• Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduates celebrate at the end of Friday night’s ceremony while confetti shoots into the air. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy Principal Dan Johnson speaks during the school’s inaugural independent graduation ceremony. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Graduate Gavin Ivanovitch reads a poem that he wrote as part of the ceremony. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Graduate Sophian Meyner gives a student address. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduates enter the auditorium during the processional. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduation 2022 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.