Opening day at Denny Yasuhara Middle School

Yasuhara Middle School students enter their new school for the first time on the first day of school, Tuesday, Sept.6, 2022.

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Tue., Sept. 6, 2022

After entering their new school for the first time, Yasuhara Middle School students look for where their classrooms are located, Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

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Left to right: Stephanie Lundberg, Yasuhara Middle School principal, Mike Wiser, school board president, Dean Nakagawa, president of the Hifumi En Society, Thelma Yasuhara, (wife of school namesake) and Nadine Woodward, Spokane mayor cut the ribbon for the new Denny Yasuhara Middle School, Tuesday, September 6, 2021.

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Stephanie Lundberg,Yasuhara Middle School principal, welcomes the sixth and seventh graders during a ribbon cutting ceremony opening the school, Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

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Yasuhara Middle School students explore their new school for the first time Tuesday.

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After a ribbon cutting ceremony, Yasuhara Middle School students explore their new school for the first time, Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

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After a ribbon cutting ceremony, Yasuhara Middle School students, parents and dignitaries explore the new school for the first time, Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

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Thelma Yasuhara, wife of Denny Yasuhara, whom the new middle school is named after, takes a tour after the ribbon cutting ceremony, Tuesday, September, 6, 2022.

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