Due to ongoing weather-related concerns, including extreme wind chills and unfavorable road conditions, all Auburn-Washburn schools will remain closed on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.

Due to anticipated snowfall and dangerously cold wind chills, all schools in the Auburn-Washburn School District will be closed on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Please take all necessary precautions to stay safe and warm during this period of extreme weather.

Join us for a Shoe Drive on Friday, February 21, during the Washburn Rural High School vs. Hayden basketball games! Bring a gently worn pair of shoes and receive a 🍿FREE POPCORN🍿 voucher to use at the concession stand that evening.

Thank you to the WRHS KAY Club, Soles4Souls, and our local DSW for helping give shoes a second life for those in need. See you at the games!

Join us on Tuesday, February 11, at Washburn Rural High School for an evening that showcases how life is better UNIFIED!

Our annual "Everyone’s a Junior Blue Night" offers students of all abilities the chance to shine on their home court. Festivities will kick off around 7:00 pm and will include an exciting Unified basketball exhibition game, along with performances by dancers and cheerleaders.

Help us pack the stands and cheer on all the participating teams!

🏆DECA STRIKES GOLD🏆

WRHS Common Grounds, The Shack - WRHS, and WRHS Bank, the three school-based enterprises (SBEs) at Washburn Rural High School, were awarded gold-level certification for the 2024-2025 school year! They will be recognized during DECA's International Career Development Conference in April in Orlando, Florida.

Managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories, the SBEs provide students with realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction, enhance 21st century skill development, and prepare students for college and careers. Read more about their gold-level certification here: https://usd437.net/news/2025-02-deca-recognized-for-outstanding-school-based-enterprises/public-wrhs-home

School has been canceled in the Auburn-Washburn district on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, due to inclement weather. Parent-teacher conferences, however, will still take place. Please await further details from your child’s teacher and/or school regarding alternative meeting arrangements for parent-teacher conferences.

Come support your Jr. Blues and all the students participating at the basketball games vs. Manhattan tonight, February 11! Varsity Girls start at approximately 6:00 PM and Varsity Boys afterward around 7:30 PM in the WRHS Activity Center.

If you are unable to attend tonight's events, coverage will be live streamed at http://wrhs.net/live.

Congratulations to Auburn-Washburn's own Rishik "Luv" Sinha on successfully defending his title and winning the Shawnee County Spelling Bee! His hard work and dedication have once again earned him the honor of representing Shawnee County at the Sunflower State Spelling Bee on March 22 in Salina.

Come support your Jr. Blues and all the students participating at the basketball games vs. Topeka High tonight, February 7! Varsity Girls start at approximately 6:00 PM and Varsity Boys afterward around 7:30 PM in the WRHS Activity Center. The King & Queen of Courts Ceremony will take place in between the Varsity Girls and Boys games.

If you are unable to attend tonight's events, coverage will be live streamed at http://wrhs.net/live.

Are you smarter than a sixth-grader? The data suggests….it's complicated!

No matter your age, there's something to learn from these Auburn Elementary School students who are putting on a remarkable Science Fair today at the Auburn Civic Center. Through hands-on experiments, they've explored fascinating questions, like:
🥚 What types of liquids best dissolve the shell of an egg?
⚪️ Does adding more Mentos to soda effect the height of the explosion?
🍋 How many lemons does it take to power a digital clock?
🪵 Does the type of wood affect how long it burns?

Stop by between 11:30 am – 12:20 pm or 1:20 – 2:30 pm today, Thursday, February 6, to discover the answers to these questions and more!