Will Bouchard and Emily Schlehuber crowned Sandite King and Queen at Senior Parade
/The Class of 2020 from Charles Page High School has been dealt a unique senior year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sandites had their prom canceled, their graduation postponed, and spent the last two months of their high school career at home and online.
Earlier this week the school district posted the Senior Slideshow on their social media platforms. Usually the slideshow is a dinner event that students attend and view together.
Graduation, which was originally scheduled for May, has been postponed till June 27th at 7:30 p.m. at the ORU Mabee Center. Senior Celebration, which is an overnight lock-in event, will immediately follow graduation and will be held at Case Community Center in Sand Springs.
Because graduation is being held more than a month after the school year has concluded, the district held a virtual “Salute to the Class of 2020” on social media and the district website. That event was held on May 16th and featured video speeches from various district personnel along with student photos.
On Thursday the district held their first in-person event in two months with a Senior Parade on the CPHS campus. Family and friends gathered with signs to congratulate the seniors, who drove their decorated cars down Frank Tillery Drive. The Gold Pride Drum Line performed, Captain Sandite (Frank Cooper) led the crowd in cheers, and the Sandite King and Queen were crowned.
Cloe Campfield, Sloan Goggin, McKenzie Harris, Emily Schlehuber, and Haley Stuckey were nominated for Sandite Queen, while Will Bouchard, Braden Dahl, Garrett Lincoln, Ethan Lonon, and Kiefer Massey were nominated for King.
Candidates were selected by district faculty based on GPA, leadership qualities, and extracurricular involvement. The school body then voted for Bouchard as King and Schlehuber as Queen. The two were crowned following the parade.
