Bridges High School
Class of 2022
Jason Allen
Amissa Anderson
Jyden Beck
Isaac Boise
LeBron Boise
Thaiisa Dixon
Demariouse Fuaiva
Damon Garcia
Devyn Greene Boise
Margaret Guardipee VanPelt
Shellie Jim
Ashlyn Johnson
Devery Knight
Pierre McCloud
Ernell Moody
Isabel Price
Drew Rabbie
Alexie Smith
RileyRey Miller James
Bridges High
School graduating
seniors of the Class
of 2022, pictures
not available:
Zecharya Charley
Gary Heath
Inez Bradley
Loyal Miller
Jacob
Whiteplume
Adam Rubio Jr.
Graduates Warm Springs Community Parade
Devere Sohappy
Coreena Stwyer
Thoman Walker
School district hosts Gift of Literacy
Jefferson County School
District 509-J celebrated the
Eleventh Annual Gift of Lit-
eracy student gathering.
More than 230 first-grade
students from across the dis-
trict descended on the Per-
forming Arts Center for a
day to celebrate reading.
To welcome the students,
staff and middle school lead-
ership students formed a
tunnel and cheered on the
first graders as they arrived
at the Performing Arts Cen-
ter.
After getting nestled into
their seats in the auditorium,
director of Curriculum and
Instruction Melinda Boyle
kicked off the event with
district Librarian Ryan
Dempsey. “This is my fa-
vorite day of the year, and
I am so happy we were able
to return to in-person,” Ms.
Boyle said.
“In 2020, we had to can-
cel the event due to the pan-
demic. In 2021 we were able
to bring the event back but it
was virtual and each student
stayed in their classroom.”
Ms. Boyle and Mr.
Dempsey then introduced
children’s author Eric
Kimmel. He has published
more than 50 titles, many of
which have won numerous
state awards, appeared on
school and library recom-
mended lists, and won pres-
tigious awards such as the
Caldecott Honor Medal and
the Sydney Taylor Picture
Book Award.
He read aloud his book,
The Three Cabritos to the chil-
The Warm Springs
Community Parade
honoring all Head
Start to college gradu-
ates is coming up on
Sunday, June 5
starting at 11:30
a.m. Parade line-up
begins at 9 a.m. by
dren. Once he was finished,
the students got a chance to
open up the book bags they
received earlier. They all got
a few minutes to read the
book they received high-
lighted in this year’s program.
There were six options.
Thank you to everyone who
had a part in making this a
successful day. That includes,
all of our wonderful 509-J
faculty and staff who played
a part in the event, the library
district and Jefferson County
staff for taking the time to
read to our students.
T h a n k yo u t o Je f f e r s o n
the former elementar y
school. The parade will
travel to the community
center.
The community
is invited to
support the
graduates by
lining the parade route
County Sheriff ’s Office, Ma-
dras Police and Warm Springs
Police for showing off their cars
to the kids at lunchtime.
Special thanks to Jefferson
County Fire District for bring-
ing the fire truck over and let-
ting kids explore it.
Thank you to the 509-J
transportation team who
helped bus the kids over from
the Warm Springs Academy,
Metolius, Big Muddy, and
509-J Online. Also, a big
thank you to Dr. Steve
Nitschelm for spending the day
with the students and bring-
ing along two therapy dogs!
Thank you to all of our
and cheering on our
future. For infor-
mation contact
Lorien Scott at
541-460-1039.
Or email Rosetta
Herkshan at
mrherkshan@
gmail.com
s p o n s o r s i n c l u d i n g Wa r m
Springs Pow er and Water
Enter prises, the Jef f erson
County Rotar y Club, Ma-
dras, Bright Wood Quality
Millwork, Madras Educa-
tion Association, Mid Or-
egon
Credit
Union,
Pa y n e We s t
Insurance,
Pratum Co-op, Rotar y Inter-
national, St. Charles Health
Systems. We would also like
to take the time to honor Dr.
Doug Lieuallen. He and his
wife, Patty, have been long-
time supporters of the Gift
of Literacy.
by 509-J Communi-
cations.