West Collierville Middle School

West Collierville Middle School, (formerly known as Schilling Farms Middle School) is a public middle school (grades 6–8) located in Collierville, Tennessee, which operates under Collierville Schools. SFMS was originally located at 935 Colbert Street South in Collierville. The middle school was established in 2018 after the Collierville School Board reshuffling in Collierville, which led to constructing a new campus for Collierville High School, leaving the old high school building open for use as a middle school.[3]

West Collierville Middle School
Address
1101 N Byhalia Road

Collierville
,
Tennessee
38017

United States
Coordinates35.0695°N 89.6856°W / 35.0695; -89.6856
Information
Former nameSchilling Farms Middle School
TypePublic Middle School
MottoChoose Kind
Established2018
School districtCollierville Schools
NCES School ID470014901134[1]
PrincipalTyler Salyer[2]
Teaching staff69.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades6-8
Enrollment1,295 (2020–2021)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.89[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Maroon and Grey   
MascotDragon
NicknameWCMS
Team nameDragons
Websitewestcolliervillems.colliervilleschools.org

History

The property that is now West Collierville Middle School (formerly Schilling Farms Middle School) was originally Bellevue High-Security Correctional Facility and later the second campus of Collierville High School.[4] After Collierville High School relocated to a newly built campus for the 2018–19 school year, Schilling Farms Middle School was resettled into the old high school building and changed from Schilling Farms Middle School to the name West Collierville Middle School, although the school is in north-central Collierville and is independent of Collierville Middle School.[3]

Academics

West Collierville Middle School offers honors courses in mathematics and English for all middle school grades. Eligible 8th-grade students can take high school English, algebra, geometry, and physical science classes depending on test scores and prior classes. CLEP courses are additionally offered to 8th-grade students at the school.[5]

Activities

Athletics

West Collierville offers three sets of sporting events that coincide with the three seasons of the school year. Autumn sports include cheerleading, cross country, football, girls' soccer, mountain biking, pom, and volleyball; winter sports include basketball, bowling, basketball cheerleading, swimming, trap, and wrestling; and spring sports include baseball, boys' soccer, golf, softball, tennis, and track and field.

Extracurriculars

West Collierville Middle School offers a variety of student organizations and extracurricular activities. Clubs are present for aerospace, literature, Best Buddies, Biblical studies, chess, drama, Dungeons & Dragons, international studies, film, Lego, library volunteering, peer tutoring, photography, debate, student government, stepping, theatre, and yearbooking. There are also divisions of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Junior Beta Club as well as Science Olympiad and VEX Robotics teams.

References
  1. "Search for Public Schools - West Collierville Middle School (470014901134)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  2. "Salyer named principal at West Collierville Middle". The Collierville Herald-Independent. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. "Collierville School Board names new middle school". The Commercial Appeal. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. "History". colliervillehs.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. "CLEP Information". westcolliervillems.colliervilleschools.org. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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