Chelsea Esprit started her first day at the Washington Avenue Kindergarten Center learning about the ABC’s.
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Marco and Rina Vega walk their son Gabriel to his first day of kindergarten at the James A. Dever School.
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Tissues and paper towels are a common school supply item this year, including in Ellyn Fitzgerald’s third-grade class at Forest Road School, to combat the spread of germs.
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Jared Shapiro, Francesca DiRusso and Rachel Suess head into school for the first day at James A. Dever on Sept. 9.
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Luis Salazar brings son Alejandro, a second-grader, to school at Dever on the first day.
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Yolanda Ruzbarsky walks her two sons, Austin, a first-grader and Kyle, a fifth-grader, to school for the first day at James A. Dever on Sept. 9.
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Michael Jones drops daughters Caroline, a first-grader, and Gerlyn, a fourth-grader, at the Dever school on Sept. 9.
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Joseph Garofalo, starting his first day of kindergarten at the James A. Dever School, and big sister Kaitlin, a third-grader, pause so their family members can take pictures.
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Wilkens Mesilas learns the letters of the alphabet on his first day of at the Washington Avenue Kindergarten Center.
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Kindergarten teacher Lindsey Reese greets her students at the Forest Road School on Sept. 9.
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Liam Behan and Kyle Benitez step off the bus for their first day of school at Dever.
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Micaela and Nicolas Creo await instructions after getting off the bus for their first day of kindergarten at the James A. Dever School.
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Brianna Houlihan and Garrick Neuner find out where to go after getting off the bus at the James A. Dever School on Sept. 9.
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First-grader Mitre Ramikssoon heads back to school at Brooklyn Avenue as mother Rosemary prepares to say goodbye.
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Marvin Bonilla brings son Brian to his first day of third-grade at Brooklyn Avenue School.
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Brooklyn Avenue School Principal Dr. Scott Comis greets a parent on the first day of school.
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Eric Ferrara and Alexander Cossu left the cafeteria together to head to their kindergarten classroom for their first day at the James A. Dever School on Sept. 9.
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Joy D’Arico brings her son Dominic to his first day of kindergarten at the Brooklyn Avenue School on Sept. 9.
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Kindergartners at Brooklyn Avenue School passed through the front doors of the building for the first time on Sept. 9.
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