food:

209          lunches served per day in cafeteria (snack line

                                purchases are not included in this number)

Library:

ALL        students visited the library at least monthly

181          items circulated each week

              9,233         books/paperbacks and magazines

                                available to students and staff

Computers:

           324        units used by students and staff

Accreditation

     Western Middle School is fully accredited by the North Central Association (NCA); one of only a handful of “true middle schools” in the State of Michigan to hold that distinction.  Western Middle School met the standards for the State of Michigan in Essential Skills in Mathematics, and in addition, Western Middle School meets all of the standards for the State of Michigan Accreditation Project (MAP) except for MEAP scores in reading and mathematics.  Western Middle School is one of only two school buildings that have ever achieved both NCA and MAP accreditation.

School Improvement Plan

Western Middle School began a new five-year school improvement plan in the fall of 2002 in the following areas:

* Writing across the curriculum as measured by the Michigan Education Assessment
                Program (MEAP)

* Science knowledge as measured by MEAP

        * Social studies knowledge as measured by MEAP and Assess to Learn

Western Middle School demonstrated incredible improvement during each five-year school improvement cycle and has been awarded perfect scores from the North Central Association in the past.

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