You're invited to our annual Homecoming Parade tomorrow, Friday, October 3, 2025, at 2:15 PM! Please review the attached map for the parade route, spectator parking, road closures, and early pick-up details to help the event run smoothly.

The Auburn-Washburn Board of Education invites you to share your voice in the search for our next superintendent! Please consider joining us at one of the following in-person meetings:

📅 Mon., Oct. 20 at 5:15 PM | Washburn Rural Middle School
📅 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 our online survey, which gives every stakeholder an opportunity to share their input on the qualities most important in our next leader: https://forms.gle/aGT9XcwroPWAztpz8.

Your voice matters in shaping the future of Auburn-Washburn. Thank you for joining us in this critical process as we work together to ensure a bright future for our students and community.

Come support your Jr. Blues and all the students participating at tonight's Boys Soccer game vs. Kapaun Mt. Carmel! Varsity game starts around 6:15 PM at the WRHS McElroy Field and will be live streamed at http://wrhs.net/live.

Reminder: Wednesday, October 1, 2025, is an early release day. All schools will dismiss 90 minutes early.

⛳ REMINDER: Only two weeks left to register your team for the golf tournament! Don’t miss your chance to join the fun. http://www.2025AWPSF.golfgenius.com

Reminder for Families: There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, September 29, 2025, as our staff will be participating in a full day of professional development.

These training days are an important opportunity for our teachers and staff to grow, collaborate, and strengthen the learning experiences we provide for students.

Classes will resume on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Thank you for your support as we invest in the continued success of our students!

Come support your Lady Blues and all the students participating at the round-robin Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, September 27! Games start at 9:00 AM in the WRHS Activity Center. Washburn Rural is hosting Blue Valley High School, St. James Academy, Great Bend High School, and Manhattan High School.

Games will take place on both courts in the Activity Center and be live streamed at http://wrhs.net/live.

A new Environmental Science elective at Washburn Rural Middle School and Washburn Rural North Middle School is giving seventh-graders the opportunity to study how living things interact with their environment. In this hands-on course, students are developing strategies for sustainable resource use, exploring renewable energy options, and evaluating solutions for reducing pollution and protecting biodiversity.

As part of today's lesson, students used a watershed landscape model to observe how rainfall can cause pollutants to travel through runoff. Tomorrow, they'll shift their focus to the school grounds, using city topography maps and utilities exploration charts to investigate how water flows across the property.

Homecoming is just around the corner! Washburn Rural High School Student Council invites students, staff, parents, alumni, and friends to celebrate "A Night in Rio" on Friday, October 3, 2025!

🎷 Homecoming Parade 🎷
2:15 PM
Access road between Washburn Rural Middle School and Washburn Rural High School

🍔 Tailgate Party 🍔
4:30–7:00 PM
$5 meal deal (includes burger, chips, drink, and a "treat")
Live entertainment, face painting, and more!

🏈 Football Game 🏈
Kickoff vs. Topeka High Trojans at 7:00 PM
Crowning ceremony to take place at halftime

It may be raining today, but it was sunny and bright last week when these fifth graders took their turn exploring our 55-acre outdoor education campus! From tracing food chains and energy transfer, to spotting signs of wildlife and learning about the essentials of animal survival, students dug deep into nature. They hiked the prairie in search of milkweed, studied habitats and ecosystems, and discovered how living and nonliving factors work together to support habitats.

Gifted to Auburn-Washburn in 1993 for the sole purpose of environmental education, the outdoor campus features two mobile classrooms, ponds, nature trails, and open-air pavilions.