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Victoria Soto Remembered on 30th Birthday
Soto died while protecting her students during the Sandy Hook school shooting. The school named in her honor was decorated.
Nov. 4 marks what would have been Victoria Soto’s 30th birthday.
Soto died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 while protecting her students. She was a first-grade teacher.
Soto is a Stratford native. The town recently opened a new school on Birdeye Street named after her. A mural on the inside of the building highlights the words “Be Kind,” which Soto asked of others.
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The school was decorated on Nov. 4 with green and pink balloons attached to flamingos.
The 3rd annual Vicki Soto 5K run is scheduled for Nov. 7 in Stratford. There are more than 2,600 registered participants, according to a page dedicated in her memory.
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She was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal along with fellow Sandy Hook educators Rachel Davino, Anne Marie Murphy and Lauren Rousseaum Mary Sherlach and Dawn Hochsprung.
A scholarship was created in her honor for Stratford High School and Bunnell High School graduating students who plan to pursue a career in education.
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