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Nothing’s gonna stop us now (from graduating)

Posted in Graduation, tagged , , , , on June 7, 2021| 2 Comments »

Aria Bowen – the only CHS Class of 2021 grad who napped as a baby on the Videoville counter. (Photo courtesy Mekare Bowen)

Miss Bowen rocks designer eye-ware at a 2019 football game, while fellow grad-to-be Savannah Smith is faster than the camera. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Old-school Savannah and Aria. (Photo courtesy Konni Smith)

Can’t tell the graduates without a scorecard.

So here you go, ready to be laminated — the Coupeville High School Class of 2021.

Every name matters, but one stands above them all for me.

Aria Bowen is the final reminder of my 12-year run behind the counter at Videoville from 1994-2006.

The same counter where a lil’ Aria took naps in her carrier while I jabbered about movies, her older sister Mekare built modern art sculptures back at the block table, and their mom, Dea, served up Miriam’s Espresso drinks.

So she gets three photos and a lot of the rest of you grads-to-be maybe don’t get one in this story.

You’ll survive, and still graduate.

Then you can go build a time machine, travel back to when Videoville rented 500 VHS tapes on a Friday night in Cow Town, and plop your own baby tush on our counter.

And, having bent time and space, you can act all surprised when, magically, it’s suddenly you getting three photos in a 2021 graduation story.

Simple really.

Until then, Aria (and a bunch of people not named Aria) form the CHS Class of 2021:

 

Constance Armitage-Buckley
Knight Arndt
Mollie Bailey
Owen Barenburg
Megan Behan
Drake Borden
Aria Bowen
Anya Burns
Elisa Caroppo
Coral Caveness
Aurora Cernick
Autumn Cernick
Kylie Chernikoff
Alexis Czarnik
Sionna Darga
Sage Downes
Dakota Eck
Mark Fain
Emily Fiedler
Zac Gardner
Trinity Hill
Isabel Hucke
Thora Iverson
Alex Jimenez
Emma Kalweis
Eli Kastner
Mikaela Labrador
Michael Laska
Ivy Leedy
Catherine Lhamon
Marissa Malinowski
Jaimee Masters
Lacy McCraw-Shirron
Heidi Meyers
Daniel Olson
Cierra Otto
Desiree Otto
Kimberly Partida
Chelsea Prescott
Richard Rebischke-Smith
Jackie Reid
TJ Rickner
Silas Russell
Chandell Schoonover
Andrew Score
Ben Smith
Savannah Smith
Liem Solow
Jacob Thurston
Lilly Tornensis
Maddie Vondrak
Erik Webster
Brandon Whitaker
Marissa Williams
Genna Wright
Sam Wynn
Lily Zustiak

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CHS graduation goes outdoors

Posted in Graduation, tagged , , , , on May 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »

The way it always should have been.

If there’s one positive from the current pandemic, it’s this — Coupeville High School is adapting by moving its graduation outdoors.

Instead of jamming people into a sweltering gym in early summer, the ceremony for the Class of 2021 will take place at the stadium over at Mickey Clark Field.

The info you need can be found in the photo above.

And if you don’t know, the stadium and field sit behind Coupeville Elementary School at 6 S. Main Street.

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A reunion, and a farewell

Posted in Graduation, tagged , , , , on June 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville Class of 2020 grads (l to r) Aram Leyva, Sean Toomey-Stout, and Jacobi Pilgrim reunite at the Blue Fox Drive-In. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Kept apart for months, back together for a moment (or two).

With the world in the midst of an ongoing pandemic, the Coupeville High School Class of 2020 missed out on spending time together this spring.

But the Wolf grads came back together one final time Monday night, courtesy of the Blue Fox Drive-In.

While that event was just for seniors and their parents, now everyone can see the videos they watched together in their reunion and farewell.

Follow the link below and you’ll be able to see this year’s torch video, the senior slideshow, and a musical tribute from Karl Olsen and Deb Lund.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8t1ii2c8bifbpf4/AABcA3lMtYPzy5iplfE1gPnGa?dl=0&fbclid=IwAR2D7MT5MlFUOUuy0Pv-1vFTmMfUMHpr24JfKK8ysgAHcVxy1lXGXTx_rtk

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(Not) Alone at a Drive-In

Posted in Graduation, tagged , , , , on June 23, 2020| 1 Comment »

Melia Welling and mom Charlie join the Coupeville Class of 2020 Monday for a Senior Night at the Blue Fox Drive-In. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a chance to recapture a bit of what they lost.

The Coupeville High School Class of 2020 came back together Monday, face masks in place, to celebrate their accomplishments and have something akin to a senior trip.

The location was the Blue Fox Drive-In, where the Wolf grads watched their torch passing video and senior breakfast slideshow up on the big screen, in between some go-kart action and curly fries.

Poking his camera into the midst of the socially-distanced celebration was wanderin’ paparazzi John Fisken, who delivers the pics seen here.

To see everything he shot, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Events/Coupeville-Grad-Night-2020/

All pics are free to download this time around.

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Wolf grads invited to drive-in shindig

Posted in Graduation, tagged , , , , on June 22, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville Class of 2020 grads like Raven (left) and Willow Vick, seen here with Tom Black, are invited to a Senior Night show at the Blue-Fox Drive In. (Brian Vick photo)

The Class of 2020 is taking the show to the big screen.

Coupeville High School graduates and their parents are invited to swing by the Blue Fox Drive-In Monday for Senior Night festivities.

Things start at 6 PM.

This event is in lieu of the senior trip, which was swept away by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Student ID’s will be checked, and non-grads will be driven back into the woods by taser-wielding robots. 

But seriously, this is just for the Class of 2020.

Grads are asked to bring their caps and tassel and decorate their cars.

The torch video and senior breakfast slide show will be shown, and there will be a chance to ride the go-karts, sign yearbooks, eat curly fries, and enjoy a movie.

All attendees must wear a mask and abide by social distancing guidelines set by the Blue Fox owners.

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