Finn Hill, Environmental & Adventure School Open House Set

The Lake Washington School District plans to hold an open house at Finn Hill Junior High School and Environmental & Adventure School, 8040 N.E. 132nd,  next Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 6 – 8 p.m.

LWSD Superintendent Dr. Chip Kimbal and Finn Hill Principal Victor Scarpelli, Jr., will speak at the event, followed by refreshments and jazz music.

According to the district's website, the 48-year-old Finn Hill was reconstructed in the second phase of a districtwide modernization plan. The new Finn Hill Junior High School and the Environmental and Adventure School (EAS) occupy a new, single-story 120,000-square-foot building on the same site of the previous multi-structure facility, and opened this fall. The project was funded through a 2006 bond measure.

The new facility was designed to hold will up to 750 students - 600 students from Finn Hill Junior High and 150 students from EAS. The most recent enrollment numbers at the schools according to the district website are 420 at Finn Hill Junior High, and 140 at EAS.

--Information from Lake Washington School District