Lilly Wasilnak, a survivor of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, arrives at a rally against gun violence on Friday, June 7, 2024 in Newtown, Conn. – Like graduating seniors everywhere, members of Newtown High School’s class of 2024 expect bittersweet feelings at their commencement ceremony — excitement about heading off to college or careers and sadness about leaving their friends and community.
“I am definitely going be feeling a lot of mixed emotions,” said Ehrens, 17. “I’m super excited to be, like, done with high school and moving on to the next chapter of my life. But I’m also so ... mournful, I guess, to have to be walking across that stage alone. … I like to think that they’ll be there with us and walking across that stage with us.”
The town provided an array of services to the families. Officials shielded them as much as they could from the media and outsiders, and the students said leaving such a protective community will be both difficult and somewhat freeing. “It definitely feels for me that we’re kind of stuck in the same system that we’ve been stuck in for past 12 years,” she said.
They say their fallen classmates have motivated their advocacy, which they all plan to continue after high school., Ehrens said she plans to study political science and the law, with the aim of becoming a politician or civil rights lawyer.Holden plans to major in political science and wants to push for gun policy changes.
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