Summer has ended and school is in session again. The end of sleepy mornings and lazy days is not so terrible, as seventh-grader Olivia Irons explains. During the summer, you don't get to see a lot of your friends. Once you learn it, it's not so hard. The beginning of school also means there is more to do, Irons said, such as afterschool activities, field trips, and sports.
Irons is an avid soccer and basketball player.
For administrators, September is a special time of year. Coastal Ridge Elementary School Principal Jane Stephenson called the first few weeks of school a kind of rebirth. We always hope to hold onto that enthusiasm the whole year. That is our challenge as educators. At both elementary schools, the staff waited outside Tuesday to greet the children back to school.