Senior Christian Gustafson greets his fellow classmates with some wake-up music at Schaumburg High School on Tuesday.
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Students file into Schaumburg High School for their first day.
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Friends come together for a back-to-school moment at Schaumburg High School.
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Checking to see if they have any classes together are junior class members Samantha LaBee ,16, and Logan Walther ,16.
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It is hard enough on the first day of school just dealing with your fellow classmates and locker woes, but add a bum leg you just had surgery on due to a soccer injury? Junior Jenna Eaker at Schaumburg High School said Its not too bad.
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Hundreds of students file off the buses at Schaumburg High School.
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Assistant Principal Shayne Bullen at Schaumburg High School greets freshman Arman Willabay.
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Students return at Schaumburg High for the first day of classes.
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Chris Deignan tells students their seating assignments for his sophomore english class at Barrington High School.
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Riley Raynor, a second grader at Hough Street School, tries out the new playground equipment before class.
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Students line up for the first day of school at Hough Street School in Barrington.
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Students pass in the hallway after their first class at Barrington High School.
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Students take a spin the new playground equipment before class on the first day of school at Hough Street School in Barrington.
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Melika Sobi, 9, and her mother Marya Sobi make their way to Whittier Elementary School in Wheaton, for the first day of classes.
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First graders line up at Hoover Wood Elementary School in Batavia.
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First graders line up and hold backpacks over their heads as it begins to rain at Hoover Wood Elementary School in Batavia.
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Second grade teacher Michelle Tarkowski reads a book to her students during the first day of classes at W.C. Petty Elementary School in Antioch.
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Third graders Alex Tius, left, and Michael Plonski perform a word search of their classmates in Deedee Hargers class at W.C. Petty Elementary School in Antioch.
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Second grader Lizbeth Mata receives a backpack from Jason Lukas of United Stationers Charitable Foundation Tuesday at Diamond Lake Elementary School in Mundelein. The foundation handed out 70 free backpacks to second-grade students and each contained school supplies for the start of classes.
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Ana Bonilla, 4, left, watches her sister, Rosa, 7, unpack her new backpack provided by United Stationers Charitable Foundation at Diamond Lake School in Mundelein.
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