Panther Pulse
Panthers Connect With Elementary Students for Halloween Fun 🎃🦇🚗
WHS students in FFA and ASB brought joy to spooky season this year by hosting two events for younger students across Wenatchee!
On Tuesday, FFA travelled to Mission View, Lewis & Clark, and Newbery Elementary schools to perform Halloween-themed skits for students, teaching trick-or-treat safety tips, fall agriculture trivia, and more. Thank you so much to these elementary schools for welcoming our FFA students, everyone had such a blast!
Wednesday night, ASB hosted its second-annual Trunk or Treat event during Parent/Teacher Conferences to deliver family-friendly Halloween fun to the community! Several WHS clubs decorated their trunks and handed out candy, and the event also featured live music, pumpkin painting, and a food truck. Thank you to everyone who turned out to support this awesome event!
WHS Students Help Create & Join the New Wenatchee Junior City Council
Nine WHS students have committed to serve on the first-ever Wenatchee Junior City Council as seven voting council members and two alternates. Please join us in congratulating the following students for their commitment to affecting positive change in our community and engaging with local government.
Luisanna Esquivel (12), Position 1
Alexander Reeg (12), Position 2
Jessie Evans (11), Position 3
Betzy Espinoza (10), Position 4
Isabella Garcia (11), Position 5
Marina Esquivel Garibay (12), Position 6
Anais Velazquez (11), Position 7
Brayah Maughan (10), Alternate
Xiyun Tang (9), Alternate
WHS Tech Apprentice Nominated for NCW Tech Alliance Future Innovators Award
The Wenatchee School District is proud to announce that Evan Lagunas has been nominated for the prestigious NCW Tech Alliance Future Innovators Award, recognizing outstanding young talent in technology and innovation across North Central Washington. Evan is a senior at WHS and has distinguished himself through his work as an apprentice with the WSD technology department. He recently passed 1,000 hours working as a tech professional with the district.
The Future Innovators Award celebrates students who demonstrate exceptional skills, creativity, and leadership in technology fields. Nominees are selected based on their technical abilities, innovative thinking, problem-solving skills, and potential to shape the future of technology in the region.
Math is Cool Takes 3rd at Last Week's Competition
The Math Honor Society and Math is Cool team competed in the regional Math is Cool competition on Wednesday, where WHS took home 3rd place for the 11th/12th grade division!
Join us in congratulating Gabriela Martinez (11) for placing 4th individually in the pre-calculus division and best in school of all pre-calculus participants, and Xane Randall (12) for placing 11th individually in the calculus division and best in school of all calculus participants.
Deadlines for AP Exam Registration
Full Year and 1st semester AP courses: November 7, 2025
AP courses that are ONLY 2nd semester: March 6, 2025
2025-2026 AP Exams are $105 per exam for WSD students
AP classes are just one of the ways students can take advanced courses at WHS. Taking the Advanced Placement exam in May is always optional. Questions about Advanced Placement (AP): Kathy Moody, District HiCap Coordinator
Wenatchee XC Hosts Districts Race at Walla Walla Point Park
The WHS cross country team hosted the district championship race on Thursday afternoon at Walla Walla Point Park and celebrated their seniors afterward. It was great to have our runners compete in Wenatchee again, after smoky conditions forced XC to cancel their home meet in September.
Congratulations to the following WHS runners:
- Anna Hirsch - 2nd, Varsity Girls 5K (17:53.8)
- Allie Knoop - 3rd, Varsity Girls 5K (18:48.5) - pictured right
- Sam Wagner - 9th, Varsity Boys 5K (16:20.3)
- Ben Newman - 14th, Varsity Boys 5K (16:35.1)
- Kylee Boothby-Sanchez - 22nd, Varsity Girls 5K (21:18.7)
- Hannah Roche - 27th, Varsity Girls 5K (21:22.5)
- Ian Williams - 30th, Varsity Boys 5K (17:43.4)
- Luke Hawkins - 35th, Varsity Boys 5K (17:49.0)
- Shawn Watson - 39th, Varsity Boys 5K (18:02.2)
