School news of the week: First-day scenes, fun starts to school year
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They’re already trying out engineering skills in fourth grade at St. Lambert Elementary.

What generous neighbors! Southern Hills United Methodist Church provided the John Harris Elementary community with hot dogs, chips and water during the school’s open house.

Laura B. Anderson Elementary might win our award for best mascot! There were lots of photo ops at the school’s open house.

Nice reminder to “stick” together at Fred Assam Elementary.

And, of course, we could fill this with nothing but first-day-of-school photos, but here are some of our favorites:







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