Chandler High School seniors Abbigaile Cherry and Taylor Clagg have been chosen as Lions of the Month by the Lion’s Club for the month of December.
Abbigaile, the daughter of Hunter and Misty Cry-er, holds a 4.0 grade point average while taking advanced classed in English for four years and Math for two years.
She also takes concurrent classes at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee, Okla.
A four-year participant in the CHS Gifted and Talented Program, Abbigaile is a member of the Oklahoma and National Honor Societies. She has qualified for the Academic Banquet every year of high school and was named Top Student in Algebra I, II and III; Environmental Science, Outdoor Skills; and Spanish II. She was selected to serve on the BancFirst Student Board of Directors.
Other honors and awards she has earned are first place in both the Safari Club International Essay competition and in Payroll Accounting at Business Professionals of America’s State Leadership Conference. She also placed second in Fundamentals of Accounting at the BPA conference.
She has participated in archery and the Chandler Rotary Club.
Abbigaile has volunteered her time as a Special Education teacher aide and mentoring younger students through Girl Power and Super Kids Day. She helps out with activities at Gordon Cooper Tech Center.
In addition to school activities, she does babysitting and works at Walmart. Following graduation, Abbigaile plans to take online classes through Western Governors University with a major in accounting.
She is working toward a career involving business and accounting.
Taylor is the son of Eric and Tonya Clagg. He maintains a 3.69 GPA and has taken advanced classes in English for four years. His scholastic efforts earned him an invitation to the school’s Academic Banquet and he was chosen to serve on the BancFirst Student Board of Directors.
Taylor’s leadership capabilities have been evident as he served as captain of the CHS football team and president of his senior class.
He has played football for four years and was named Defensive Player of the Year and nine times Defensive Player of the Week. He played basketball and was involved in track and powerlifting, qualifying for state competition in powerlifting.
His other extracurricular activities include Postponing Sexual Involvement, Make Promises Happen, and Positive Peers.
Taylor has served the community through volunteer work at the food bank and youth football camp. He served as an official for youth flag football.
During high school, he worked at Hite Drug. His plans for the future are to earn a degree in sociology through a four-year university to have a career as a special agent with the federal government.