WSD Weekly

April 17, 2026

📅 Upcoming Calendar Events:

May 1 - Non-Contract Day (No School)

May 25 - Memorial Day (No School)

June 11 - Last Day of School for Grades 6 & 7

June 12 - Last Day of School for Grades PK-5, 8-11 (Dismissed 3 hours early)

The FFA Forestry team competed against 9 other schools at the Stevens County Forestry Contest in Colville last week, where the WHS team took home 1st for the first time since 2019! Junior Trenten Huntington took 2nd individually, and senior John Gutzwiler took 3rd.

Congratulations to everyone on the forestry team on this amazing achievement: Ireland Dedmond, Aaron Hammerberg, Henry Sturman, John Gutzwiler, Trenten Huntington.

The highly anticipated FFA Plant sale is coming. From kitchen herbs, veggies, houseplants and hanging baskets, the plant sale has it all. Reasonable prices and high-quality plants await at the WHS greenhouses. All plants are carefully grown by WHS students and all proceeds from the sale are invested back into the plant sale for next year.

📅 Wenatchee School District Staff Only Sale - April 28, 10 AM - 6 PM

📅 Public Sale - April 29 - May 1, 10 AM - 6 PM

📍Greenhouses are located on the south side of Wenatchee High School. Enter the parking lot off of Miller Street.

The community-driven design process for a new Wenatchee High School is moving fast — and this week was one of the busiest yet.

On Wednesday, the WHS Staff Design Advisory Committee met with architects from Integrus Architecture and educational specialists from Teater Crocker to dig into building priorities. That same evening, the district opened WHS doors to the public for the first of two community open houses, giving residents a firsthand look at the building and the opportunity to weigh in on what matters most.

Thursday brought even more momentum: the WHS Student Design Advisory Committee met to engage directly in the design work, and the full 40-member Design Advisory Committee held its third of six scheduled meetings.

Community voices are shaping this project at every level — from students to staff to neighbors.

Coming Up

There's still time to see the building and share your input. A second public open house is scheduled for Sunday, April 26, from 2:00–4:00 PM at Wenatchee High School.

The district is also hosting targeted tours for key community groups this spring:

• Migrant school leaders, families, and staff - May 7

• North Central Washington Association of Realtors - May 21

• Wenatchee City Council - June 4

If a group you belong to would like to participate in a tour of WHS please reach out to Communications Director Diana Haglund at haglund.d@wenatcheeschools.org.

Also, be on the lookout for our table with design input opportunities at several community events:

• CAFE Pachenga Mercado - April 18
• Apple Blossom Youth Parade @ Triangle Park - April 25
• Día De Los Niños @ Methow Park - April 26
• District Music & Arts Festival @ River Front Park - May 15
• La Terazza @ Downtown Wenatchee - May 16

Learn more about the proposed bond and opportunities to get involved on our bond website

Also, watch next weeks for an interview on the NCWLIFE Channel with Superintendent Kalahar, School Board President Tucker Jackson, and Integrus Principal Steven Clark with Dan Kuntz on the Wake up Wenatchee show.

Panther sprinter Mia Marcoux set a WHS school record at the CWU Wildcat Invite in Ellensburg. She broke the previous 100m dash record from 2013 by a hundredth of a second with her time of 11.94.

The Panther AppleEttes qualified for the state dance competition, taking 6th in Military for the 2nd straight year and competing in Pom for the first time in several seasons.