• Lacey Williams (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath School Board member Christopher McMorran presents Philomath Academy graduate Lacey Williams with her diploma. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Sophie Rasmussen (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kirsten Padilla (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jordeyn McBride (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Colin Mahoney (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Isaac Harris (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Gavin Hamilton (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Addison Cleveland (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mimosa Beck (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cole Beardsley (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Susan Halliday (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • School Board members, from left, Christopher McMorran, Erin Gudge, Karen Skinkis and Rick Wells. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Dan Johnson (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Retiring Philomath Academy Principal Dan Johnson speaks during Wednesday’s ceremony. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Beth Edgemon and Dan Johnson (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Beth Edgemon and Dan Johnson (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Beth Edgemon (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy’s Class of 2023 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jordeyn McBride (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lacey Williams (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Cole Beardsley, left, and Sophie Rasmussen (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Gavin Hamilton, from right, Addison Cleveland, Kirsten Padilla and Sophie Rasmussen (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mimosa Beck, from right, Colin Mahoney and Isaac Harris (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Class of 2023 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Academy graduate Kirsten Padilla decorated her mortarboard. (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.