COMMUNICATIONs

Our Communications Plan
Jefferson County School District 509J is committed to providing timely, accurate and clear communication to all stakeholders. We seek to provide resources and materials to ensure families, students, staff, partners, media, citizens, and other members of the community are kept informed about our key priorities, successes, and challenges.
The Communications department works with schools and departments to ensure that everyone is informed and up to date on student’s, staff’s, and faculty’s experience in 509J schools.
We aim to ensure families, students, staff, and the community that students flourish here, we care for each other, and we get better every day.
We aim to celebrate the successes that happen every day in our buildings. If you wish to share an idea with us, please reach out at communications@509j.net.
We communicate through multiple channels including social media networks and our direct communication tool, Blackboard. In order to receive important updates from the district, please ensure your contact information is up to date by checking with your children’s school.

All media requests are directed through the Communications Department. Please contact our Communications Coordinator at Jprechtl@509j.net or call the number above.
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509J Communication Resources
District News
Madras Elementary students learn about sustainability and conservation through ‘Earth Smart’ series
By 509J Communications 5th grade students at Madras Elementary are learning to become more sustainable. This is thanks to a partnership between the school and The Environmental Center in Bend. Every Wednesday, 5th grade students in the class will receive an...
Warm Springs K8 Academy students get glimpse of life as a student at Madras High School
By 509J Communications It wasn’t a typical day at school for more than a dozen Warm Springs K8 students. Instead, the students boarded a school bus and headed 15 miles south to Madras. On this day, these students had an opportunity to see what it is like to be a...
2021 Bond Supports 6 Classroom Addition At Warm Springs K-8 Academy
The passage of the 2021 Jefferson County School Bond will allow the district to fund the expansion of the Warm Springs K-8 Academy by 6 classrooms in 2023. Over the last 6 months, a design team of school leadership, Warm Springs Tribal education and facilities...