Category: News

  • Meet the Candidates: Metro Board of Education, District 8

    Next week, there will be two opportunities for the public to hear from the two candidates vying to succeed Mary Pierce as the Hillsboro cluster’s representative on the Metro Board of Education. District 8 voters will choose between Adam Barese and Gini Pupo-Walker in the August 2 general election. The first event will be a…

  • Welcome, Dr. Young!

    Dr. Russell Young has been selected as the new principal at West End. Most recently, Dr. Young was an assistant principal at Hunters Lane High School, heading up the school’s Academy of International Baccalaureate. A former middle school science teacher, he has degrees in biology and educational leadership. Follow Dr. Young on Twitter @DrRJYoung. UPDATE:…

  • New Principal Survey

    With Dr. Hammond moving into a new role as Executive Director of School Support & Improvement with MNPS on July 1, West End will have a new principal for the 2017-18 school year. As part of the process for identifying the best candidate for this position, the district is conducting a survey to identify the…

  • Oakley Christian Memorial Fund Established to Benefit West End Students

    On October 18, 2016, the Board of Directors of the West End High School Alumni Association passed a resolution establishing the Oakley Christian Memorial Fund to benefit current students at West End Middle School. Cecil Oakley Christian, Jr. attended Eakin Elementary, Cavert Junior High, and West End High School, graduating in 1954. After getting a…

  • Important Info for New Families

    Welcome to West End! Have you joined our email list yet? This is the single best way to keep up with EVERYTHING going on at our wonderful school. During the school year we send a weekly newsletter to this list and we email important school-wide announcements when needed. Click here to sign up now.

  • Big Bluey News

    Stay in the know with Big Bluey News, our daily, student-run newscast. BBN is taking the summer off. Watch for new episodes after school starts back in August.

  • Prospective Parent Open House

    Monday, October 26 is the Prospective Parent Open House at WEMS. We invite anyone interested in learning more about our great school to come out and get a first-hand look at why it’s SUCH a great school! Clubs will have displays in the lobby, and there will be an opening session in the auditorium before we…

  • School Pictures are Monday & Tuesday!

    Fifth and sixth grades will have their school pictures made on Monday, September 21; Seventh and eight grades will have theirs taken on Tuesday, September 22. If you are available to help Mr. Clark, please click here to sign up. He’d love the help!

  • Nashville’s Top 2 Teachers are at WEMS!

    Congrats to Mr. Nettles and Mr. O on winning first and second place respectively in the Nashville Scene‘s Best of Nashville readers’ poll for the best teachers in Nashville in both public and private schools. West is most definitely best!

  • One-on-One: Mrs. Lauren Cecil

    One-on-One: Mrs. Lauren Cecil

    Another Sunday, another opportunity to meet one of the fantastic staff members at West End Middle School. This week, you’ll find out why Mrs. Cecil is so fantastic. Are you from Nashville? If not, where are you from, and what path led you here? Yes, I am from Nashville. I grew up in East Nashville,…