Kids In Action
Local teen, Jade Jager, fights for justice
Between organizing (six!) Black Lives Matter protests, starting a BLM Instagram page and meeting with fellow activists, Bend High senior Jade Jager slows down just long enough for us to ask her a few questions.
By Kyle Switzer
Aug 13, 2020
Kids In Action
Meet Fourth-Grader, Mackenzie Hunniecutt
If you walk into the fourth-grade wing on a Monday at Lava Ridge Elementary, you'll notice a student doing some of the teaching. Ten-year-old Mackenzie Hunniecutt spends her lunch recess one day a week teaching some of her fellow students American Sign Language.
By Caitlin Richmond
Apr 2, 2020
Kids In Action
Meet Rebecca McCann, member of the Bend Climate Action Steering Committee
When you think of local government, you don't often picture high school students being part of the decision-making process. Here in Bend, young adults are showing up and getting involved.
By Caitlin Richmond
Jan 30, 2020
Kids In Action
Kyla Wilson will dance the lead role in the Nutcracker
The Nutcracker ballet has been a longtime tradition in Kyla Wilson's life—the 10-year-old has either watched or danced in it every year since she was three, when her sister, Shayla, started ballet. The dancing bug hit Wilson hard, and now the two of them dance at the Central Oregon School of Ballet.
By Caitlin Richmond
Nov 7, 2019
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