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Students celebrate milestone post-COVID-19 graduation at a Milford high school

Hundreds of students walked across the stage to receive their high school diplomas four years after COVID-19 turned their lives upside down

Justin DeVellis

Jun 11, 2024, 10:20 PM

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Hundreds of students from Milford received their high school diplomas Tuesday night, four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Words cannot describe it. He’s my one and only, my one and only son,” Ana Lopes said. “He’s an amazing kid and I couldn’t be prouder.”

Graduates of Jonathan Law High School were nearing the end of eighth grade when COVID-19 turned their world upside down.

“It was just a really hard time for everybody,” Mariah Groves said.

“Seeing them get to this point is huge,” Lopes added.

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