A 16-year-old Bronx high school student was reunited with her family last Thursday night after mysteriously disappearing for more than a week.

Details remain sketchy on what exactly happened in the eight days that Selena Pruden, a junior at Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music, was missing, but she is now safely back home with her family, according to Celia Cruz principal William Rodriguez.

Prior to her disappearance, Rodriguez said, Selena was last seen leaving her Kingsbridge-area home on Wednesday, May 14. She was dressed for school and carrying her viola, which she plays in one of the school’s orchestra ensembles.

Selena’s mother, Geraldine Hoggis, notified the school and police the following Thursday morning when her daughter failed to come home Wednesday night. Then, on Saturday, when she didn’t show up for a school performance, Rodriguez said school officials became increasingly worried about her safety. Failing to show up for school events was not Selena’s style.

“It was really alarming,” Rodriguez said. “She is a great student, on track to graduate, no attendance problems.”

On Thursday, May 22, a full eight days after Selena was last seen, Rodriguez held an assembly to talk about her disappearance and to hand out stacks of flyers with Pruden’s picture on it. Hoggis attended the assembly and spoke emotionally about her daughter, Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez also called on crisis intervention specialists to help out distressed classmates. Bronx News 12 attended the assembly and broadcasted a story about Selena soon afterward.

“Everyone is very worried, very quiet, very solemn,” Rodriguez said Thursday. “I told them, ‘Let’s be responsible about these flyers. Who knows, where you place it might be the right place it needs to be.’”

On the West Bronx News Blog, where the Norwood News had posted an item about Selena’s disappearance last Thursday afternoon, a commenter who said her name was Sophia and identified herself as Selena’s friend implored people to come forward with any information.

Later that day, according to Rodriguez, someone who saw Selena’s story on television, spotted her in a Bronx neighborhood (it’s unclear exactly which neighborhood) where students had also posted flyers.

Rodriguez said police “interceded” and Selena was safely reunited with her family. It remains unclear if Selena voluntarily went missing or was abducted. Police at the 50th precinct referred the Norwood News to the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information (DCPI), who did not respond to several inquiries. Hoggis did not return several phone calls.

In an e-mail message, Rodriguez said, “She is scheduled to return to school at some point. I asked teachers to consider the circumstances when determining her grade for this term. We are hoping for a smooth transition back to normalcy for her after such an ordeal.”