Drum Major Tanya Gerdzhev wears a “Seniors” T-shirt as she and fellow drum major Anika Tsau lead fellow Palatine High School seniors on their traditional march from the campus football stadium into the school building on the first day of the new academic year Monday morning.
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The 2023-24 school year in the suburbs kicked off Monday morning with the return of students to the five schools of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211, as well as to the schools of St. Charles Unit District 303.
Several other school districts across the suburbs will resume classes this week. Among them is Elgin Area School District U-46, which will welcome back more than 35,000 kindergartners through 12th-graders to its 53 schools Tuesday.
The state's second-largest school district, for the first time in nearly a decade, has a new superintendent: Suzanne Johnson, a U-46 graduate and previously deputy superintendent of instruction. Johnson replaced Tony Sanders, who in February became the state superintendent of education.
Also, roughly 1,200 students collectively are returning to Batavia Unit District 101 and Geneva Unit District 304 schools Wednesday.
Seniors at Palatine High School honored tradition Monday by starting the new year with a triumphant march from the campus football stadium to the school building.
The year ahead promises to be a big one at all five District 211 campuses, including at Hoffman Estates High School, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary over the next nine months.
Members of the Class of 2024 are those whose freshman years began amid ongoing COVID-19 mitigations like remote learning, social distancing, upended extracurricular and sports schedules, and masks in the classroom.
Teachers and parents line the sidewalk as Palatine High School seniors march from the football stadium into the school building on the first day of classes Monday.
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Palatine High School seniors honor tradition by marching from the football stadium to the school for the first day of classes Monday.
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Cindy Gibson leads her kindergarten class into the building on Monday for the first day of school at Wild Rose Elementary School in St. Charles.
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Students at Wild Rose Elementary School in St. Charles line up on Monday for the first day of school.
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Ellen Johnson chats with her daughter, Lorelai, as her son, Ben, 2, looks on as they line up Monday for the first day of school at Wild Rose Elementary School in St. Charles.
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Kindergarten teacher Katherine Thompson chats with student Allen O'Brien on Monday during the first day of school at Wild Rose Elementary School in St. Charles.
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Brenda Boyd helps her daughter, Asantewaa Lumemba, 5, with her backpack on Monday before her first day of kindergarten at Wild Rose Elementary School in St. Charles.
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