A month after their graduation was postponed by a mass shooting, Uvalde High School seniors finally got to celebrate their graduation on Friday. “No matter what happens, we’re always going to come together,” graduate Gabby Quirova said.
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It all felt so normal. And in Uvalde, there has been precious little normality since the shooting at Robb Elementary School exactly a month earlier that left 19 children and two teachers dead. These past few years have not been easy for the class of 2022. Many of the seniors remember an incident during their 8th grade year at Morales Junior High School in 2018, when two students, inspired by the 1999 Columbine shooting in Colorado, were arrested forHigh school has been a gauntlet of pandemic precautions and virtual school. The tragedy at Robb Elementary School has hit them all hard. Many of them had attended Robb.
That hasn't changed Gabby's mind about her future. She wants to come back to Uvalde to teach after college. She is proud of her tight-knit community and the shooting doesn’t change how she feels about her town. “It made me cry so much but it inspired me,” Quiroz said. The shooting, she said, won’t stop her from reaching her goals and being a teacher.
“What happened recently kind of gave me more of an incentive because I want to be able to protect these kids and allow them to grow up to become more teachers or maybe lawyers or principals or anything they want to be,” she said. At Honey Bowl Stadium, two lines formed at the main entrance and wrapped around the block as state troopers and unmarked police vehicles patrolled nearby streets. People stood quietly in line with water bottles and umbrellas to shield them from the intense June sun that had pushed the temperature to 101 degrees. Some held balloons and customized fans with the photos and names of seniors; others wore maroon shirts with the words “Uvalde Strong.
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