Tuesday, February 16, 2021 by Caitie Switalski Muñoz (WLRN)
Nicolle Martin and Eden Samara, both 17, are seniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Shown here in Parkland s Pine Trails Park, the students high school careers were upended by the 2018 shooting. Now, they re getting ready to graduate during a global pandemic. (Daniel Rivero / WLRN)
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PARKLAND For the senior class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the fear and isolation of the pandemic were layered on top of an already traumatic few years in school. The students graduating this year were freshmen when 17 people were killed and 17 others were injured during the 2018 shooting at their school.
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Nicolle Martin and Eden Samara, both 17, are seniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Shown here in Parkland s Pine Trails Park, the students high school careers were upended by the 2018 shooting. Now, they re getting ready to graduate during a global pandemic.
PARKLAND For the senior class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the fear and isolation of the pandemic were layered on top of an already traumatic few years in school. The students graduating this year were freshmen when 17 people were killed and 17 others were injured during the 2018 shooting at their school.
We checked in with students and teachers about what it’s like to finish high school during a pandemic while still trying to heal from the violence that upended their time at Stoneman Douglas.