Come support your Jr. Blues and all the students participating at tonight's Regional Championship Soccer game vs. Wichita East High School! Game starts at 6:00 PM at the WRHS McElroy Field and will be live streamed at http://wrhs.net/live.

The winner of tonight's game will advance to State Quarterfinals on Monday, November 3.

It was a cold, wet weekend in Independence, Kansas, but that didn't keep the Washburn Rural High School band from showing up and showing out at this year's Neewollah Marching Festival.

WRHS swept their division, earning:
🏆Best of Class
🏆Outstanding Drum Major
🏆Outstanding Color Guard
🏆Outstanding Percussion Line
🏆People's Choice Award

They were also named Runner-Up Grand Champions!

Congratulations to our dedicated band members and their incredible directors on this outstanding achievement!

We are deeply grateful to the Auburn-Washburn Public Schools Foundation and its volunteer leaders, who spend countless hours planning, fundraising, and reviewing applications to make programs like this possible. Their passion and commitment helps keep Auburn-Washburn a place where students and educators thrive.

Come support your Jr. Blues and all the students participating at tonight's Round 1 Regional Soccer game vs. Wichita Northwest High School! Game starts at 6:00 PM at the WRHS McElroy Field and will be live streamed at http://wrhs.net/live.

The winner of tonight's game will advance to Regional Finals on Thursday, October 30.

We’re proud to announce that Washburn Rural Middle School has been recognized as a Kansas Green School and was awarded the Silver Globe Award by the Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education! The Silver Globe Award recognizes schools that go beyond environmental awareness and take measurable, student-led action to improve their campus and community through sustainability, conservation, and environmental investigations.

Green Club Advisor and ESTEEM Program Facilitator, Kathryn Louderback, shared the following with members of the Board of Education on Monday night: "This recognition is a direct result of the work of our students and school community. They led recycling drives, collected over 1,000 pounds of plastic film, conducted environmental investigations, completed citizen science projects like monarch tagging, and achieved positive outcomes in our school learning community. We were able to achieve this recognition through partnerships and collaborations within the school, with the help of STUCO, cafeteria staff, custodial support, and classroom teacher participation. These efforts not only helped our school become more sustainable but also empowered our students to become leaders and problem-solvers."

Congratulations on being named one of the top environmental education schools in Kansas! 🌿

Two Washburn Rural High School teams traveled to The University of Kansas for this year’s High School Design Competition.

Please join us in congratulating Brady Haag, Jackson Tuckwin, Liam Morrison, Nicholas He, and Brooks Kehoe for earning 2nd place among 26 teams in the Mechanical Engineering Design Challenge! Guided by instructor Chandrakala Mandapati, the team applied principles of force, potential energy, and torque to design and build a mousetrap-powered carriage capable of navigating uneven terrain and accurately delivering its cargo. Click the video link to see their carriage in action: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11BosaRIkKy1OAXNKK6N5ZVyy984NYBgS/view

We also extend our congratulations to Grayson Huey, Joel Jijo, and Shrutha Bangalor for their strong performance in the Computer Science Engineering Competition. Guided by instructor Haley Schmitz, the team designed a poster generator to create unique, themed posters. Each team arrived with a functioning poster generator, then had to incorporate new special features on-site before presenting their final project and code to a panel of judges. The team demonstrated exceptional problem-solving, algorithm design, and user interface development skills to complete the challenge. Click here to see their final product: https://poster-generator-mu.vercel.app/

Come support your Lady Blues and all the students participating at the Varsity 6A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, October 25! Games start at 1:00 PM in the WRHS Activity Center. Washburn Rural is hosting Maize High School, Wichita East High School, and Wichita West High School. All games will be live streamed at http://wrhs.net/live.

The winner of the tournament will advance to the state tournament in Salina on October 31 – November 1.

Come support your Jr. Blues and all the students participating at tonight's Varsity Senior Night Football game vs. Manhattan! Game starts at 7:00 PM in the WRHS Bowen-Glaze Stadium and will be live streamed at http://wrhs.net/live.

Football seniors will be recognized before the game. Seniors of other fall activities will be recognized at halftime.

Last Friday, the Auburn-Washburn Public Schools Foundation hosted its 2nd Annual Golf Tournament at Cypress Ridge Golf Course. Thanks to the incredible support of our golfers, sponsors, and volunteers, they raised $17,877 to benefit students and staff across the district. These funds will directly support classroom grants that bring innovation and opportunity to all of our schools! ⛳

Reminder: There are still three in-person opportunities to share your feedback with members of the Board of Education!

📅 Wed., Oct. 22 at 6:00 PM | Washburn Rural North Middle School
📅 Thur., Oct. 23 at 6:00 PM | Washburn Rural High School
📅 Wed., Oct. 29 at 6:30 PM | Shuler Education Center

In addition to these in-person meetings, please consider participating in the online survey, which gives every stakeholder an opportunity to provide input on the qualities most important in our next leader: https://forms.gle/aGT9XcwroPWAztpz8.