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A10 OKLAHOMA CITY – addresses, and special Azalee Maddan, Micaiah Glenn, Trace Hill, Shelby
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EPIC Charter Schools, in guest speakers. Many Moore, Avery Tehee, and Holt, Serendipity Howe,
resized its first-ever virtual grad- EPIC families planned Hannah Thompson. Anna Hutson, Kristopher
52% uation ceremony to hon- in-home celebrations Leach: Cordelia Cal- Kelly, Brissa Navarrete,
or the graduating Class with families and friends vert. Keely Polumbus, Evelyn
of 2020, conferred diplo- and celebrated graduates Locust Grove: Michael Siandua, Sheri Sims,
mas on 3,805 students on in real time as the gradu- Hibbs, Kyle Labit, Al- Daniel Stanley, Rhett
Saturday, June 6. ation was streamed. lyse Perry, Bethany Ross, Tackett, Jaeden Terrapin,
The virtual ceremony, The full EPIC 2020 Jeffrey Stokes, Mon- Jolene Thompson, Jaida
believed to be the largest virtual graduation cere- tana Todd, and Autumn WhiteCloud, Christian
of its kind in the state, in- mony has been archived Weimer. Winans, and Thomas
cluded recorded remarks on YouTube, https:// Park Hill: Abigail Re- Yingling.
from notable Oklahoma youtu.be/kYpv13fMfjM; aly. Watts: Brittni Counts,
speakers such as former Vimeo, https://vimeo. Peggs: John Goertz Jr. Emily Oakball, and Dylan
Gov. George Nigh, mem- com/426432880; www. and Daphne Setters. Smith.
bers of Oklahoma’s con- epiccharterschools.org; Rose: Dylan Benoit, Welling: Raelea Coles,
gressional delegation, and EPIC’s social media’s Jarek Cowan, Nikki Dol- Lexi Cook, Alexa John-
and state lawmakers. platforms. larhide, Taylor Fleming, son, and Kalia Spears.
“This isn’t the gradua- Graduates include the Layla Perdue, Andrew Westville: Victo-
tion ceremony any of us following. Vantrease, and Trinity ria Caudle and Mason
expected when we start- Cookson: Logan Ward. Wood.
ed the 2019-2020 school Woodruff. Stilwell: Rosalee An- EPIC is the state’s
year, but our first-ever Fort Gibson: Chloe drews, Wesley Brannon, third-largest public
virtual ceremony is testa- Copeland, Richard Ali Brown, Kyla Howard, school system. It is serv-
ment to a guiding prin- Flores, Briar Gillian, Des- Zachary Kirkland, and ing approximately 32,000
cipal at EPIC – the only tiny Lamb, Lauren Men- Alexis Rietman. students statewide in the
constant in the world denhall, Sara Phillips, Tahlequah: Gioia 2019-2020 school year,
is change and we must Sarina Tautkus, and Tori Adelizzi, Madison Bird, and currently employs
be resilient, innovative Ward. Rachel Boyd, Gracyn more than 1,400 educa-
and adapt to it,” said Hulbert: William Al- Crittenden, Jasmine Gal- tors and administrators
EPIC Superintendent verson, Brayden Bowlin, van, Jaden Gandy, Jacob throughout the state.
Bart Banfield. “Watching Cali Brown, Christopher
our record-number of Brown, Makayla Brown,
graduates succeed aca-
demically in the face of a
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