Full Year Courses
For funding and reporting purposes, students must be registered in a public school in the Bellevue, Issaquah, Lake Washington, Mercer Island, Northshore, Riverview, Snoqualmie Valley school districts. Private and homeschoolers, please register with your local high school and inform them you are doing so to be eligible to apply to WANIC.
WANIC will begin taking applications for full year 2025-26 February 4, 2025 at 9:00 am. Applications received before April 15, 2025 receive priority. Students will not be enrolled before this date. Lotteries will be run and emails regarding enrollment and waitlist status for full year 2025-26 skill center programs will be sent between April 23 and April 30. After 3:00 pm April 15, Applications will only be accepted for programs with space available. Full year applications close 3:00 PM Tuesday July 15.
If you are registered in the Bellevue School District applying to a skill center program within BSD, please apply to the skill center program in BSD's Synergy when you sign up for your other classes. You do not use the application link above. BSD students: only use the above link if you are applying to a skill center program outside BSD.
If you are registered in the Northshore School District applying to a skill center program within NSD, please complete the NSD Satellite Program Interest Form found here. You do not use the application link above. NSD students: only use the above link if you are applying to a skill center program outside NSD.
Skill Center programs
- Aerospace Manufacturing - Core Plus
- Automotive Technology
- Aviation Technology - STEM
- Baking & Pastry
- Building Industry Technologies - Core Plus Construction
- Cisco Networking
- Culinary Arts
- Dental Careers
- DigiPen Art & Animation
- DigiPen Data Analytics & Visualization canceled 2024-25
- DigiPen Game Design
- DigiPen Music & Sound Design
- DigiPen Video Game Programming
- Fire & EMS
- Health Science Careers - Nursing
- Maritime Welding - Core Plus
- Medical Careers
- Sports Medicine - Advanced
Aerospace Manufacturing - Core Plus
Automotive Technology
Aviation Technology - STEM
Baking & Pastry
Building Industry Technologies - Core Plus Construction
Cisco Networking
Culinary Arts
Dental Careers
DigiPen Art & Animation
DigiPen Data Analytics & Visualization canceled 2024-25
DigiPen Game Design
DigiPen Music & Sound Design
DigiPen Video Game Programming
Fire & EMS
Health Science Careers - Nursing
Maritime Welding - Core Plus
Medical Careers
Sports Medicine - Advanced
Priority Application Window is tentatively scheduled to open February 4, 2025 9:00 am and close 3:00 pm April 15, 2025.
Additional Course Info
- Times, Locations, Course Equivalencies for WANIC Programs
- College Credit Information
- Course Expectations Additional information about course expectations that may be useful in students', parents', and staff decision making about the program.
- DigiPen 2025 WANIC Information Session RSVP
- Mileage Chart (PDF) Mileage between schools and programs.
- WANIC Application Agreement By submitting a WANIC application the Student & Parent should understand the WANIC Application Agreement.
DIGIPEN INFO SESSION RSVP (click for online form) RSVP for a DigiPen Information Session on the DigiPen Website. Attendance is required prior to enrollment.
Pre-Requisites
These Full-Year Skill Center courses have Pre-Requisites:
All 2nd Year Programs: Successful Completion of the 1st Year Program.
Aviation: Geometry
Baking & Pastry: Foods class
Culinary Arts: Foods or Culinary equivalent
Dental Careers: Biology - Students are required to have successfully completed and passed the course without any adjustments to the standards. Minimum 8th grade reading level ability
DigiPen Video Game Programming Year 1: Algebra 2 completed before enrolling in class
Health Science Careers -Nursing: Biology - Students are required to have successfully completed and passed the course without any adjustments to the standards. Minimum 8th grade reading level ability
Medical Careers: Biology - Students are required to have successfully completed and passed the course without any adjustments to the standards. Minimum 8th grade reading level ability
Sports Medicine: Biology - Students are required to have successfully completed and passed the course without any adjustments to the standards. Minimum 8th grade reading level ability
Program By Locations
Main Campus WANIC Skill Center location at Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Aviation Technology STEM
- Dental Careers
- Fire & EMS
- Health Science Careers – Nursing
- Medical Careers
Main Campus DigiPen Institute of Technology location managed by WANIC
- DigiPen Art & Animation
- DigiPen Game Design
- DigiPen Music & Sound Design
- DigiPen Video Game Programming
Satellite Campus – Bellevue School District: Bellevue High School
- Automotive Technology
Satellite Campus – Bellevue School District: Interlake High School
- Building Industry Technologies Core Plus Construction
- Maritime Welding – Core Plus
Satellite Campus – Bellevue School District: Newport High School
- Cisco Networking
- Culinary Arts
Satellite Campus – Bellevue School District: Sammamish High School
- Health Science Careers
Satellite Campus – Issaquah School District: Issaquah High School
- Sport’s Medicine Advanced
Satellite Campus – Northshore School District: Bothell High School
- Automotive Technology
- Baking & Pastry
- Building Industry Technologies Core Plus Construction
Satellite Campus – Northshore School District: Woodinville High School
- Health Science Careers