EPIC Charter Schools, in its first-ever virtual graduation ceremony to honor the Class of 2020, conferred diplomas on 3,805 students on Saturday, June 6.

The virtual ceremony 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 principle 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.

The full EPIC 2020 virtual graduation ceremony has been archived on YouTube (https://youtu.be/kYpv13fMfjM), Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/426432880), www.epiccharterschools.org and EPIC’s social media’s platforms.

Following is a list of graduates from local communities:

Cashion - Adam Farrow, Brody Hobbs, Laramie Slater, Victoria Stout

Crescent - Jordan Payne, Aleigh Shropshire, Brennen Simpson, Garrison Sullivan, Brooke Weikel

Hennessey - Adrian Galaviz, Taryn Gilbert, D’Shawn Seifert

Kingfisher - Lilly Brown, Olivia Emmert, Garrett Olney, Katelynn Osborne

Okarche - William Johnson, Preston Thomas, Sydney Waters