Published 5:16 pm Monday, October 26, 2026

Hundreds of high schoolers thronged all four corners of the intersection at Wall Street and Greenwood Avenue in downtown Bend Monday afternoon. Students walked out of school and staged a protest against gun violence in the wake of the Silver Rail Elementary shooting Oct. 15.

Kids jumped up and down and screamed every time a passing car honked, creating a raucous and excited atmosphere. Kids climbed light fixtures, stood on benches and even climbed onto the roof of the restaurant Yoli, all holding signs proclaiming that students should feel safe in school.

High schoolers organized the walkout and protest after the Silver Rail Elementary shooting Oct. 15 that left a teacher and three students dead.

Adelyn Johnson, a 14-year-old Caldera High student, has a sister in third grade at Silver Rail Elementary. Her sister lost her best friend on Oct. 15, and Adelyn lost her volleyball coach, Megan Lambert.

“I was just praying my sister was alive (on Oct. 15),” she said.…