COOL Cardinal Alert! Congratulations to Adlyn Neumiller whose drawing for the ND Farm Bureau's contest was selected for its creativity. She was chosen BEST in the STATE for 4th Graders! The theme this year was "Farmers of Tomorrow." Way to go, Adlyn! We are thankful you are a Cardinal!
Congratulations to the Washburn Speech team for more outstanding results at the Hazen Last Chance meet, which was held on Tuesday, March 26th. Easton Kugler - 5th in Humorous Interp & 4th in EPR, Alexis Duke - 7th in Poetry, Matthew Olson & Sidney Montgomery - tied for 1st in Humorous Duo (STATE QUALIFYING), Gabe Rohrich & Haley Matties - tied fo 5th in Humorous Duo, Ethan Swanson & Isabel Samuelson - tied for 5th in Humorous Duo, Christine Yunker & Isabel Samuelson - 2nd in Serious Duo, Ethan Swanson & Sidney Montgomery - 5th in Serious Duo, Vivian Weber - 8th in EPR, Gabe Rohrich - 8th in Storytelling & 8th in Radio, Matthew Olson - 3rd in Impromptu, Natalie Ronderos - 4th in Inform & 7th in Persuade, and DJ Winter - 4th in Radio. It's a great day to be a Cardinal!
Pre-school screening is April 10th. See flyer for information.
Congratulations to our Cardinals February students of the month, senior Alexis Duke & eighth grader Vivian Weber! The theme of the month was No Excuses. They persevere through any adversity that they face.
Preschool Screening, Wed. April 10th and Wed. April 17th
9:30am - 2:30pm
Call the Washburn Elementary School office at 462-3261 to schedule your 3, 4, or 5 year old child's screening.
If your child is currently enrolled in preschool, he/she does not need to be screened. This is not preschool enrollment, it is a free development screening.
Washburn Public will be two hours late on Monday. Classes begin at 10:30 AM. No breakfast. Bussing where possible.
Grand March 2024
See Facebook for more pictures!
Thanks to our tech coordinator, we will be live streaming tonight's Grand March at 7 PM
Jada Vetter hard at work representing Washburn at the North Dakota All State Festival!
See Jada perform with the best musicians in North Dakota Saturday, March 23rd at 12:30pm Bismarck Civic Center
Significant weather will be seriously impacting the Washburn area as early as midnight-2 AM Saturday night and Sunday morning. With the pending weather, we WILL still have prom but on an adjusted schedule as follows:
Pictures: Beginning at 5 PM
Grand March: 7 PM
Doors Lock: 8 PM
Prom Ends: 10 PM
After Prom Prizes and Festivities (at the school): 10-11:30 PM
Everyone Out: 11:30 PM
You will note, after prom is no longer traveling to Bismarck and will be held right at the school. Parents, please note: Prom Couples who did not sign up for post-prom events will be out of the school at 10 PM and couples that did sign up will be out of the school at 11:30 PM. Please make sure you have a coordination plan to ensure their safety once they leave the school.
To the upperclassmen, I know the plans you worked hard at facilitating not coming to full fruition is disappointing. I’m always so cognizant of your “firsts” and “lasts,” and I am sorry this will not go completely as you had it imagined. Weather makes decisions difficult, yet my priority is student safety. Here’s to a fun prom evening all the same. Thank you.
~Dr. Penny
Please find the latest edition of the Cardinal Communicator. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h-lEtZdmdvDigVP_aC13XJuqL2PGrEJi/view
Please check out our employment and coaching opportunities for the 2024-2025 school year!
https://www.washburn.k12.nd.us/o/wps/page/employment-opportunities
2024 Spring Athletics
This morning the third grade classes were very excited to have Deputy Feist, K9 Little Warrior, Officer Schumaier, and K9 Charlie in for a presentation. Thank you for helping bring our reading text to life!
Congratulations to our students for being selected to compete in the Region V Acalympics! Both the Junior (Grades 7-9) team and Senior (Grades 10-12) team proudly represented our school at the competition!
Our student handbook is specific about how phones and other electronic devices are to be handled and accessible in school. Beginning April 2, we will be consistently enforcing our handbook in this area. With that, I wanted to send out a reminder of how our policy reads and what is expected. Please note the items that are bolded and underlined. Those are the most impactful areas of the policy being enforced. **Note: Below is the high school handbook. The elementary handbook it states students are to keep their devices in their backpacks.** You still have full access to your student by calling the school office at 701-462-3221 if you need to get a message to your student. Our priority is their learning and their learning environment. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call me.
Electronic Devices
Modern technology has provided a wealth of electronic devices for entertainment and personal communication. Use of electronic devices will be prohibited at school during instructional time unless such use is for a clearly defined educational purpose with the permission of the classroom teacher. Instructional time is defined as that time between the tardy bell and the bell indicating the class period has ended.
Personal electronic devices may only be used in the hallways and are to be turned off while students are in their classrooms. Devices should be stored in lockers, backpacks, or teacher-provided classroom containers during the class period. Teachers may confiscate devices that are being used during class. Continued use of electronics in the classroom may lead to further disciplinary measures. Such disciplinary measures include, but are not limited to, lunch detention, after-school detention, loss of technology privileges, etc. In instances where a student is repeatedly reminded to stop using their personal electronics, the device may be confiscated and not returned until a parent comes to pick up the device from the school office at the end of the day. Cell phones are not allowed in the locker rooms or bathrooms.
Tonight's Region V High School Acalympics competition will be televised. BEK will broadcast the event from Linton beginning at 7:00.
Two School Board Member positions for the Washburn Public School District will be voted on at the next school board election, scheduled to be held on June 11, 2024. One rural position and one city position will be open, both 3-year terms.
Persons interested in placing their name on the School Board ballot must prepare and sign a document stating their name and the position for which they are a candidate, along with a Statement of Interests form (SFN 10172). Both documents must be filed with the Washburn Public School Business Manager by Monday, April 8, 2024 at 4:00pm. Forms can be requested by email: kendra.casavant@k12.nd.us.
Correction to the previous post about the Washburn Speech Team: after being notified that the was an error in the Humorous Interp placers, Easton Kugler actually placed 5th and Ethan Swanson took home 2nd place honors! Great job boys!!
Congratulations to the Washburn Speech Team for another outstanding showing at the Harvey Invitational Meet today (March 9): Alexis Duke: 3rd in Dramatic Interp, 8th in Poetry, and 2nd (and STATE QUALIFYING) in Serious Prose, Isabel Samuelson - 5th in Serious Prose, Sidney Montgomery - 3rd in Serious Prose, Matthew Olsen & Sidney Montgomery - 3rd in Humorous Duo, Gabe Rohrich - 3rd in Storytelling, Matthew Olsen - 6th in Impromptu, Liza Telkamper - 2nd in Speech to Persuade, Christine Yunker - 3rd in Speech to Entertain and 7th in Poetry, Christine Yunker & Isabel Samuelson - 6th in Serious Duo, Sidney Montgomery & Ethan Swanson - 7th in Serious Duo, Ethan Swanson - 4th in Humorous Interp, and Easton Kugler - 7th in Humorous Interp. Every member of our team in attendance placed today!!! It's a great day to be a Cardinal!!!
