News and Announcements

TK Middle School staff have provided lists of suggested school supplies for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. Please note these are only suggested lists.

Thornapple Kellogg Schools will begin the 2025-26 school year Aug. 25.
A complete calendar for the school year is still being finalized, but some key vacation dates have been established.
Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 26-28
Winter Break: Dec. 22-Jan. 2, 2026
Spring Break: April 3-10

You might find Thornapple Kellogg Schools food service director Jessica Endres in the kitchen helping prep meals in the kitchen, on the serving lines helping out at lunchtime, or planting and harvesting the school’s new hydroponic garden system. Food grown in the system then finds its way into school lunches, offering healthy home-grown options to students.

We are excited to have your child enrolled at Thornapple Kellogg Schools. If you desire to use TK bus transportation for your student, please see the sign-up information provided. Information is required by Aug. 4 to begin riding the bus the first day of school. We look forward to helping provide safe transportation for all students to and from school each day.

Artwork from students throughout Thornapple Kellogg Schools will be on display at the annual Fine Arts Festival Sunday, from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at Thornapple Kellogg High School. This is a free event for the entire community. Come for a little while or stay for the afternoon and enjoy the artwork, music and other specials featured.

Thornapple Kellogg Middle School will present “Alice in Wonderland” as their spring play. More than 25 students are involved in this magical show of Alice, the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and all the other colorful characters in the beloved story.

Thornapple Kellogg Schools will be well represented at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals with three teams advancing! The teams advanced after this weekend’s state finals hosted here at Thornapple Kellogg Schools.

Thornapple Kellogg Schools will be well represented at the Odyssey of the Mind state finals with eight teams advancing from regional competition. The state finals are hosted at Thornapple Kellogg Schools on March 15.

TK Alum John Garner created this video showcasing some of the many things that make Thornapple Kellogg Schools such an amazing school district and a great place for families to call home. Garner used his talents to skillfully pull together video clips including interviews with students, parents, alumni and teachers as well as images of the beautiful facilities, classroom learning and school activities. We hope you'll watch and share with friends so everyone can see why we are #TKSTRONG

Clara McKeown fitted plastic straws together while teammates connected toothpicks with putty. They were all working on the same challenge - to build bridges that could span different distances between tables. They were given a limited number of simple supplies - a pencil, rubber bands, straws, toothpicks, putty, some paper clips, sheets of paper and a couple of paper cups. They were also given limited time to plan and then only 6 minutes to discuss plans and then build.