Each year, WMS chooses a priority need or opportunity that cannot be readily met through the regular operating budget. All the support from previous families before us have helped to create the incredible opportunities that make our community and school what it is today.  Examples of past paddle raises include the creation of the Innovation and Design Lab, support for outdoor education, playground structures at both campuses, tuition assistance, professional development for faculty and staff, and more.

Last year, our community came together to raise the paddle for building improvements, ensuring that our campuses are on a continued path for growth at all levels. Over $100,000 was raised allowing the school to relocate several classrooms to provide more community connection among respective levels, dedicate a community room for school gatherings to return, and prepare our Bothell campus for infrastructure upgrades in 2023.

As a strategic priority to continue to improve and enhance our facilities in phases over the next few years, we are now making plans to:  

• Occupy Building 3 of our Bothell Campus and expand our High School program which will include an upgraded science lab and an indoor PE and recess area accessible to most levels.
• In Building 2, we will be adding a teaching kitchen for cooking classes, reconfiguring spaces to create dedicated music and drama classrooms and enhancing the art classroom and Innovation & Design Lab.  
• We will also create more space and functionality in Upper Elementary and Middle School classrooms with additional bathrooms, moveable walls, and more.

These are some of the exciting improvements we aim to complete at the earliest by the fall of 2024, and we invite our community to raise your paddle high once again for Building Excellence! Giving levels range from $50 to $5,000+ and we hope our whole community considers contributions of philanthropic support to offset rising project costs.  

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF WMS!

What better way to mark WMS's 40th anniversary than to capture this fleeting moment in time through the joy and wonder of our children's individual personalities while in the midst of their school experience? Parent and student volunteers have taken candid photos of every student over the course of their days in this place that has come to mean so much to all of us, and the results are simply stunning.
These priceless photos capture the essence of our WMS students during the 40th Anniversary of our school.  Fair Market Value is $50 but please, pay what you wish! We want all families to have access to these precious moments in time.
We hope you love them as much as we do! You will receive your digital photo soon. Thank you for supporting WMS!