West Middle School is located at 149 Barry Avenue North in Wayzata MN 55391. The principal is Susan Sommerfeld and the student day is from 8:20 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. The current enrollment is approximately 737 students in grades six through eight.
The West Middle School building was opened in 1951 as a junior/senior high school and was converted to West Middle School in 1961. It is located at the intersection of Barry Avenue and Wayzata Boulevard in Wayzata. The school's mission statement is based on the district's vision statement of "Becoming a model of excellence among learning communities."
Wayzata High School is located at 4955 Peony Lane in Plymouth MN 55446. Mike Trewick is the principal and the student day is from 7:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. The current enrollment is approximately 3,234 students in grades nine through 12. It is the district's mission to prepare all students for the future by providing a challenging education which builds academic competence, develops responsible citizenship, encourage creativity, promotes lifelong learning, advances critical thinking skills, instills a commitment to personal wellness and fosters respect for self and others.
West Middle School prepares its students for the future by following the district's directions that include applying the vision statement to all components of the district, erasing organizational barriers that limit participation of all cultural groups, striving for smaller class sizes, working toward a more individualized model of education and promoting a "client-centered" district.
Youthful energy, curiosity and idealism are appreciated by the staff at all Wayzata Public Schools middle schools. Middle school students are placed on a core team where they take math, science, health (only in 8th grade), communications (only in 8th), language arts, social studies(6th grade), history (7th Grade) or geography (8th Grade). During "core" time they also receive reading and flex or enrichment curriculum, which offer enrichment opportunities. Also started 2010-2011 school year 8th grade was introduced to block scheduling. Where they have 3 cores a day instead of 5.
Students in Wayzata middle schools are required to take three years of physical education and a performance-based music course from the Encore department (Band, Choir, Orchestra and Music Ex in 8th grade only). There are also extra curricular music programs such as Jazz Band, Touring Choir and Chamber Strings. Students must also take one quarter of industrial technology, family and consumer science, art and Spanish in sixth and seventh grades. In eighth grade, students have the opportunity to explore two of these four offerings in a more in-depth semester-long course.
In addition to the standard curriculum, all Wayzata middle schools offer special services and Vision 21 (gifted) curriculum.
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