Fall Sports Registration Night - 8/4/21 @ 5-7pm in the Main Gym - Enter door 5
Athletic Forms
Official Start of MSHSL Fall Sports -- 8/16/21

Free food boxes for Minneapolis youth will be available all summer long! Families can pick up food boxes at eight sites across Minneapolis. Find Sites & Hours Here

MPS has a resource list for families to use over summer break with options for student enrichment programs and activities, free food, and other options. 

Additionally, you can check out youth services resources here. They provide information on shelters, outreach workers, health & wellness, resource hotlines, and more!  

Here are the links to translated versions of our 2021 graduation ceremony:

English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQpYkQUkV2Q

Spanish https://youtu.be/ZgYW9h6OaYw

Somali https://youtu.be/cOJbs4odONo

Watch the pre-graduation slideshow movie (11 min. 30 sec.) featuring music by Chuck Smith

Graduation Ceremony Photos Facebook or Flickr, A-L Graduates Facebook or Flickr, M-Z Graduates Facebook or Flickr

Check out the Spring 2021 edition of The Odyssey, Washburn's literary magazine.

Choir Director Tim Buzza and the choirs made these amazing choir videos:
• Choir concert video         • Don't Stand So Close to Me 
• Hand in Hand                  • Spring Choir Videos

Love the Arts Scene? Come be a part of it this summer! It's a FREE opportunity to express your identity, develop your skills, and meet new people through dancing, drawing, painting, singing, and creating at The FAIR High School. All students entering grades 9-12 in MPLS and surrounding communities are welcome (not just MPS students).

PROGRAM DATES: June 14 - July 30th
PROGRAM LOCATION: Classes are offered on site at Downtown Arts partners facilities: MacPhail Music, Hennepin Theater Trust, Cowles Center for Dance, and with guest artists
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 16, 2021

Summer Credit Academy will be held at Minneapolis South and Minneapolis Edison High Schools.This is an “in-person” credit recovery program. There are three sessions. If you need credits & have not yet signed up, contact aaron.gerhardt@mpls.k12.mn.us

Read the latest issue of the school newspaper, The Washburn Grist.

Thank you senior parents for an awesome senior party on June 4!
Here are some photos and videos:
• Senior Party Photos by John McCreary  
• Senior Party photos by Dale Olson
• Photobooth photos by Kevin Yellick on the Washburn HS Foundation Instagram 
• Drone videos from senior party

Senior Recognition Night Livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/c/WashburnMillers/videos
 2021 Senior Recognition Program
 senior_recognition_awards_2021.pdf

Thank you to our fabulous prom photographers! Click the title to check out their photos!

The AP Exam Testing window is June 1- June 10 this year. All exams will be taken digitally at home this year. Please read the information in the links below for dates and times along with important information for students on setting up computers for the exam. Thank you so much and please have your students connect with their teachers or Mr. Percy if they have questions.
• Washburn AP Exam digital schedule 2021
• AP Digital exam information letter for students

Washburn staff & students took time to share thoughts on the killing of Daunte Wright and the civil rights movement that we are currently experiencing in our country through an expanded Weekly Webcast on April 16th. Here is the link. A big thank you to all of the students & staff who stepped up to speak out!

We are also partnering with the Mpls Legal Rights Center: here is a short video summarizing the basics of the Know Your Rights information they shared with us in last month's workshop. You can find more info on their website as well.

We are so excited to welcome our Millers back to in-person learning for Quarter 4! Note that students will have two weeks with no school. There is no school March 29 – April 2 for teacher planning week, and there is no school April 5-9 for Spring Break . This space will continue to be updated with information as we know it, so you can always find the latest accurate info right here. We also support those who make the decision to stay with distance learning. Thank you for your patience as we navigate uncharted territories!

Here is the revised schedule for Quarter 4 for all students.
Here is the Quarter 4 Lunch Schedule for in-person students

KEY LINKS

New Q&A doc (as of 3-15-21)
Freshman Tour Sign-Up (Tours on 3/31 & 4/1 -- only for those returning to in-person learning)
Welcome Back Video describing in-person learning
PPT from Q&A session
What We Know Right Now (updated 3-4-21)
Live Q&A Session for Students & Families (recorded on 3/3/21)

Chromebook Expectations for In-Person Learners
Washburn is now a 1-to-1 Chromebook school. All students will receive an MPS Chromebook if they don't already have one. Students are expected to bring their MPS Chromebook home, charge it, and bring the Chromebook and charger to school each day. 9th graders who need one may pick up a Chromebook after their tours on March 31 and April 1. 10th-12th graders can pick up their Chromebook on April 2 between 11 am and 1 pm. Enter door 5 on 49th street by the gym to get your Chromebook. If you cannot make it to pick up a Chromebook March 31-April 2, students can pick one up the week of April 12-16.

Please contact Dr. Palmer with questions that are not covered in the materials above: emily.palmer@mpls.k12.mn.us or 612-668-3402.

Washburn is a food box pick-up site Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Come to Door #3 on 49th St. We will be offering one food box with a week’s worth of nutritious, convenient breakfast and lunch items. Food boxes are free for all youth 18 & under, and all families are welcome to participate in this program.

Cheerleading tryouts will be May 25th and 27th in the small gym from 4-6pm. No experience is necessary but you will need to attend both days to learn the material and tryout. Masks required. Contact coach Michelle with questions at michelle.nelson@mpls.k12.mn.us or call/text 612-440-3412.

Washburn 11th grader, Helen Hedge, has been appointed to the Governor's Young Women Initiative Cabinet working to achieve equity in opportunities and improve the lives of young Black, Indigenous, and women of color. The Executive Council includes leaders from business, academic, non-profit, and government sectors. The Cabinet is composed of young leaders from communities across the state that experience some of the greatest disparities in opportunities and outcomes. Thank you for your leadership, Helen!

Congratulations to Ebba Nordstrom who took 2nd place in the state Poetry Out Loud competition on March 11, 2021! Her performance was terrific and showed months of hard work.  She will receive a cash prize and a trophy.  The school will also receive a check for $200 to spend on enhancing poetry and Poetry Out Loud in our school. State champs two years in a row for Washburn. Whoo-hoo!!!!! Facebook - Google Photos Album

The Washburn Student Council has published a statement about racial justice. Please click to see the full statement.

"We not only demand that community leaders address social injustices through systemic changes in the areas of police reform, voting rights & access, and economic disparities in our city, but we call on our whole school community do the following:

• Commit to practicing anti-racism work at school and in our own personal lives;

• Acknowledge and address the systematic problems in our own school system that create divisions and separations between white students and students of color;

• Listen to and uplift the voices of students of color."

Welcome Video for New Families
Meet Our Staff
Review Distance Learning Schedule & Calendars here! 
New parents can set up parent portal accounts at https://sisportal.mpls.k12.mn.us

We are so excited to welcome our Millers to the new school year! Since we can't be together in person, our staff are sending a welcome by video. You can click on individual teachers & staff, or watch them all. Go to this Flipgrid link and enter guest code MeetWHSStaff. Enjoy!

We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Arslan Aziz to Washburn in the role of Assistant Principal! Mr. Aziz is replacing Ms. Tenner, who was chosen as the new principal at Justice Page Middle School next door. Mr. Aziz comes to us from Upper Mississippi Academy, where he was most recently in the role of co-director. Prior to his work at UMA, Mr. Aziz was an Instructional Coach and taught HS Science in Brooklyn Center. Welcome to Washburn, Mr. Aziz!

Right now we are living in really tough times. Students (and families!) - please reach out for help when you need it!  Emall any of the following people: 

WHS Class of 2020 students Nathaniel Mersy and Ben Anderson created a YouTube Channel called WHS Tech Tricks with tech trick tutorials for students to help Millers navigate distance learning. This channel is an IB Diploma CAS Project, and just one example of the fabulous work our Millers do as part of the IB Diploma Program.

Also - there is a district Technology Support website for students & families that has software & platform training in four languages. Check them out!

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