Look: Palatine High School, U-46 students attend first day of classes
Posted August 11, 2025 3:44 pm
Third-grader Maliyah Richardson reaches out to say hi to library paraprofessional Karen Downden as she and her classmates file in for the first day of school at Washington Elementary School in Elgin Monday. The school, built in 1891, will close at the end of the school year.
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Kindergartner Omar Garcia is not enthusiastic about having to leave his mom Isabelle Nuñez for the first day of school at Washington Elementary School in Elgin.
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Principal Ryan Corcoran gives out high fives as kids enter Washington Elementary School in Elgin Monday.
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Students file in for the last first day of school at Washington Elementary School in Elgin Monday. The school, built in 1891, will close at the end of the school year.
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Kindergartner Benji McGlone smacks the historic bell while filing in for the last first day of school at Washington Elementary School in Elgin Monday. The bell is original to the 1891 building.
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Some of the 600 plus seniors at Palatine High School formed a "150" on the football field Monday morning to kick off the 150th school year.
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Palatine High School teachers and staff greet seniors as they enter the building Monday morning for first day of classes. The Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 is celebrating Palatine High School's 150th year anniversary.
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Palatine High School seniors enter the building Monday morning to the applause and cheers of teachers and staff as the new school year begins.
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Parents of Palatine High School students line up to watch the seniors marched to the school by the band's drumline Monday morning.
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Palatine High School seniors are marched from the football field to the school by the band's drumline for the first day of classes Monday morning.
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Monday was the first day of the 150th school year of Palatine High School and seniors formed a giant "150" on the football field before being marched into the building by the band's drumline.
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Members of the Palatine High School drumline marched the seniors from the football field to the school Monday for first day of classes.
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