Category: Blog

  • Note from the Nest

    Happy Fall! This time around I want to focus on the district’s new standards-based grading system and report card.  This is the first year this system is being used across all middle schools in MNPS (it was introduced in elementary schools last year).  The system is designed to align assignments and scores to the educational…

  • Welcome Letter from Dr. Young

    Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year at West End Middle, where we build up one another through experiences that grow IB learners! This weekend I had the opportunity to go for a run. Running is one of my favorite forms of exercise, but one that is more difficult to find time for now that we…