2025 POetry Contest Winners
These are the top finalists for each category. Each school had a chance to have a representative to compete for the Grand Prize. The Grand Prizes were determined by a panel of judges: Barratt Miller from Oregon City Public Library, and Carla Calhoun from the Oregon City Schools Foundation. Prizes were donated by the Oregon City Schools Foundation.
Elementary School
Grand Prize Winner:
Rowan Lowrie, Springwater
”I Am”
Middle School / High School
Grand Prize Winner:
Jayden Gattuccio, OCSLA
”I Am From”
Staff / Parent / Community member
Grand Prize Winner:
Amy Walgamott, Parent
”Today the Future Knocked at My Door”
Beavercreek Elementary
(No Submissions)
John Mcloughlin Elementary
(No Submissions)
Elementary Schools
Candy Lane Elementary
Miriam Wolf
”The Future”
Redland Elementary
Molly Thomas
”In the Future”
Gaffney Lane Elementary
Finley Douglass
”It Grows..”
alliance Charter Academy
(No Submissions)
Holcomb Elementary
(No Submissions)
Springwater Environmental Sciences School
Rowan Lowrie
”I Am”
Gardiner Middle School
Hayley Sue Berkner
”Ode to Disneyland”
Middle Schools
Tumwata Middle School
Kyriana Epps
”Growing Up”
Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences
(No Submissions)
alliance Charter Academy
(No Submissions)
Springwater Environmental Sciences School
(No Submissions)
Oregon City High School
Yamile Ledesma
”Writing the Future”
High Schools
Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences
(No Submissions)
Oregon City Service Learning Academy
Jayden Gattuccio
”I Am From”
alliance Charter Academy
(No Submissions)
OCSD Staff & Community Members
Staff Member
Megan Jones, OCSLA
”Alone in Her Wishes”
Community Member
Charlotte Soper Mills
”Hope”
Parent
Amy Walgamott
”Today the Future Knocked On My Door”