Last week Washburn Rural High School held a week long celebration of its 2024 homecoming, Wizard of Oz. This year's spirit week incorporated many events similar to past years including a door decorating...

September is Suicide Awareness month. Washburn Rural High School's club Sources of Strength, participates in several suicide prevention activities throughout the month. During the week of September 9-13,...

Washburn Rural High School is currently trying out a new scanning system for classroom attendance. One of the teachers who is partaking in this trial run is Ms. Burgett. The new scanning system students...

Washburn Rural High School has announce the names of WRHS students who have been selected as semi-finalists and commended students for the 2024-25 school year. Camden Sayers, Parker Williams, Kavi Chidambaranathan...

McCown Gordon Construction is completing an expansion and renovation at Washburn Rural High School. It started being constructed earlier this year and is on scheduled to be completed next fall. The project...

On June 12, 19, 26 and July 10, 18 and 24 Washburn Rural High School will be hosting Summer Walk & Talks for the incoming class of 2028, as well as any new students. The tours are hosted by WRHS...

Attention all new drivers and parents! Washburn Rural offers a Drivers Ed course over the summer for students who are 14 years of age or older. The 2024 summer session is full, but enrollment for...

On May 8, 2024, at 7:00 Pm, the WRHS Orchestra program had their last concert of the school year. The concert, symphony, and chamber orchestras are all performing two to three pieces. Chamber orchestra...

On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, students at WRHS in agriculture classes attended an event by the Farm Bureau at the Stormont Vail Event Center. This event was called ‘From Farm to You’ which teaches...

On April 18, 2024, WRHS orchestras competed at KSHSAA Large Ensemble at Lawrence High School. This event is comparative to high school sports teams going to state competitions. Band, orchestra, and...

On April 16, a low level tornado made its way across Osage county early in the morning. While Shawnee county was also hit, no sirens were sounded. The majority of the damage belongs to the residents of...

On April 11, 2024 - April 13, 2024, at 7:00 Pm, Washburn Rural Theatre presented their spring play, “The Complete Works of W. Shakespeare (Abridged).” Tickets were available online beforehand or...