Nov 23Bond Update: November 2022Thank you, voters! — There’s a chill in the air, and winter is just around the corner, but that isn’t stopping our amazing construction teams from making progress on a number of exciting bond projects. New Naches Trail Elementary Construction on the new Naches Trail Elementary is moving right along towards its fall 2023 completion. …4 min read4 min read
Oct 25Bond Update: October 2022Thank you, voters! — Construction is underway on the Graham-Kapowsin High School expansion project. The 33,000-square-foot expansion is adding a new classroom wing, an auxiliary gym and weight room, along with a larger commons area and administrative spaces. The new wing will allow students and faculty members to move from portables back into…4 min read4 min read
Oct 5Bond Update: September 2022Challenger High School Students, staff, and parents were thrilled to finally get a look at the brand new Challenger High when school began earlier this month. Phase II of the project wrapped up on schedule, and the 31,000-square foot structure is now open and in use. The project added more classroom space, common…4 min read4 min read
Aug 30Bond Update: August 2022The path from empty field to thriving school can be long and fraught with setbacks. No project better exemplifies that journey than the new Bethel High School. When our School Board voted to purchase 54 acres of land from Rainier View Christian Church in 2009, the hope was that we…4 min read4 min read
Jul 12Bond Update: July 2022Thank you, voters! — New Naches Trail Elementary (2023) When our construction bond passed in 2019, Naches Trail Elementary was slated to get a complete remodel and expansion. But a cost analysis determined it would actually be more expensive to modernize the current Naches Trail than it would be to build a new school. The new school site…4 min read4 min read
Jun 30Bond Update: June 2022Now that the new Katherine G. Johnson Elementary School is finished and online, our construction teams are turning their attention to a host of other exciting bond projects. Naches Trail Elementary One project that’s beginning to heat up is our new Naches Trail Elementary. When our construction bond passed in 2019, Naches Trail…3 min read3 min read
Jun 2We’re not in Kansas anymoreBefore she started teaching at Cedarcrest in 2018, Katherine Whepley taught high school in Wichita, Kansas for more than 20 years. Despite her nearly quarter century of success in the classroom, Whepley wasn’t even considering a job in teaching until she was in her late 20s. “I would hear or…5 min read5 min read
May 19Bond Update: May 2022Thank you, voters! — New Naches Trail Elementary (2023) Students and staff helped break ground this month on the new Naches Trail Elementary School! Originally built in 1979, Naches Trail Elementary was slated to be a complete remodel and expansion, but a cost analysis determined it would actually be more expensive to modernize the current Naches Trail than…3 min read3 min read
Apr 28Bond Update: April 2022Thank you, voters! — With Katherine G. Johnson Elementary now open, we wanted to provide you with updates on our next projects funded by the 2019 School Construction Bond. Challenger High School Phase II (2022) The second phase of Challenger High School’s renovation and expansion project is getting closer and closer to the finish line. The 31,000-square foot project…3 min read3 min read
Mar 24Bond update: March 2022Welcome to Katherine G. Johnson Elementary! — There was no shortage of smiles as earlier this month as approximately 500 excited students got their first look at the brand new Katherine G. Johnson Elementary. It is the first new elementary school in our district in 13 years, and the first completed school funded by our 2019 bond…3 min read3 min read
