{"id":210781,"date":"2026-06-04T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210781\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:36:20","slug":"memorial-revealed-honoring-passed-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210781\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial revealed honoring passed student"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 A school community came together to honor one of its own after a deadly incident involving her boyfriend last December<\/a>. Wednesday, her family was presented with her high school diploma during an emotional ceremony.<\/p>\n

To say the start of 2026 has been difficult for the Hernandez family would be an understatement.<\/p>\n

In December 2025, Rose Hernandez had gotten into a disagreement with her boyfriend, Joseph Garcia, leading to Hernandez being involved in a car accident and died.<\/p>\n

As a way to honor her legacy, a memorial was unveiled Wednesday to honor the type of student and person she was.<\/p>\n

A 6-foot-tall memorial now sits in the alumni courtyard to honor Hernandez, as well as other Invader students whose lives ended too soon.<\/p>\n

Ryan Hnat, Art teacher at West Scranton High School, said, \u201cNot a lot of people have that, and this is in honor of Rose, but this is for anybody coming past, present, or future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friends and family members laid roses at the base of the metal rose memorial, created by students at Scranton\u2019s Career Technical Center.<\/p>\n

Man murders 6-month-old infant, state police say <\/a><\/p>\n

West Scranton High School also gave the family an honorary diploma Hernandez would have received this month.<\/p>\n

Those who knew Hernandez describe her as a bright person with an even brighter smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was always laughing when I would see her. We would always be smiling and everything. There was not one moment where I saw her sad,\u201d Jaynellyn Alonso Perez, junior at West Scranton High School, said.<\/p>\n

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Allson Juarez, another junior at West Scranton High School, said, \u201cThere\u2019s days where I look back at the pictures or the videos that we took and just wish I was able to go back in time and kind of relive that, but then, also part of me thinks that she\u2019s in a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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