September 2, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-09-02) January 26, 1998 (1998-01-26) (building opened)
School district
Traverse City Area Public Schools
Superintendent
John VanWagoner
Principal
Joe Esper
Teaching staff
60.71 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Enrollment
1,509 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio
24.86[1]
Color(s)
Forest Green Metallic Gold
Fight song
"The Fightin' Titan"
Athletics
MHSAA Class A; D-1
Athletics conference
Saginaw Valley (football) Big North (non-football)
Mascot
Greek titan
Team name
Titans
Rival
Traverse City Central High School
Publication
Westside Weekly
Newspaper
The Occidentalist
Yearbook
Odyssey
Feeder schools
Elementary schools: Blair Central Grade Glenn Loomis Long Lake Silver Lake Westwoods Willow Hill Middle school: Traverse City West
Website
www.tcaps.net/schools/high-schools/wsh/
Traverse City West Senior High School (also known as West Senior High, TC West, or simply TCW) is a public, co-educational secondary school located outside Traverse City, Michigan, in neighboring Garfield Township. Along with Traverse City Central High School, TC West is part of the Traverse City Area Public Schools district, and one of six high schools in Traverse City. The school enrolls about 1,500 students each year, making it the largest high school in Michigan north of Kent County.[2][3] The school was established in 1997, and opened in early 1998.[4]
Since 2008, Traverse City West has offered grades 9 through 12. Additionally, students are given the option to dual enroll and attend classes at Northwestern Michigan College.[5] In addition to the dual enrollment program, a wide variety of honors and AP classes are offered.
A large metallic globe near one of the school's main entrances. This globe was removed in 2020.
^ abc"West Senior High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
^"Search for Public Schools - School Detail for West Senior High". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
^"Michigan's 60 largest high schools in 2016–17 and their demographics". mlive. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
^"When Trojans Became Titans". The Ticker | Traverse City News & Events. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
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