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REGION Saturday, May 30, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3A HERMISTON Jones preparing to say goodbye to high school By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Jocelyn Jones may be retiring as SULQFLSDORI+HUPLVWRQ+LJK6FKRRO next month, but that doesn’t mean she will stop cheering at games, plays and concerts. ³,W¶VKDUGWROHWJRRIVRPHWKLQJ \RX¶YHGRQH\RXUZKROHDGXOWOLIH´ she said. -RQHV NQHZ ZKHQ VKH PRYHG IURPDVVLVWDQWSULQFLSDOWRSULQFLSDO three years ago that she was close to UHWLUHPHQWDQGIDPLO\KHDOWKLVVXHV KDYH PDGH LW FOHDU WKDW QRZ LV WKH WLPHIRUKHUWRFDOOLWTXLWV%XWVKH VDLGLWLVGLI¿FXOWWROHDYHWKHVFKRRO when it has seen such great success WKLV\HDUIURPIRRWEDOODQGZUHVWOLQJ state championships to sending two FFA teams to nationals. ³$OO RI RXU SURJUDPV DUH H[FHO- OLQJ DQG WKDW¶V EHHQ IXQ WR ZDWFK´ she said. 6WLOO -RQHV IHHOV WKDW VKH KDV DFFRPSOLVKHG KHU RYHUDUFKLQJ JRDO when she stepped into the position RI SULQFLSDO :KHQ IRUPHU ++6 SULQFLSDO %X]] %UD]HDX OHIW WKHUH ZHUHDQXPEHURISURJUDPV%UD]HDX DQG-RQHVKDGMXVWVWDUWHGDQG-RQHV said her goal as principal — short though her tenure would be — was WRPDNHVXUHWKRVHSURJUDPVWKULYHG LQVWHDG RI ¿]]OLQJ RXW XQGHU QHZ Staff photo by Jade McDowell Jocelyn Jones in her office at Hermiston High School. leadership. “I wanted to get it so they were LQJUDLQHG LQ WKH FXOWXUH KHUH´ VKH said. 7KHSURJUDPVKHLVPRVWSURXGRI LV+HUPLVWRQ¶VHPSKDVLVRQHDUQLQJ college credit in high school. 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