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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Coach of the Year, player recognition
After their impressive 2021-22
regular season, the Madras High
School girls basketball team made
a great showing at the Class 4A state
tournament, with the girls defeat-
ing Hidden Valley to take third place
overall. As is the custom, Warm
Springs was well-represented on the
team. In their final game at state
this past March, for instance, Kalise
Holliday led Madras with 12 points,
three assists and three steals, among
the other great player perfor-
mances.
The team-work during the sea-
son overall has earned Jerin Say the
Oregon Coach of the Year Award.
Mr. Say has been the Madras High
School girls’ coach for four years
now. Recognition as the 4A Girls
Coach of the Year comes from The
Oregonian-OregonLive selection
team.
“Without those players, I can’t
be the coach I am also, so it isn’t
about me,” Mr. Say says. “It’s about
all of us collectively on the team
and reaching goals.”
In addition to being the girls’
basketball head coach, Jerin is the
Educational Resource Center
teacher at Madras Elementary. He
is in his first-year teaching but has
worked for the school district for
the last six years as an educational
assistant at the high school.
“This is what I do,” he says. “This
is what I love to do, you know, help-
ing the kids in our community. I
grew up here. I graduated from
Madras.”
Say is a 2004 alum from Ma-
dras High School. He was a junior
in high school the last time the girls’
basketball team won a state cham-
pionship back in 2003.
“I talked to the girls about what
Courtesy OregonLive
Sasha Esquiro was named First-Team All-Tournament.
the 2003 girls went through,” he
says. “The leadership and the teams
they face, the caliber of players
they face, and what it took for
them to win as well.”
He is looking forward to what
the next few years have in store
for him as a coach, and also for
his players.
“We have a bright future. We’re
looking forward to building on
where we got this year,” he said.
“It’s very promising to see the
work they want to continue to put
into themselves, the team, the pro-
gram, and the offseason to try to
get back to state next year and see
if we can go a little further than
what we did this year.”
Sophomore Ryland Davis also
earned some individual awards this
year. She was named an Honor-
able Mention for The Oregonian/
OreonLive’s All-State team. She
earned second-team all-tournament
in the state playoffs and second-
team all-state from the Oregon
Jerin Say, Oregon 4A Girls
Coach of the Year.
Basketball Coaches Association.
Teammate and sophomore
Sasha Esquiro was named First-
Team All-Tournament. The Ma-
dras girls’ team also brought home
the Sportsmanship Award from
the state tournament this year.
by 509J Communications
Education Sovereignty, Our Choice at conference
The National Indian Education
Association will host the Fifty-
Third Annual Convention and
Trade Show in Oklahoma City this
coming fall.
The Jefferson County 509-J
School District will sponsor up to
four students to attend this year’s
NIEA Conference. The students
will represent grades 10 through 12,
as of the start of the 2022-23
school year.
The theme of this year’s conven-
tion is Education Sovereignty—Our
Choice, bringing together partners,
stakeholders, tribal leaders, educa-
tors, teachers, parents and commu-
nity members to impact the future
of Native education. They will be
offering advocacy and empower-
ment, college and career readiness,
and wellbeing-mindfulness program-
ming, and access to colleges and uni-
versities at the Annual Trade show.
Voting information for the reservation
Election Results from the May
17 election will be certified on
Monday, June 13. This year, Or-
egon ballots counted postmarks for
eligible ballots as long as those post-
marks were made before 8 p.m.
on May 17.
Most all election results are
known at this point but await certi-
fication.
Regarding the upcoming No-
vember election: For the Warm
Springs area, redistricting has
changed the area’s Oregon legisla-
tive districts.
Jefferson County and Crook
County make up most of Oregon
State District 59. That district now
excludes the Warm Springs Reser-
vation, which now falls in district
57 with much of Wasco County.
In the November election, Re-
publican Greg Smith is running un-
opposed for District 57 represen-
tation. District 59 has incumbent
Vikki Breese-Iverson facing off
against Lawrence Jones.
Warm Springs is now part of
Oregon State Senate District 29
along with Wasco Counties, Gilliam,
Morrow, Sher man, Umatilla,
Union and Wallowa counties.
The November ballot will have
Susan McClain vying for the Sen-
ate seat against Gina Munster-
Moore.
District 30 includes a large part
of Jefferson County plus Crook,
Grant, Baker, Lake, Harney and
Malheur counties. Lyn Findley is
the Senator for District 30.
The November 8 General Elec-
tion will will also include candidates
for Oregon Governor: Tina Kotek
and Christine Drazan; and candi-
dates for Oregon’s U.S. Senate with
incumbent Sen. Ron Wyden facging
Joe Rae Perkins.
Warm Springs is in District 2
for the U.S. House of Representa-
tives, with incumbent Rep. Cliff
Bentz facing Joe Yetter, Democrat.
To vote you do need to register.
To register you need to be 18 or
older and live in Oregon. For infor-
mation see the website, jeffco.net/
cc
June 1, 2022
Kindergarten registration
Dear parents and families,
We are so excited about
having your child enroll in Kin-
dergarten in a Jefferson
County school. You care
deeply about the well-being
and safety of your child, and
we take that responsibility
very seriously.
Follow these steps to get
your child ready for their first
year.
1. Find your area
school. 509-J has seven op-
tions for elementary.
These are the Warm Springs
Academy, Madras, Buff,
Metolius, Big Muddy, and 509-
J Online, and our new Dual
Language Program. For school
boundaries, you can see a map
on the district website
jcsd.k12.or.us/
2. Families who want to
enroll their child in one of our
schools need to fill out the Kin-
dergarten Registration packet
and bring it to their neighbor-
hood elementary school.
If a family is wanting to
apply for the dual-language
program, they can fill out the
application at in the registra-
tion packet. Packets are avail-
able at schools or the district
office, or on the website.
3. Families will also find a
Kindergarten Summer Accel-
eration Camp for m in the
packet. This program is free
for students entering kinder-
garten in September 2022.
This will enhance your
child’s reading, math, and lan-
guage development skills
through STEAM. The dates
are August 1-19, Monday-Fri-
day from 9 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.
4. Gather your documents.
Parents or guardians will need
proof of address, birth verifi-
cation, and immunization
records when turning in the
registration packet.
5. Take a look at the school
district 22-23 school calendar
for important dates like the first
day of school, breaks, and
more. Schools will be reaching
out to families to let them
know when kindergarten stu-
dents will attend.