Schools back in session for East Meadow

Posted Thursday, September 8, 2022 12:00 am

Tyler Komornik, 14, was cheesin for his first day of 10th grade at East Meadow High School.

Courtesy Komornik family

Samantha W, 3, walks into her first day at Universal Pre-K at McVey Elementary School with her Pa-Pa by her side.

Courtesy Lori W

Myla Hernandez, far left, Rylie Hanson and Amelia Zafonte waited for the bus together on their first day of kindergarten at McVey Elementary School.

Courtesy Luisa DeGirolamo-Zafonte

The rain didn’t keep the kids away at McVey Elementary School on Sept. 6. Students showed up in raincoats and umbrellas.

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Ricky Pizzo, Barnum Woods kindergartener, looked all dapper for his first day.

Courtesy Patrick Pizzo

w.t. clarke students and teachers were excited to kick off the 2022-23 school year. Students and staff had signs showing their school spirit.

Courtesy East Meadow School District

Ms. McKillop took a selfie with her first grade students at Barnum Woods Elementary School during the first day of school.

Courtesy East Meadow School District

First graders at Bowling Green Elementary School celebrated the start of the 2022-23 school year on Sept. 2.

Courtesy East Meadow School District

Grayson Hohl, 6, right, and his brother Gavin, 4, shared some smiles as they were getting ready for the first day of school heading into first grade and kindergarten, respectively.

Courtesy Karen Hohl

Avery Welsh, 5, made her way to kindergarten while her brother Finn, 9, ventured to fifth grade on Sept. 2. The siblings’ older brothers — not pictured — Brandon, 12, and Liam, 14, were off to eighth and ninth grade, respectively.

Courtesy the Welsh family

For the first time since 2019, students in East Meadow got off the bus, and walked through the front doors of their schools without a mask on.

Sept. 2 was the first day of school for the district’s nine schools. The five elementary schools, Barnum Woods, Bowling Green, McVey, Meadowbrook, and Parkway, the two middle schools, Woodland and W.T. Clark, and the two high schools East Meadow and Clarke, filled with smiling students and staff.

First-time students and high school seniors alike shared a sense of excitement as they walked through their school buildings doors. Some tears were shed from both students and parents as the school day quickly approached.

Across all schools, the consensus was clear: students were eager to head back to school, and their teachers were just as ready to welcome them back, and start the year off on a strong and healthy foot.

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Schools back in session for East Meadow

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