College Place High School is the first emerging high school in the State of Washington since 2003. Designing a High School in a district that did not previously have 9-12^th grade programs represented both a unique challenge and opportunity.  A primary goal of the district was to approach school from a project based educational model.  This approach was reflected in the design of the facility through the creation of focus areas, each containing a grouping of classrooms, flex lab spaces, and teacher collaboration areas.