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Newtown High graduates told to honor 20 classmates killed as first-graders ‘today and every day’

Headline from The Columbian, on the newest of 2 developments

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — It was an emotional graduation ceremony for high school seniors in Newtown, Connecticut, who observed a moment of silence for their 20 classmates who were shot to death at Sandy

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Developments in this update

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  1. Sandy Hook survivors will graduate high school today and remember the classmates they lost in 1st grade massacre

    Headline from KTVZ Bend ·

  2. Newest

    Newtown High graduates told to honor 20 classmates killed as first-graders ‘today and every day’

    Headline from The Columbian ·

Reports & sources

45 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    'We want to be those regular teenagers': Sandy Hook shooting survivors prepare for emotional graduation (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    About 60 of the 330 kids graduating Wednesday will also be carrying the emotional burden that comes from having survived one of the deadliest school shootings...

  2. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    Waco Tribune-Herald's feed description

    The children who survived the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, will be graduating high school with mixed emotions. Although they

  3. New York Post

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors set to graduate from HS with mixed feelings: ‘A whole chunk of our class missing’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors are set to graduate from Newtown High School with mixed feelings knowing 20 of their slain classmates won’t be walking across the stage with them.

  4. FOX 35 Orlando

    Sandy Hook survivors will graduate high school today without 20 of their classmates (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    The 60 students who survived Sandy Hook are graduating high school Wednesday, carrying an emotional burden of knowing many former classmates won't get to walk across the stage with them.

  5. CBS News

    Sandy Hook school shooting survivors graduating from high school today (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Many of the survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting​ are graduating Wednesday.

  6. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors graduating with mixed emotions (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    Cleveland Plain Dealer's feed description

    About 60 of the 330 kids graduating Wednesday will also be carrying the emotional burden that comes from having survived one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

  7. CNN

    ‘It’s going to be heartbreaking:’ Sandy Hook survivors get ready to graduate high school without the classmates they lost in 1st grade massacre (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Horror came to their school when they were just six years old. Now getting ready to graduate, survivors of the Sandy Hook shooting want to make their futures count.

  8. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Sandy Hook survivors will graduate high school today and remember the classmates they lost in 1st grade massacre (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Randi Kaye, Anne Clifford and Rachel Clarke, CNN Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) — High school seniors Emma Ehrens and Grace Fischer will hear their names read out today as they are called to collect their diplomas and start the next chapter of their lives.

  9. Wyoming Public Media

    Sandy Hook survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    About 60 of the 330 kids graduating from Newtown High School will also be carrying the emotional burden of knowing that many of their former classmates won't get to walk across the stage with them.

  10. WOWK Charleston

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors graduating without 20 of their classmates (opens WOWK Charleston)

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    WOWK Charleston's feed description

    Like graduating seniors everywhere, members of Newtown High School’s class of 2024 expect bittersweet feelings at their commencement ceremony.

  11. Christian Science Monitor

    ‘They’ll be there with us’: Sandy Hook survivors face bittersweet graduation (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    About 60 members of the first grade class who survived the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting are graduating from Newtown High School on June 12. The tragic attack has turned many of the students into advocates against gun violence.

  12. Fox News

    Sandy Hook shooting victims would have graduated from high school on this day: ‘So mournful’ (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Sixty Newtown High School seniors graduate on June 12 as survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in a class of 330 students. "There is a whole chunk of our class missing," said one.

  13. NBC News

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors graduate H.S. and reflect on first-grade massacre (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Survivors of the Sandy Hook massacre are torn between celebrating their high school graduation Wednesday and remembering the 20 classmates who lost their lives in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

  14. WMUR

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors graduating with mixed emotions and without 20 of their classmates (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    The tragic attack has made many of the students into advocates against gun violence, and some plan to continue those efforts into adulthood.

  15. Washington Times

    Newtown High graduates told to honor 20 classmates killed as first graders ‘today and every day’ (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    It was an emotional graduation ceremony for high school seniors in Newtown, Connecticut, who observed a moment of silence for their 20 classmates who were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

  16. The Columbian

    Newtown High graduates told to honor 20 classmates killed as first-graders ‘today and every day’ (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — It was an emotional graduation ceremony for high school seniors in Newtown, Connecticut, who observed a moment of silence for their 20 classmates who were shot to death at Sandy

  17. Seattle Times

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors to graduate today without 20 of their classmates (opens Seattle Times)

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    Seattle Times's feed description

    The children who survived the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, will be graduating high school with mixed emotions.

  18. New York Times

    Sandy Hook Victims Are Remembered on Day They Would Have Graduated (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    More than 11 years after one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history, on what would have been the victims’ high school graduation day, the residents of Newtown, Conn., paused to reflect.

  19. New York Post

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors graduate high school without 20 of their slain classmates 12 years later (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Sandy Hook shooting survivors graduated from Newtown High School on Wednesday without 20 of their classmates who were massacred in one of the worst school shootings in US history.

  20. People

    Sandy Hook Survivors, Now 17 and 18, Reflect on Trauma While Growing Up and Their 'Happy-Sad' Graduation (opens People)

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    People's feed description

    PEOPLE spoke with 10 of the Sandy Hook shooting survivors who are either graduating on Wednesday or graduated last year

  21. Los Angeles Times

    Newtown High graduation honors 20 classmates killed as first-graders at Sandy Hook (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    It was an emotional graduation ceremony for high school seniors in Newtown, Conn., who lived through the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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