Bullied Student Celebrates Graduation With Private Ceremony In Wallingford

WALLINGFORD, CT — Wallingford school officials made sure a bullied student who spent her senior year out of the classroom had a graduation ceremony that she will never forget. While Lyman Hall High School was set to hold its commencement ceremonies on Friday night, Mackenzie Torcello received her diploma earlier this week in a private graduation ceremony, according to FOX 61.

FOX 61 reports Torcello, who is on the Autism spectrum, hasn’t liked going to school since middle school and instead of spending her senior year in a classroom at Lyman Hall, the school district provided tutoring for her at Wallingford Public Library. (To sign up for Wallingford breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

Torcello told FOX 61 that the years of bullying from her peers made her “terrible” and “worthless.”

Torcello’s teachers and counselors attended her graduation ceremonies and Torcello and her family were overjoyed with her special day, according to FOX 61.

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