WANIC

• Ensure student access and opportunities, while promoting equity and diversity in programs
• Provide highly challenging, relevant, specialized courses and programs
• Maintain and expand business and industry partnerships and connections

1. Learn details about the full year course that interests you including the times and locations. Classes are designed for 11th and 12th grade students. Please note courses, descriptions, locations and times are subject to change. If you attend private school or home school, for funding and reporting purposes you must register with your local, public high school (Inform the high school registrar that you are applying to WANIC).

2. If you wish to apply for a Skill Center class that is located in a high school in your home school district, please consult with your counselor for your district's application procedure; you do not apply through WANIC. This does not apply to Lake Washington SD students who must use the WANIC application to apply for any Skill Center program.

• Bellevue SD students applying to Skill Center programs at Bellevue HS, Interlake HS, Newport HS or Sammamish HS should contact their counselor for In-District Skill Center application process.
• Issaquah SD students applying to Sports Medicine at Issaquah HS should contact their counselor for In-District Skill Center application process.
• Northshore SD students applying to Skill Center programs at Bothell HS or Woodinville HS should contact their counselor for In-District Skill Center application process. 

3.  All first year DigiPen applicants must attend one of the DigiPen Information Sessions. THESE ARE BEING CONDUCTED THROUGH ZOOM. Please RSVP for the Information Session here. Contact email wanic@digipen.edu. 

4. Your counselor may request to meet with you to review credits so that you can obtain your school’s approval to enroll at WANIC.

5. Teams supporting students with a formal IEP or 504 who have been accommodated with strategies outside those listed here including modified curriculum/grading must meet with Barb Beck before the enrollment process can be completed.

6. Applications received before April 15, 2025 receive priority.

7. Students will not be enrolled before the 4/15/2025 priority enrollment date. 

8. Once your enrollment has been confirmed by the district offering the skill center course you will be attending, you will receive a confirmation email. These confirmations will be emailed after the priority enrollment date of 4/15/2025. If you have any questions, please see your high school's career specialist, or contact WANIC at wanic@lwsd.org 425-739-8400.

APPLY FOR 2025-26 FULL YEAR WANIC PROGRAM HERE

WANIC Summer Semester classes are equivalent to one high school semester. 

1. It runs weekdays 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. for thirteen full days: (TBD). No school July 4. (Dates subject to change.)
2. All classes are IN-PERSON. There are no online/remote options available.
3. Only students entering 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade in the Fall of 2025 and registered in a public high school in Bellevue, Issaquah, Lake Washington, Mercer Island, Northshore, Riverview, or Snoqualmie Valley School Districts are eligible for a WANIC Summer Semester class. Home-schooled and private school students must register with their local public high school. Out-of-consortium students will not be accepted for WANIC Summer Semester.
4. Submitting an application is not a guarantee of enrollment. WANIC will email student and parent/guardian if the student gets enrolled or waitlisted in their first or second choice program. Be sure to check your junk/spam folders frequently for WANIC emails. Add wanic@lwsd.org as a contact to ensure our emails are not blocked. Parent/guardian may check the “Enrolled” or “Waitlisted” status of the application by logging into https://apply.wanic.org at any time.
5. All enrollments are conditional, contingent on verification and approval from the student’s sending high school. If the sending high school cannot verify the student is actively registered there or if the counseling team determines this class is not an appropriate placement for the student, WANIC will withdraw the enrollment. After enrollment, if you don’t hear from WANIC by, June 11 you can be assured the student has been verified, approved, and fully enrolled.

Detailed information regarding Summer Courses, Summer Rules & Regulations, Summer Attendance Policy, Summer Course Descriptions, Summer FAQ, Summer Timeline, and Barrier Reduction Application can be accessed HERE.