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Laurenson Shares Story At Patrick Elementary

Luke’s visit to RRES in November 2025. Rogue River Press archived photo. ©️RogueRiverPress

Luke Hoganson Laurenson, the former Ashland High School valedictorian with cerebral palsy and dysarthria who told his story of love, perseverance, inclusion and dance in an assembly at Rogue River Elementary School last November, brought his message to Patrick Elementary School for an assembly in Gold Hill on Fri., Oct. 2.

With the help of a tablet device that helps him speak…