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Sequoyah High School
Traffic Detour Map

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – Visitors to Sequoyah High School (SHS) will soon have to exercise caution as traffic is detoured and construction of the school’s new multi-purpose center begins. Cherokee Nation construction department and school officials ask drivers to slow down and drive carefully.

Within the next two weeks the school’s main entrance will be closed. The new student pick-up and drop-off area will be at the back of the school, between the school and the football field. The main entrance will continue to be accessible to the Childhood Development Center and Head Start, but not to the high school.

"Our main concern is for the safety of those coming to the school during this major reconstruction effort," said Barry Boswell, Cherokee Nation, director of construction management. "We want to advise everyone traveling Highway 62 to slow down and be cautious. Buses and cars entering the school will be detoured to side entrances. Naturally, there will be some confusion as people get used to the temporary detours."

"We ask that our students, parents, staff and visitors be patient with us during this process," said Gina Stanley, SHS superintendent. "The new center will be well worth the construction challenges we will face during the year. We will keep everyone informed with construction updates as needed."

Those going to SHS should look for detour and caution signs; construction may start as early as November 15. Once the main entrance to the school is closed, buses will be detoured to enter west of the campus on South 490 Road. Cars will be able to enter either on the east side of the campus on South 504 Road or farther east from Ball Hill Road. The drop-off/pick-up area behind the school will be marked as a one-way road. The one-way traffic will enter east of the football field and exit by the fitness center.

"It is a total site reconstruction," Boswell said. "The project will basically go from the water tower to the girl’s softball field to the community baseball fields down by the highway. It will involve moving roads and utilities and there will be heavy construction traffic. We want to give everyone a heads up about the activity."

The construction is the first phase of work for the Cherokee Nation’s new multi-purpose center that will face Highway 62, between the school’s main entrance and the water tower. It is projected that construction on the center will be complete in 12 months.

For more information, contact SHS, phone: 918-456-0631.

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" P.O. Box 520, Tahlequah, OK 74465             Sequoyah High School Alumni P.O. Box 187, Park Hill, OK 74451-0187 Sequoyah High School, an Indian boarding school, originated in 1871, when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.