The Pierre School District, Oahe TV, Campea Photography and Dakota Radio Group have teamed up to give this year’s senior class both virtual and live components to their graduation ceremony.
Assistant Principal Rob Coverdale says the virtual portion of the celebration will be aired on Oahe TV as well as streamed at https://oahetv.com/ Sunday, May 24 at 2pm. The virtual ceremony will be prerecorded and stored on the “Watch On Demand” tab of Oahe TV’s webpage.
The virtual ceremony will be followed by a drive-by roll call and diploma handout in the upper parking lot at Riggs High School, which will be livestreamed by Oahe TV. This portion of the ceremony will begin at 3:30pm and have student-selected music playing through the Dakota Radio Group’s Dakota Cruiser. Graduating seniors will have have their names prominently displayed on their vehicle. There will be one vehicle per graduate and no public gathering of any kind will be allowed on school property.
Each graduate will drive through with their family at their preselected time and have their name announced by Dakota Radio Group announcer–and 1990 T.F. Riggs graduate– Brian Oakland. Each graduate will get out of the car, receive their diploma and then have their picture taken by professional photographer Brandon Campea. A copy of this photograph will be given to each graduate at a later date. The school anticipates this portion of graduation will take approximately 3½ hours. Staff will be present to direct traffic and assist with the procession.
MOTTO FOR THE CLASS OF 2020
“COVID-19 couldn’t stop us.”
COLOR: Green and White
FLOWER: Cherry Blossom
Theodore F. Riggs, Senior High School
VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
May 24, 2020 at 2:00 P.M.
A virtual ceremony will be aired on OAHE TV and streamed at https://oahetv.com/ on Sunday, May 24th at 2:00 p.m. The virtual ceremony will follow the normal commencement program of the past as much as is possible. The program will include:
The Call of the Graduates
Pledge of Allegiance . . . . . . Morgan Jones, Senior Class President and
Phil Adam, Senior Class Vice President
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Kelly Glodt, Superintendent of Schools
The Honor Song . . . . . . . . . Max Sevier
Senior Octet. . . . . . . . . . . . . “Things That Never Die”
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Melinda Clements Sarah Hancock
Sydney Morley
Morgan Reiser
Isaiah Hand Eli Houdyshell
Will Kessler
Max Sevier
Senior Speakers . . . . . . . . . Brenda Velazquez
Kylee Thorpe and Natalie Mohr
Nathan Shoup
VIRTUAL HONOR ROLL
Presentation of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Mutchelknaus, Principal
Rob Coverdale & Amy Boutchee, Assistant Principals
The virtual ceremony will be followed by a drive-by roll call and diploma pick-up in the upper parking lot at Riggs High School. Each graduate will have approximately one minute to receive their diploma and have their photograph taken.
