Washburn High School

On Senior Awards Night we celebrated valedictorians, IB diploma and medallion candidates, the Athena Award and Miller of the Year winners, and students who have won Washburn specific scholarships.

Social Studies teacher Jason Jirsa and the social studies department held a special Washburn 100 History Day on Friday so students could learn about the rich 100-year history of our school. Students walked through several classrooms and got passports stamped as they learned from exhibits of different decades at Washburn. In the library students were fascinated to discover fashions, trends, famous alumni, and world news in historical Washburn Grist newspapers and WAHIAN yearbooks.

Congratulations to Coach Tracy Byrd and the Washburn boys and girls track teams for winning both the boys and girls city championships last week! In addition several athletes performed well at the Section Meet at Buffalo this week and the following will be representing Washburn at state:
Hattie Anderson - 100m, 200m, Triple Jump
Signe Peterson - 400m
Thomas McVay - 3200
Milo Queenan - Long Jump
Morris Matthews - Long Jump
Xavier Turpin - 400m
Boys 4x200m relay - Michael Stevens, Nori Mrema, Ethan Coffman, Xavier Turpin

Class of 2026 Sign Off video by Ryker Van Nostrand

Congratulations to the WAHIAN Yearbook editors, Lucy and Izzy, the seniors, the leadership team, and the entire WAHIAN staff for an outstanding Yearbook! We revealed the yearbooks this morning before school and seniors picked up their yearbooks today.

For the past two years senior Harriet O’Brien led a project where she photographed and interviewed 20 student leaders at Washburn and created posters with quotes about Washburn that were installed in the first floor hallway today. In 2011 sixteen students were photographed, interviewed, and had their photos posted in the first floor hallway, and Harriet’s photos represent the second phase of the gallery of Washburn students. 💙🧡

Join us Friday, May 15 at 7pm for our final Washburn Theatre performance of this school year: The Washburn Theatre Variety Show! There is no need to buy tickets, but we will be collecting donations towards the future of our program for those who are able to contribute.

25 students performing!
Doors open: 6:30pm
Show starts: 7:00pm
Run time: approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes
One 10 minute intermission

Congratulations to Evie and Sophie for winning the City Golf Tournament!

Washburn students celebrated Multicultural Night on May 7, 2026.

WHS Unified soccer team earned 3rd place at the UCS state soccer tournament on Tuesday! They played hard and were great sports about the weather!