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TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Classes at Sequoyah High School (SHS) will begin on August 9 as scheduled, using an alternate entrance and parking lot. The main entrance and parking lot has been blocked due to construction progress on the new SHS multi-purpose center.

“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.”

Those going to SHS should look for detour and caution signs. Cars will be able to enter either on the east side of the campus on South 504 Road or farther east from Bald 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. This is the same detour route that was used at the end of last school year and during the summer.

Students should park their cars behind the football stadium and teachers and faculty will park directly behind the school and field house.

“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 will keep everyone advised of the changes that may occur throughout the school year.”

The new multi-purpose center 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 January 2006.

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.