• Open to students entering 9-12th grade and enrolled in the WANIC consortium: Bellevue, Everett, Issaquah, Lake Washington, Mercer Island, Northshore, Riverview, and Snoqualmie Valley School Districts.
• Home school and private school students must register with their local public high school.
• On the application, current 8th graders select Graduation Year 2023, current 9th graders select 2022, current 10th graders select 2021 and current 11th graders select 2020.
• No out-of-consortium students will be accepted for Summer Skills Academy.
• Students may not apply for a Summer Skills Academy class they have previously completed.
• Biosystems, Genetic Research & Ethics (formerly Dynamic DNA) is open only to rising 10^th, 11^th and 12^th grade students.

• Submitting an application is not a guarantee of enrollment.
• WANIC will accept only one application per student. If you have a second program choice, please indicate it on the application.
• Program offerings are subject to change or cancellation.
• Site visits are not required for enrolling in Summer Semester.

• Free Tuition.
• All classes have a $50 supplies fee (assistance may be available for students who qualify for free or reduced lunch).
• After you receive an email confirmation of enrollment (this is not the application confirmation email that you receive at the time you submit your application), pay the class fee online or mail a check payable to WANIC.
• Do not pay the class fee before you receive the enrollment confirmation.
• Fee must be paid by June 1 to hold your spot.
• No refunds after June 1.

• This one semester high school class is only 13 days long; do not register for Summer Skills Academy if the student has other plans and will miss more than one day.
• 1 excused absence is permitted. After 1 absence the student may receive a low or failing grade which will be reflected on the student's official high school transcript.
• Absences may not be excused by the student and must be excused by the parent.

• Earn 0.5 CTE/Occupational Education HS credit except where noted otherwise in the class description.
• Grade and credit earned will be posted to the student's official high school transcript and will be calculated in to their high school GPA. This is Washington State policy for all high school classes attempted.
• College credits are not available for Summer Skills Academy.

Course offerings subject to change. Click here for descriptions

• 2D Video Game Design: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Audio Production: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Biosystems, Genetic Research & Ethics (formerly Dynamic DNA): 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Biotechnology: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Computer Aided Design (CAD) & 3D Printing: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Computer Science & Engineering: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Computer Science Intro: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Culinary Creations: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• DigiPen 3D Modeling: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• DigiPen Art & Animation Intro: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• DigiPen Music & Sound Design Intro: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• DigiPen Video Game Development Intro: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• DigiPen Video Game Programming Intro: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• DigiPen World Building: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Digital Forensics: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Entrepreneurship: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• eSports Streaming & Twitch: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Family Health: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Fire & EMS Careers Intro: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Freelance Art: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Health: 0.5 HS Health credit
• Healthcare Careers Intro (Dental, Medical, & Nursing): 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Health First Aid & CPR: 0.5 HS Health credit
• Human Body & Behaviors: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• IT Academy: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Personal Finance: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Photography: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Sustainable Green Design: 0.5 HS CTE credit
• Welding: 0.5 HS CTE credit