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Rogue River Branch’s “Why Schools are Important" essay contest winner:

“The Reason School is Important"
By Jessica
8th Grade
Rogue River Middle School

Many of us have heard the term “Our children are our future but without education, our future looks rather dim.” Just imagine a world without the knowledge we gain from schools. There would be no authors, scientists, doctors, or engineers. Look at the achievements we have made; we sent a man to the moon; created the telephone; discovered electricity; and pneumonia is no longer a deadly disease. Now think about the future achievements we cannot make without the knowledge brought from school. Such as finding a cure for cancer and creating a world that runs entirely on renewable resources. What about finding life on another planet? This is why school is so important. Good schools are our present, past, and future! They are the reason we thrive.

Photos from recent Jackson County Reads programs! Teru Kuwayama:   Julia Bergman, & Andrew Marcus:   Ginny Hicks: Photos from children’s program featuring Ginny Hicks, local children’s author, reading Mountain Star to children in Jackson County libraries.