Central Oregon students walk out to fight gun violence

Published 12:00 am Saturday, April 21, 2018

: Halden Gruetzmacher, 12, a sixth-grader at Pacific Crest Middle School, second from right, and Raena Vanderhoek, 14, a Summit High School freshman, right, complete postcards to lawmakers about school gun violence, along with other students at a gathering at Unitarian Universalists Church in Bend on April 20, 2018. These students were part of the National School Walkout to bring awareness to school gun violence. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin photo)

A National School Walkout to bring awareness to gun violence took place Friday at schools all over the country. Many Central Oregon students participated, and some left school to join others off-campus to advocate against gun violence. Summit High School and Pacific Crest Middle School students walked to a nearby church to write postcards to legislators.