Good-bye, summer daze; hello, school phase

 
'Twas the night before school started and a Maple Grove girl proudly signs kindergarten poster while school administrator Bruce Kelley fields a parent's question. Click "read more' for additional photos.

Maple Grove teacher Bobbi Coine greets fifth graders at open house.

 
BGHS students, schedules in hand, head for class or freshman assembly in gymnasium, where Principal Tim Lexow waits.

 
BGHS ninth graders check schedules. . . . Teacher Emmy Pellico assists student.

 
At Chief Umtuch Middle, seventh grade teacher Aaron Garner launches first-day math lesson.

  
Chief Umtuch education aide Annette Bullis conducts map talk as Principal David Cresap makes rounds.

 
At Daybreak Primary, kids and parents arrive, shoot photos and wait for the opening bell.

 
Mrs. A, as she is known, greets Daybreak third graders with infectious smile and welcoming words while first-grade girl waits with mom and baby brother.

 
At Daybreak Middle, girls are ready for first-day band class and friends embrace after a summer apart.