Lake Quinault School District #97 Calendar 2026-2027

In Amanda Park, one K–12 school carries the public life of a remote rainforest community near the southern shore of Lake Quinault. Kindergarteners and seniors share the site. Students change teachers, schedules and academic expectations as they grow older, but they remain within the same school community from the early grades through graduation.

The surrounding landscape enters school through practical work. Horticulture students use the greenhouse and plant sales to study cultivation. ROV projects bring engineering into water-based challenges, and internships connect older students with local work. These experiences let science and career exploration draw on the rainforest, lake and coast. Cross-age projects, athletics, meals, performances and family events are highly visible because every grade shares one institutional home.

Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, Lake Quinault operates on a four-day week. The approved schedule changes transportation, childcare, staff planning and extracurricular routines for the whole district at once. That common adjustment is possible because there is no chain of separate elementary, middle and high-school campuses implementing different calendars. Lake Quinault’s identity comes from one school serving a remote place, carrying students through every grade and using the natural and human resources around Amanda Park as part of their education.