POetry Contest
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”
Grand Prize:
We will have Three grand prize winners this year.
The prizes will be based on the following categories:
Elementary School (Grades K-5)
Middle and High School (Grades 6-12)
Community / Staff / Parent (Non-student adults living in OCSD)
Elementary (Grades K-5)
Grade Level Prize listed below
2 years of Kindle Unlimited
Kindle eReader
Middle and High (Grades 6-12)
Grade Level Prize listed below
2 years of Kindle Unlimited
Kindle eReader
Staff / Parent / Community Member
Category Prize listed below
One Year Subscription to Book of the Month
One Year Subscription to Poetry Foundations Magazine
Oregon City School District has partnered with the Oregon City Schools Foundation who has generously provided these prizes. We are so grateful for their contributions and for helping inspire literacy in our students and our community
School Level Prizes!
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Elementary School Grades (K-5)
Each school will have a top winner in this grade range. This winner will receive the following:
For There is Always Light: A Journal by Amanda Gorman
The Magic Words by Joseph Fasano
The Random House Book of Poetry For Children by Jack Prelutsky
An OCSD branded bound notebook
A Published Poet pin
A multi-colored pen
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Middle School Grades (6-8)
Each school will have a top winner in this grade range. This winner will receive the following:
My Head Has a Bellyache: and Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris
Smash Poetry Journal by Robert Lee Brewer
An OCSD branded perfect bound notebook
A Published Poet Pin
A nice set of pens
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High school Grades (9-12)
Each school will have a top winner in this grade range. This winner will receive the following:
A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limón
The Magic Words by Joseph Fasano
An OCSD branded perfect bound notebook
A Published Poet pin
A nice set of pens
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OCSD Staff Member
One OCSD Staff member will be awarded the following:
Compendium by Donald Justice
An OCSD branded perfect bound notebook
A Published Poet pin
A luxury pen
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OCSD Community Member
One OCSD Community member will be awarded the following:
Compendium by Donald Justice
An OCSD branded perfect bound notebook
A Published Poet pin
A luxury pen