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Another Miller Competing Nationally, only 4 chosen from Minnesota

Melissa — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:03:45 +0000

Congratulations Antoine Duke, who will represent Minnesota in the Nationals!! Washburn Junior Antoine Duke has been chosen to represent Minnesota’s QUEST FOR THE VOICE Nationals in Los Angeles this summer, July 19-25! This is a spoken word competition. He made it through preliminaries, semi finals, and State as one of the top 21 youth poets in Minnesota! He was chosen as one of the top 4 out of 21 poets and will be flown out with the spoken word team to compete NATIONALLY at Brave New Voices International. Well done, Antoine, AND Washburn drama teacher Crystal Spring!

Donation Jar raises $2,097.85 for Haiti

scottz — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:27:38 +0000

Following the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, Washburn junior, Jenny O., asked her Eng- lish teacher, Ms. Hollerich, what Washburn was going to do to help. Prompted by Jenny’s question, Ms. Hollerich put a donation jar in her room and her students began to fill it. Throughout the school, other students and teachers had the same idea. Ms. Hutchison and her art students spon- sored a change war, and Ms. Gustafson and her French students visited other classrooms with col- lection envelopes. Within a few weeks, Washburn students and teachers raised an impressive $2,097.85 for the American Red Cross.

Spoken Word, Antoine Duke chosed for finals

scottz — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:08:34 +0000

Washburn Junior, Antoine Duke, has been chosen to compete in Minnesota’s QUEST FOR THE VOICE Finals. This is a spoken word competition. He has made it through preliminaries, and semi finals, and has been chosen as one of the top 20 youth poets in MN! He will be competing for a chance to representMinnesota at the National competitions in LA this summer. We are so proud to have Washburn represented at the finals!

If you want to come to the finals, they will be March 25th at 6 pm at Moos Tower at the U of M.

Washburn Students Work with Graphic Design Students to Fight Intolerance

scottz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:58:28 +0000

Create! Don’t Hate, a youth mentoring initiative built around the theme of tolerance, was launched in late January at Washburn High School, a Minneapolispublic school. The program gives youth in underserved communities a real-world experience using design thinking to communicate their ideas, discover their potential, and take action in their communities.

For this initiative, AIGA Minnesota, the professional association for design, has teamed 20 Washburn art students with 20 graphic design students from Twin Cities colleges to create powerful public billboards that address the theme of tolerance in a variety of compelling and thought-provoking ways. This nine-week program is designed to give participating students the tools and guidance they need to create an impactful message which will have broad visibility in their community.

The Washburn students meet weekly with their mentors during Tuesday morning classes taught by art teacher Nancy Hinz. “It is an excellent opportunity for my students to collaborate with talented graphic design students while learning more about the design process and possible career options,” said Hinz. “They are so excited about their work being displayed for the general public to see!”

Lisa Musselman, Director of Volunteers for AIGA Minnesota and project coordinator for Create! Don’t Hate smiled when she commented that, “I don’t know who is more enthusiastic—the high school students or the college-aged mentors. This is definitely a win-win situation for everyone involved. There is lots of creative energy and inspiration going back and forth.”

One highlight will occur halfway through the project, when esteemed professional designers from the Twin Cities design community will join the mentor/mentee teams to offer constructive critiques. Then, during a celebration at the end of the project, several layouts will be selected for display on billboards throughout the metro area.

The Create! Don’t Hate project is an initiative of Design Ignites Change, a nationwide program that challenges students to use design thinking and innovation to explore and create solutions to pressing social problems, and is funded by Adobe Youth Voices and Worldstudio. AIGA Minnesota, one of the nation’s oldest and largest professional design organizations, has partnered with Adobe and Worldstudio to bring the project to the Twin Cities. To learn more, visitwww.designigniteschange.org

Robotics Team wows crowd at 'Windows' Kickoff event.

scottz — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:31:20 +0000

Robotics Team Coach and Washburn Physics Teacher Peter Grul and team members showed the near capacity crowd at the Windows of Opportunity Kickoff event Thursday evening that sports and arts aren’t the only impressive programs with lots of momentum at WHS. Grul, with team members at his side, showed the video above of his team successfully competing at state and regional events.

Miller, Soren Walljasper featured in the SW Journal

John McCreary — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:49:56 +0000

Miller, Soren Walljasper and a friend find treasure in a neighbor’s backyard and spend a summer on the water.

Read the Article in Southwest Journal – September, 2009.

Last-second kick lifts Washburn over North – Video

John McCreary — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:44:02 +0000

Kyle Hilding’s last-second kick lifted Washburn over North and gave the Millers their 45th consecutive victory in the Minneapolis City Conference on October 2, 2009.

Watch Video of new Washburn student who kicked game-winning field goal.