Western Middle School for the Arts

Our mission at Western Middle School for the Arts is to educate and inspire students through performance in academics and the arts to prepare them to be successful, compassionate, and creative citizens in our diverse world. We strive to become a high-performing school that fosters creativity and imagination while enhancing our students’ desires to excel in both academics and visual and performing arts.

School Highlights

• JCPS Visual and Performing Arts Magnet: 
  • Champions creative, motivated students interested in growing as individuals while expanding their world view through challenging, high-quality instruction in both academics and the arts 
  • Structured to support excellence in math, science, English language arts, and social studies as well as an exemplary collection of arts disciplines
  • Magnet Schools of America Certified School
• Advance Program and Gifted and Talented Program
• Recent multi-million dollar renovated school building
  • Two performance spaces: 486-seat auditorium and 200-seat black box theater
  • New state-of-the-art piano lab, dance studio, and theater classrooms
• Verizon Innovative Learning School (VILS)
• High-quality, individualized instruction in academic core subjects
• Student performances and other showcases open to the public 
• Student leadership opportunities: Beta Club, Student Council, and Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) 
• Student activities: Photography Club, Children’s Fine Arts Club, Project Lit, Dance Team, Step Team, Poetry Club, Yearbook Club, robotics, basketball, cheerleading, Dance Ensemble, Volleyball Club, soccer, track and field, swimming, and archery