C.R. Washington High School - Warrior Connect

05/12/2026

This year’s yearbook is nearing completion and is going to be extra special! We’ve heard great things about it. The yearbook relies on business ad sponsorships and baby ads for Seniors. Please pass this along to those who may be interested!

Senior parents and families: Buy a baby ad for your senior in the 2025-2026 Yearbook!

All you need to do is: go to yearbookforever.com, choose your ad size, upload your message and photo(s), then we will design it for you!

05/11/2026

🍽️ Tonight, May 11th, is a dine out spirit night at Texas Roadhouse. If you present this flyer, Texas Roadhouse will donate 10% of your food purchases to Warrior Connect. 💙❤️💙❤️ You can order between 3pm and 10pm for either Dine in or Takeout.

2425 Edgewood Rd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

We hope to see you there!

05/09/2026

Warrior Connect wrapped up Teacher Appreciation Week by treating our amazing staff to breakfast featuring Big Wheel breakfast pizza, fruit, and drinks! 🍕

A huge thank you to Marcy and Jake Pease for their generous sponsorship that made today’s breakfast possible. Your support helped us express our gratitude to the incredible staff at Washington High School!

A special shoutout to today’s volunteers Marcy, Sandy, Jenn, and Katie for helping make the morning run so smoothly. We appreciate your time, energy, and support of our staff!

We hope everyone enjoyed the breakfast and felt celebrated all week long!

05/08/2026

Today, Warrior Connect rolled around a little extra happiness with a special snack and treat cart for our amazing staff! 🍿🍫🍪

A big thank you to Kellie and Pat Sauter for their generous sponsorship that made today’s treats possible. Your support helps us celebrate the incredible staff who do so much for our students every day!

Thank you Leah for purchasing and preparing all of the snacks. Shout out to Sandy and Katie for pushing the cart around and delivering snacks and treats to staff throughout the building. 💙❤️

05/07/2026

Today, Warrior Connect celebrated National Beverage Day by treating our staff to special made-to-order beverages!

A huge thank you to Leah and Justin Sloan for their generous sponsorship that made this event possible. We appreciate your support of our staff and school community!

A special thank you as well to Leah Sloan and Sandy Scaia for spending their time preparing all of today’s drinks for our staff. Your hard work and generosity helped make the day extra special!

05/06/2026

Today we celebrated Cinco de Mayo with our staff during Teacher Appreciation Week with a Walking Taco Bar. We love our staff!

Cinco de Mayo day was made possible by the generous and impressive individuals from Class of 1996!!! Thank you Warriors!! 💙❤️💙

Also, big thanks to Amy Steffen with Rapids Vending! She continues to be a huge supporter of several of our events.

05/05/2026

Tomorrow, we are celebrating the Washington High School staff with a Cinco de Mayo walking taco bar. We have a couple of volunteer shifts open for filling and refilling toppings and keeping things tidy. If you would like to help, please comment on the post or sign up on the SignUp Genius linked here.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E054AACA82EA5FB6-62608076-endofyear #/

05/04/2026

💫 May the 4th be with our incredible Washington High School staff!

Warrior Connect loved celebrating staff during Teacher Appreciation Week with a little Star Wars fun and some themed cupcakes. Thank you for the dedication, care, and impact you bring to students every single day! It does not go unnoticed.

A special thank you to our generous sponsors, John and Krissa Sindt, for helping make this celebration possible.

05/03/2026

Warrior Connect kicked off Teacher Appreciation Week a little early with a Kentucky Derby themed all staff luncheon on Friday! 🏇

The event featured Derby inspired games with prizes, delicious catering by The HipStir, and a fun photo booth for staff to enjoy.

Thank you to our sponsors, in-kind donors, and volunteers who made this event possible.

📷A special shout out to Ed Kempf for sharing his time and talent to capture photos from the day!

💙❤️It’s always a great day to be a Warrior! ❤️💙

04/20/2026

One way families support WHS is through the Spring Staff Appreciation Luncheon. New this year, we are going to extend the fun into the following week. We have 6 staff appreciation events from May 1-May 8.

Please join our sponsors to show our AMAZING staff of over 130 how much we value their hard work!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E054AACA82EA5FB6-62608076-endofyear #/