Students from Waubonsie High and East Aurora named first Mr. and Miss Black Aurora
Waubonsie Valley High School senior Peter Eta and East Aurora High School junior Charitee Cocroft took home the coveted titles that launched them into the history books of Aurora, beginning their yearlong journey of representing Aurora’s Black commun
AURORA, Illinois - Two high school students were named Aurora's first-ever Mr. and Miss Black Aurora over the weekend.
The winners are Waubonsie Valley High School senior Peter Eta and East Aurora High School junior Charitee Cocroft.
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They were chosen by Aurora’s African American Heritage Advisory Board. Eight students competed in the areas of talent, public speaking and fashion, the city said in a press release.
Cocroft plays the saxophone and is in National Honor Society. Eta is a poet and the president of the local National Society of Black Engineers Junior chapter.