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Community Design

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Your community. Your priorities.

Wenatchee community members are making sure the next WHS reflects what matters most to the people who call this place home.

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See it. Shape it.

Community members are touring the building, asking the hard questions, and providing the input that will define the future of Wenatchee High School.

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Students at the design table.

WHS students are working directly with architects — bringing their daily experience inside these walls to help shape the school they and future Panthers will learn in.

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This isn't being designed for the community

— it's being designed by the community. Students, staff, families, and neighbors are all at the table, shaping every decision about the future of Wenatchee High School.

Community-Driven Design for WHS

Designing the Future of Wenatchee High School — Together

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. The decisions made in the coming months will shape the building where Wenatchee students learn, grow, and become who they are — for the next 50 years.

Wenatchee School District is committed to getting this right. That means putting community voices at the center of every design decision — not as a formality, but as the foundation of the work.

"This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help design a high school for the next 50 years in our community. Key decisions — like whether to preserve and incorporate existing facilities or how to position the building on our current site — will benefit enormously from community input. This process's voice will be invaluable as we work to create a school that truly serves our students' needs." - Superintendent Kory Kalahar 

The Goal

By the end of this engagement process, WSD and Integrus Architecture will have a design direction that reflects Wenatchee — built on months of community input, student voice, staff expertise, and professional design guidance.

November 2026 Bond: That design will inform the bond measure anticipated for November 2026, which would fund the replacement of Wenatchee High School and HVAC improvements at seven additional schools.

Learn About the Proposed Bond

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What the Committees Are Working On

Design Advisory Committee members are reviewing and providing input on decisions including:

  • Whether to preserve and incorporate existing facilities — gyms, pool, and auditorium — or include them in a complete rebuild
  • The positioning and layout of the building on the existing WHS site
  • How learning spaces, safety features, and community spaces should be designed to serve students and the broader community
  • How the building's look, feel, and function reflect Wenatchee's identity and values

Community Design Advisory

A 45-member committee of parents, alumni, business owners, and neighbors reviewing critical design decisions for the future Wenatchee High School.

Student Design Advisory

25 WHS students bringing what matters most — the daily experience of learning in this building and a vision for what their school could become.

WHS Staff Advisory

20 WHS staff members — educators and professionals who work here every day — sharing what works, what doesn't, and what great teaching needs.

Executive Leadership Advisory

District leadership partnering with Integrus Architecture to keep design grounded in educational goals, district standards, and community investment.

Broader Community Engagement

The advisory committees are one part of a larger conversation. Throughout the spring, WSD and Integrus Architecture are engaging the broader Wenatchee community through:

  • Public open houses with building tours and direct input opportunities
  • Facility tours that take community members beyond familiar spaces into the real learning environments and infrastructure of the current building
  • Structured feedback sessions at schools, community events, and public gatherings
  • Stakeholder meetings with specific community groups including business leaders, realtors, and neighborhood organizations
  • Digital input opportunities for community members who cannot attend in person

Every piece of feedback gathered — from advisory committees, open houses, tours, and community conversations — directly informs the design work. Nothing is collected and set aside. It all shapes what gets built.
 

We'd love to come to you — or bring you to us.
Schedule a WHS building tour or request a presentation for your organization, business, or community group. Contact WSD Communications Director Diana Haglund at haglund.d@wenatcheeschools.org to get started.
 

 

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Events 

WHS Community Open House & Tours

  • April 15, 2026, 6-8 PM 
  • April 26, 2026, 2-4 PM

Community Outreach Events: 

  • CAFE Pachenga Mercado - April 18
  • Día De Los Niños @ Methow Park — April 26
  • WHS Plant Sale @ WHS Greenhouses — April 29 
  • District Music & Arts Festival @ River Front Park — May 15
  • La Terazza @ Downtown Wenatchee — May 16
  • Touch-a-Truck (WSD School Bus) — May 16