CONGRATULATIONS to the 2025 Parade of Playhouse winners:
Pick of the Parade
1st: Liberty High School
2nd: Independence School District
Best Innovation
Excelsior Springs Area Career Center
Best in Craftmanship
Liberty High School
Distinctive Plan & Design
Olathe Advanced Technical Center
What is the Parade of Playhouses?
The Parade of Playhouses is fun and creative, allowing local area high school career centers to design and build unique playhouses to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
2025 Parade of Playhouses
- WHERE: Haverty Family Yards, Union Station
- WHEN: April 1 through April 6, 2025
- Bidding: Begins 9:00 a.m. April 1 and ends April 6 at 5:00 p.m.
- Proceeds Benefit: Science City at Union Station to support STEM learning
- Recognition & Awards Ceremony: Saturday, April 5
School participating include:
- Belton High School
- Bonner Springs High School
- Excelsior Springs High School
- Fort Osage Area Career Center
- Independence School District
- KCPS Manual Tech
- Liberty High School
- Olathe Advanced Technical Center
- Spring Hill High School
- Wyandotte High School
Bid on a playhouse for your backyard!
Themes include SpongeBob, Horton Hears a Who, School House Rock, and a bulldozer.
Go online to bid on a playhouse starting April 2.
A panel of judges that will inspect the playhouses and awards will be presented for Pick of Parade in both the Student and Builder categories, Best in Craftsmanship, and Best in Innovation.
Space is limited! Contact Jordynn Webster at jordynn@kchba.org to reserve your spot for a playhouse.