The White Pass School District is a public school district located in East Lewis County, Washington

Lewis County, Washington

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. I serves the communities of Packwood, Randle, and Glenoma, located along US Highway 12

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. The district currently has a student population of approximately 400. The district and schools are named after the mountain pass over the crest of the Cascade Mountains, located at the east end of the district.

Current school buildings

White Pass Jr./Sr. High 7-12th grade

Mascot - Panthers/Timberwolves

Address -

516 Silverbrook Rd.

Randle, WA 98377



White Pass Elementary Preschool-6th grade, formerly Randle Elementary

Mascot - Panther Cubs

Address -

127 Kindle Rd.

Randle, WA 98377

Former school buildings

Packwood Elementary

• Mascot - Warriors

Randle Elementary

• Mascot - Tigers

Glenoma Elementary

• Mascot - Wildcats

Athletics

Since 2010, White Pass High School has joined all its athletic programs with neighboring Morton High School in the WIAA 2B classification as the Morton/White Pass Timberwolves. Prior to 2009, White Pass competed independently in the 2B/1A classifications as the White Pass Panthers.

The Morton/White Pass Timberwolves compete in interscholastic competitions throughout the school year, including

Fall Sports

• Football
• Cross Country
• Volleyball

Winter Sports

• Boys Basketball
• Girls Basketball
• Wrestling

Spring Sports

• Track and Field
• Boys Baseball
• Girls Fastpitch Softball

Academic

• Knowledge Bowl

2004 School Closures

Due to loss of timber industry and Forest Service jobs, the school-age population of the entire White Pass School district has declined significantly from its high in the 1970s, especially from the mid 1990s-2000s. By 2004, the Packwood and Glenoma Elementary Schools' K-6 enrollments dropped to around 50 students each, resulting in the closure of the Packwood and Glenoma schools. Since 2004, all students in the district are now taught at the Elementary/High School campus in Randle.

Construction

In 2009, construction began on a new high school as a replacement for the aging cinder block building. Construction was completed on the new high school in summer, 2010, and junior high and high school classes and athletics occupied the new facility beginning Fall, 2010. Thereafter, a complete gutting and remodel of the old elementary school began, with elementary classes occupying the old high school building for the 2010-2011 school year. The elementary school is scheduled to be completed in summer, 2011, after which the old high school will be demolished to make room for parking lots and a bus lane.

Notable Alumni

• Scott Carnahan (1969) - Athletic Director, Linfield College
  Linfield College
  Linfield College is an American private institution of higher learning located in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. As a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college with a campus in Portland, Oregon, it also has an adult degree program located in eight communities throughout the...
  
  ; Assistant coach/business manager, 1996 US Olympic baseball team
• Michael Moodenbaugh - theme park owner/developer
• Kenneth Brown (1994) - professor of Quantum Information, Georgia Tech

External Links

• http://www.whitepass.k12.wa.us/ District page
• http://wpes.whitepass.k12.wa.us/ Grade School
• http://wphs.wpsd.wednet.edu/ High School