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As a member of the extended Washburn High School and Washburn High School Foundation family, we are interested in getting feedback from you on how we can better deliver programs, services and information to our community. Your insights and opinions are crucial to the Foundation’s ability to fulfill its mission of raising funds to invest in Washburn High School and advocating for the...
Read MoreFormer Miller James Arness Passes Away
James Arness, the Minnesota city boy who became television’s strongest, most stoic symbol of the Old West, died Friday at age 88 of natural causes. Arness was born James Aurness in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents were Rolf Cirkler Aurness (July 22, 1894 – July 1982), a businessman, and Ruth (née Duesler) Aurness (died September 1986), a journalist. His father’s ancestry...
Read More2nd Annual Fall Kick-Off – Back to School
Join the Washburn High School Foundation Thursday, October 14th, for its 2nd Annual Fall Kick-Off Event as we celebrate the students of Washburn. Relive those High School memories with special student performances, great food and good friends. Recapture those Washburn feelings as we pay tribute to the school and raise much needed funds for the classrooms. Buy your tickets now! Event...
Read MorePrairie Lightning: The Rise and Fall of William Drew Washburn
Lecture and Book Signing by author and Washburn descendant Kerck Kelsey. Event will be held at 11:00 am at the Washburn Library located at 5244 Lyndale Avenue S., Minneaoplis, MN 55419. Tom Balcom, a longtime Tangletown resident and Washburn alum will introduce Mr. Kelsey. Mr. Kelsey has chronicled the Washburn family for the past 19 years. He is a historian and a story-teller delivering...
Read MoreYour Source For Everything Orange and Blue…
Become a Member of Washburn Connections. Re-connect with your past, learn about our future, and help us build this website. We would like to keep you informed as Washburn High School makes important new developments. Please register and provide as much detail about who you are, your professional life, family, year you graduated, whatever you want to share. ...
Read MoreWatch this amazing video about Washburn
Many thanks to Greg Brinker of Fallon for putting so much effort into creating this awesome film about Washburn High School, it’s staff, students and community. It’s truly an amazing story about all the good things that are happening on West 50th street, and about all the good things to come. It’s about 18 minutes, but well worth your time. Click here if you would like to...
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