Blue Jay Line-Up
Critical information for the coming YEAR at West End!
First day of school Monday, August 8th
Welcome back, Blue Jays! Orientation August 3rd at 5:30pm
2022-2023 Student-Parent Handbook
Read the handbook online at: www.mnps.org/handbook
The Student-Parent Handbook is online again this year which makes it easy to read, search and bookmark to review later. It is designed to be a reference guide staff and families as the school year progresses.
Parent permissions must be submitted by Friday, August 26, 2022 (permissions.mnps.org.)
Football Tryouts begin
Dress Code updated (7/21/2022)
Dress Code
The purpose of the dress code is to allow students to be able to engage in school feeling comfortable while also maintaining an appropriate level of professionalism. Students are to keep the main portion of their body covered at all times while at school. Since there are many varieties of body types, there is no perfect way to define this explicitly in words. This may be described as from the top of the torso to midthigh. Please view the graphic below for the area to remain covered.
Dress code will be monitored each morning by teachers and/or any staff member that recognizes a student is out of dress code. Teachers/Staff will monitor throughout the day and correct students any time a violation is observed. This dress code was developed with a concern for modesty, safety, and the general good order of the school.
1. Any text or imagery on the clothing must adhere to the school expectations for appropriate content. Clothes that have words or saying that are profane, sexually suggestive or that promote drugs, tobacco, alcohol, violence, racism, or sexism are prohibited. Sleepwear or pajamas are not permitted as school attire and should not be worn to school. Blankets are not permitted at school due to safety reasons.
2. Crop tops are not permitted. All students must have entire torsos covered.
3. No visible under garments.
4. Large backpacks and winter coats are not allowed in classrooms, must be placed in lockers.
5. Head coverings/ bandanas/ are not permitted on head in the building (except for religious and cultural purposes). Bandanas around the arm, neck, wrist, or sticking out of pockets, etc. are not allowed anytime in the school building. Hoodies and hats may not be worn on the head inside the building.
6. Parents should verify children are dressed according to school policy by reading/reviewing West End School Parent/Student Handbook.
Enforcement Process:
1. Staff members will correct students’ correctable dress code issues without consequence unless a pattern of noncompliance has been established.
2. Staff members refer non-correctable or repeated correctable dress code violations to administration.
3. Parent will be called, and student and parent are given the option for parent to bring a change of clothes or student to choose an acceptable garment from our clothes closet.
a. First Offense – Student will conference with administrator, parent contact & change.
b. Second Offense – Parent Contact & documentation.
c. Third Offense-Parent Conference
No Cost School Lunch (from MNPS)
Over the last few years, we've been able to offer no-cost lunch to all students thanks to a waiver from the federal government that expanded eligibility for this free lunch program. That waiver has expired, which means 31 schools in our district are set to go back to the previous system where students would either pay for lunch or their parents can qualify for the Free and Reduced Lunch program.
We believe students are better off if they all have access to a no-cost meal, and so we will be using some of our federal ESSER pandemic money to offset the new costs and allow for all schools to have no-cost lunch in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years.
Families are still encouraged to fill out the form and apply for the free and reduced-price lunch program, for two reasons:
- To offset the amount of money we must use out of our ESSER funds, which allows those to be used by schools or the district to further support the academic and social-emotional progress of our students.
- It is important data for our district to have in order to understand the needs of families who may be economically disadvantaged so that we can support them in receiving additional wrap-around supports that may be beneficial to them.
Yearbooks Available for Pickup
If you ordered a yearbook, please come to the main office between 9:00am and 3:30 pm in the next few weeks. Ms. Ketchum will help you get your book.
YMCA Preteen Open House
Preteen Open House Day on July 25th for middle school aged children from 12-3pm. We will have the whole community wing open to them including the Teen Room (where they can play Xbox and other games), a Makerspace activity, and pancakes the whole time! All of this is to give them a taste of some of the resources that we have available to them and hopefully encourage them to come during the school year.
Frist Community Wing at Green Hills YMCA
4041 Hillsboro Circle, Nashville, TN 37215
"I am so excited to host and serve them here in our Teen Center. It will be open to members and non-members, so (you) do not have to worry about having any memberships!"
Molli Miller
Teen Program Director
Free Vaccines for Rising 7th Graders:
MNPS is offering immunization clinics from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. each Monday and Wednesday from July 6 to August 3 at the District's English Learners office, 615 Fessey Park Road.
No appointment necessary, but vaccines are first-come, first-served. Vaccines include: Meningococcal, Tdap and HP.
School Supply List
3 ring binder with 5 dividers
· Loose leaf wide-ruled notebook paper
· Pencils
· Blue or black ink pens
· Highlighters
· 2 composition notebooks
· Ear buds
All students should have an MNPS issued laptop with them at all times.
Classroom Wish List (items are not required for purchase, a donation to your child’s homeroom teacher is appreciated!)
· Hand sanitizer
· Paper towels
· Kleenex
· Clorox wipes
· Dry erase markers
· Post it notes
· Extra pencils
· Extra blue/black ink pens
· Extra loose leaf wide-ruled notebook paper
· Tape (scotch or masking)
· Staples
Assignment Calendars will be replaced by a weekly e-mail from teachers
IB Trait of August: Risk-Takers
West End Middle School
Email: James.Stephensiii@mnps.org
Website: https://westend.mnps.org/
Location: 3529 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, USA
Phone: 615-298-8425
Twitter: @westendmiddle