Shelton grads hit a new high

Graduating senior Wilfred Ulerio tries to get the audience involved at the start of Shelton High School's graduation Monday night. Brad Horrigan/Register

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
SHELTON — To say the last four years for Shelton High School students were eventful, from an experiment that blasted into space to a national media frenzy, courtesy of a romantic boy, would be an understatement.
The class of 2011 survived a devastating fire, a MRSA scare, bomb threats, endless snow days and a creative prom invitation that went viral overnight.
But those events weren’t enough to deter the 366 graduates from receiving their diplomas Monday.
The girls in white gowns and mortarboards and the boys in black, filed onto the field at Finn Stadium, as thousands of friends and family members cheered from the jam-packed bleachers.

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