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EPIC Charter Graduates

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The Blanchard News
EPIC Charter Schools graduates more than 3,800 seniors
in first-ever virtual ceremony
EPIC Charter Schools, in its
first-ever virtual graduation
ceremony to honor the Graduating
Class of 2020, conferred diplomas
on 3,805 students on Saturday,
June 6. The virtual ceremony,
believed to be the largest of its
kind in the state, included recorded
remarks from notable Oklahoma
speakers such as former Gov.
George Nigh, members of
Oklahoma’s congressional
delegation and state lawmakers.
“This isn’t the graduation
ceremony any of us expected
when we started the 2019-2020
school year,” said EPIC
Superintendent Bart
Banfield,”“but our first-ever
virtual ceremony is testament to a
guiding principal at EPIC – the
only constant in the world is
change and we must be resilient,
innovative and adapt to it.
Watching our record-number of
graduates succeed academically in
the face of a global pandemic is
truly inspiring.”
The virtual commencement had
all of the elements of a traditional
graduation ceremony, including
the reading of every graduate’s
name, recognition of academic
honors, valedictorian addresses
and special guest speakers. Many
EPIC families planned in-home
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celebrations with families and
friends and celebrated graduates in
real time as the graduation live
streamed on June 6.
The full EPIC 2020 virtual
graduation ceremony has been
archived on YouTube (https://
youtu.be/kYpv13fMfjM), Vimeo
(https://vimeo.com/426432880),
www.epiccharterschools.org and
EPIC’s social media’s platforms.
Graduates included in EPIC’s
Class of 2020 from Blanchard are:
Katelynn Albertson, Stephanie
Bratcher, Hailee Breece, Daniel
Clement, Alexis Fraysur, Christian
Granados, Rigo Granados,
Cheyenne Hall, Darren Hall,
Karley Hall, Brody Hammons,
Hayven Harrison, Jacob Hayes,
Taylor Hayes, Joshua Kirby,
Devan Kirkland, Calvin Long,
Emily McCarthy, Cameron
McClure, Shelby Moore, Stevie
Parham, Tyler Partin, Keaton
Pool, Tanner Scales, Michaela
Sharp, Alexis Shaver, Adin
Steffen, Peyton Taylor, Jaden
Thompson.
EPIC is the state’s third-largest
public school system. It is serving
approximately 32,000 students
statewide in the 2019-2020 school
year and currently employs more
than 1,400 educators and
administrators throughout the
state.
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Yale News
Students from Yale among EPIC
Charter School graduates
Oklahoma City – EPIC Charter
Schools, in its first-ever vir tual
graduation ceremony to honor the
Graduating Class of 2020, conferred
diplomas on 3,805 students includ-
ing Anna Eller, Cheyenne Gallion,
and Treston Willis all of Yale, on
Saturday, June 6. The virtual cer-
emony, believed to be the largest
of its kind in the state, included
recorded remarks from notable
Oklahoma speakers such as former
Gov. George Nigh, members of
Oklahoma’s congressional delega-
tion and state lawmakers.
“This isn’t the graduation cer-
W di i
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emony any of us expected when
we started the 2019-2020 school
year,” said EPIC Superintendent
Bart Banfield, “but our first-ever
virtual ceremony is testament to a
guiding principal at EPIC – the only
constant in the world is change and
we must be resilient, innovative and
adapt to it.
Watching our record-number of
graduates succeed academically in
the face of a global pandemic is truly
inspiring.”
The virtual commencement had
all of the elements of a traditional
graduation ceremony, including the
k d
reading of every graduate’s name,
recognition of academic honors,
valedictorian addresses and special
guest speakers.
Many EPIC families planned in-
home celebrations with families and
friends and celebrated graduates
in real time as the graduation live
streamed on June 6.
The full EPIC 2020 virtual gradu-
ation ceremony has been archived
on YouTube (https://youtu.be/
kYpv13fMfjM), Vimeo (https://
vimeo.com/426432880), www.epic-
char terschools.org and EPIC’s
social media’s platforms.
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