Skip to main content
State Budget Information Data Toggle
Budget and Salary/Compensation Transparency Reporting MI School Data

Thornapple Kellogg Schools Home

A large group of performers in colorful costumes posing cheerfully on stage.
A TKMS student plants flowers in the middle school garden.
TKMS band performs a holiday concert.
The TK Trojan mascot waves to the crowds at the homecoming parade.
An aerial night view of the TKHS Bob White football stadium shows it all lit up during a game.
Students enjoy playing on the nature-based playground.
A large group of students cheering with colorful signs in a gymnasium.
Two boys play Battleship while another friend watches.
Groups of people canoeing on a calm river surrounded by autumn foliage.
Cheerleaders performing a routine in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
A teacher poses with a group of students for spirit week.
Five children posing together, wearing various black and orange clothing.
A student holds a large drawing of cartoon characters in a classroom setting.
A girl lays back on a tire swing spinning on the playground.
Two children interacting with a fur specimen at a classroom table.
Performers in colorful costumes on stage, with a backdrop reading 'McFall Masked Singers'.
Page Elementary School is filled with positive signs!
Three Lee students study a map of Michigan and one student holds up her hand in the shape of the state.
Students engaged in building structures with colorful construction materials in a classroom.
Group of six smiling children wearing orange shirts and medals against a colorful backdrop.
A high school student reads a storybook to a group of seated children in a colorful classroom.
A McFall teacher reads to students.
The TKHS Honors Choir performs.
A marching band performs on a field, featuring a woman in a gown playing a trumpet.
Several students earned honors at the state MITES contest.
TK staff create a giant "TK" on the football field.
Children observe and interact with water and soil in a classroom setting.
Four girls sitting at a table with plates of food in a gymnasium.
Four students wear their orange and black TK attire for spirit week.
TK Students got up early to drive their tractors to school one spring morning.
Beautiful red, purple and orange sunset with photo taking looking at the packed home section of Bob White Stadium during a football game.
Four young men posing together in a gym, dressed in formal and casual attire.
TK Alumni Association marches in the homecoming parade.
TKHS FFA students, community members and school officials break ground on the new FFA barn.
Two children hold decorated bags in a classroom setting.
Lee students create Chinese masks in art class.
Cheerful kids gather around a mascot on a track field during an outdoor event.
A person working with woodworking equipment in a workshop.
Three children sitting on a playground structure under a clear blue sky.
Two students walk their draft horses through the parking lot of the high school.
A group of children sitting on a floor while an adult reads to them.
Lee students wear their purple "Inclusion Needs Us" bracelets.
Group of FFA students in formal attire posing in front of a school sign.
A group of children in colorful costumes, performing on stage with a red curtain backdrop.
Yellow school bus driving along a curved road in sunlight.
TKHS Trozone motions for a first day in their neon colors on game day.
Students relaxing in blue hammocks on a sunny day outdoors.
Children gathered around illuminated letters spelling 'JUMP' with colorful shirts hanging behind.
A specialized license plate "AllN4TK" reads All In for TK.
TKHS marching band forms the "TK" in the middle of the field during their halftime show.
A student reads a book in the windowsill on a sunny winter day.
A child working on assembly of a robotic model at a classroom table.
Four Lee students hold painted rocks that were part of a schoolwide project to spread kindness.
A child observing a fish tank filled with various fish and aquatic plants.
A student pushes two other students on the tire swing on the playground.
Two girls in costume perform dramatically on stage with various outfits in the background.
A firefighter dressed in fire emergency gear shakes hands with students.
Person in a gym donating blood while sitting in a reclining chair.
Students listen to the librarian read a book.
Child reading a book while lying on a large stuffed animal in a cozy setting.
Students observing a teacher conducting a messy science experiment in the classroom.
A large choir performing on stage in a theater with a dark backdrop.
Two brothers work on building a canoe in their woods class at TKHS.
Four students in a classroom, with one wearing a costume and silly glasses.
The middle school band performing the National Anthem at Comerica Park before a Tigers home game.
TK Middle School band performs.
A marching band parades in uniform, holding orange flags outdoors.
Parade float with blue balloons, FFA banner, and people holding goats.
A woman painting a unicorn and eagle artwork in a modern art space.
A double rainbow spans across TKHS and the stadium.
McFall Principal Sleeman reads a book to a group of children sitting on the floor in a library.
A student smiles at his helper as he rides a horse in the therapeutic riding program.
TKHS seniors gather for the senior sunrise on their last first day of high school.
Group of people enjoying a swim in a pool with toys and floats.
Group of six students posing together in a school cafeteria.
Two cheerleaders are all smiles at the first home football game.
A teacher works with a small group of students in reading.
Children sitting on the floor reading books together in a classroom.

Encouraging and developing the greatest potential of each student

News & Announcements

Teachers and students climb up and down the stairs in the stadium.

Page Students Gain Understanding of 9-11 One Step at a Time

Page Elementary students ran, walked and jumped up and down the steps at Bob White Stadium all day Friday. The stair challenge is a growing event for Page students. It started out with just one class taking on the challenge and this year spread to the entire school.
A student interviews and films one of the football players.

TK Media Day Feels Like “Real” Experience for All

“Favorite NFL player?” “Favorite color - black or orange?” “Michigan or Michigan State?” High school junior Jackson Lambitz fired off a rapid succession of questions as he focused his camera and recording equipment on a TKHS football player.
A fifth grade student signs a social contract on the board.

TK Staff Value Capturing Kids’ Hearts Program

“Respect,” “caring,” “safe, respectful and responsible,” and “treat others the way you would want to be treated” - all words placed on Jackie Schneider’s fifth-grade classroom’s social contract. More importantly, every student and Schneider added their signature giving them ownership and accountability of the contract they helped create.
Students getting lunch in the cafeteria.

TK Schools Partners with Chartwells for 2026-27

Thornapple Kellogg families will be able to check breakfast and lunch for their students off their list for the 2026-27 school year. TK has partnered with Chartwells K-12 as the new foodservice provider that will begin serving students this year. We’re excited for our new partnership and introducing Chartwells to our students and community. Read more to find out about the service and plans for the district from TK Food Service Director Monica Collier.
TK Class of 2027 gathers for Senior Sunrise.

Class of 2027 Gets an Early Start on Their Last First Day

It’s not often students voluntarily arrive early to school. But there is one exception - Senior Sunrise. Members of the Class of 2027 gathered long before the sun came up and the school bell rang to connect as a class, reunite with friends, and celebrate their last first day of school.
A student wears his Guardian Cap over his regular helmet.

Donors Support MS Football Players with Added Safety

Middle School football players Dawsen White and Jase Huey sat in the locker room excitedly talking about their upcoming season as they strapped new Guardian Caps on their helmets. The soft-padded, removable helmet cover adds another level of protection to help reduce the risk of concussions or other head injuries.
Fourteen new teachers join the TK family.

TK Welcomes New Teachers for 2026-27

Fourteen new teachers will join the Thornapple Kellogg Family for the 2026-27 school year. All attended a new teacher orientation meeting the week before school starts.
Show All News

Calendar

Show All Events

A message from Superintendent Rob Pouch

Welcome to Thornapple Kellogg Schools! We're glad you're here!
We strive to make TK Schools a safe, nurturing, and enriching learning environment for all students where they can enjoy learning, growing and developing positive relationships with caring administrators, teachers and staff.  We strive to make every student feel important, safe and respected as well as challenged in their curriculum.
We believe we have a unique environment filled with positive support from the community, TK families and all of our TK staff - all dedicated to making our school district the very best. We are all working toward the same goal - providing each student who comes through our doors with the best educational experience possible and preparing them to achieve their future goals.
Our TK community is especially committed to our schools and work cooperatively to provide real-world experiences, opportunities and much-needed support. Parental involvement is highly welcomed at all levels. Our middle and high school administrators have regular parent advisory meetings for input and discussion. Our elementary schools are supported by a very active Parent Teacher Organization which is always looking for volunteers.
We're glad you've chosen to be part of the TK family! Please stop in and see us soon! 
Read more