Joseph Charter School

Senior 2024- Payton Hess Whether it’s baking biscuits and serving up gravy or supporting others on the football field, Payton Hess brings flavor to every situation. He is a feeder of the soul, a soul-food purveyor, as careful as caring, as silly as circumspect. Even when the days are grey, there is often a sparkle in Peyton’s eye that shines from within. Next year as Payton fight fire for the ODF, he will be sharing this advice: “Procrastination always works out.” pc: Angela Gorham Photography

2nd Grade planted Jack O' Lanterns for the Farm to School program and got to enjoy all the beautiful flowers in the greenhouse today.

Senior 2024- Lakotah Steel Compassionate, bright, and truly well rounded, Lakotah Steel is a person of high character, empathetic to others, and very positive. She spends her time mentoring youngsters, competing in sports, and strengthening her academic grit. As much interested in saving the world as sinking a three-pointer, she leaves the students at Joseph Charter with this advice: “Always stay on track. And if you find yourself off-track, make sure to have four-wheel-drive capabilities.” Next year she will attend Lewis-Clark State College and major in nursing.

Happy Teacher Appreciation week Mrs. Warnock!

Tuesday, May 7th is Class Picture Day!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

Senior 2024- Jessup Orr Mathematical wizard and magical essayist, Jessup Orr can jump from branch to branch, twirl, sommersault, and somehow still land on his feet. Swift as a sparrow, sly as a fox, he also holds high scores on multiple gaming platforms and is always up to his ears in ideas. Perhaps it is no wonder that he will pursue an engineering degree at the Oregon Institute of Technology. His parting advice to students is: “Live free and be true to yourself. I don’t know what will happen if you do both, but its better than you not knowing either.”

The throwers were able to participate in the throwers relay at the Baker Invite yesterday. It was a fun, and very exciting event to see.

Join us as we get the school garden ready for the summer!

Senior 2024- Kane Johnson Cool, calm, and collected, Kane Johnson meets challenges head-on; his ability to interpret and make decisions is far-reaching; his judgement, solid; his handling of pressure, professional. Team captain and academic stand out, Kane is also a fisherman who values family and friends. Sincere in his service to others and always striving to do his best, Kane is humble and still shies away from the spotlight. Next year he will be attending the University of Idaho to pursue a degree in agricultural marketing.

Joseph Charter School & the Lazy Mule Farm are working together to get fresh local produce into the school cafeteria starting with salad greens this May! #FarmtoSchool #EatLocal #FreshProduce #OregonFarmtoSchool

Senior 2024- Owen Gorham Mind over matter, what matter’s most is what’s on his mind, Owen Gorham is a philosopher and golfer and embodies this quote by Jack Nicklaus: “Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game’s two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.” As deeply immersed in the game as gaming, in heart as in mind, Owen takes a swing at each day, punching long drives down the course in every kind of weather. Next year he will be putting on the fair greens of the University of Idaho pursuing a business degree. pc: Angela Gorham Photography

Senior 2024- Jesse Larison Scrub-brush shredding, tree-felling, football scoring fool, Jesse Larison is a scaler of peaks, a wanderer of wilderness, and a hunter. Whether its the mayhem of March mustache madness, or digging into diesel engines, Jesse pursues his passions with persistence. His advice to younger students is “Don’t stress.” Next year he’ll be where the smoke is: because where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and where there is fire, there’s a job.

May 2nd: School Carnival

School Carnival: May 2nd Join us 5-8pm!

Come watch the play/film. Written and Directed by JCS Senior Brandon Cox. May 1st at 7 pm, in the JCS cafeteria.

The JCS band enjoyed the EOSSMA Band Festival in Elgin today. There were close to 150 students participating today.

THIS THURSDAY!

Senior 2024- Adan Lopez Adan, Adam, Junior, whichever name you know him by, Adan Lopez hails from a tight-knit family 18 miles upstream of Imnaha. A football fanatic (soccer), his positive, analytical mind is a force to be reckoned with. No stranger to inquisitiveness, his smile can light up a room. Some parting words from Adam as he heads out into the grand world: “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.” (Franklin D Roosevelt). Boo! pc: Angela Gorham Photography

The 8th grade science class wrote and illustrated information about invertebrates, and then spent time reading them to the kindergarten class.