Images: First Day of School Wednesday in the Suburbs
As Superintendent Don Schlomann, left, greeted both new parents and new students to various district schools he said the one thing he can always expect is there will be more crying parents than crying student on the first day.
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Munhall Elementary Kindgergarten teacher Amy Fronk started students off with a lesson on how to calmly and slowly manuever their cars (meaning themselves) around the classroom without getting jammed up when it's time for a group sitdown.
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St. Charles Unit District 303 Superintendent Don Scholmann made a point of getting to know new students during their first day at school Wednesday.
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Richmond Intermediate Sci-Tech teacher Amy Dixon introduced students to a new piece of technology the St. Charles elementary schools are adopting this year. Each student at the school will receive a new tablet designed specifically for classroom use.
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New Amplify Tablets being introduced at St. Charles' Richmond Intermediate school have a function that lets teachers both constantly monitor how students are using the device and allows instructors to remind students to pay attention with the push of one button.
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New Buffalo Grove High School principal Jeff Wardle and associate principal Jill Maraldo compete in a game show answering questions about themselves and how much knowledge they have of Buffalo Grove High School, during a back to school pep-rally to kick off the first day of school.
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On stage from left at Buffalo Grove High School, Banana Man Tim Kosiek, Senior Class President Matt Shapiro, new Principal Jeff Wardle and Banana Man Rich Schram close out a back to school pep-rally.
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New Buffalo Grove High School principal Jeff Wardle addresses students.
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New Buffalo Grove High School principal Jeff Wardle, right, and associate principal Jill Maraldo, far left, compete in a game show answering questions about themselves and how much knowledge they have of Buffalo Grove High School.
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Second-grade teacher Maggie Alfredson helps answer a question for a new student during Wednesday's first day of school at Mill Creek Elementary in Geneva.
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"Every year it's hard. ... Oh my gosh is it hard, but she is really excited," said Charisse Dougherty of Geneva after she photographed her daughter, Madeline, 5, on her way into the first day of school Wednesday at Mill Creek Elementary.
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Students converge on Madison Junior High School in Naperville for the first day of classes Wednesday in Naperville Unit District 203. The school got a $769,000 front entrance and vestibule this summer to increase safety.
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Parents wave and take pictures as they send their kindergartners off for Wednesday's first day of school at Prairie View Grade School in Elgin.
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Principal Daniel Schuth high-fives kids as they get off the bus on the first day of classes Wednesday for Burlington Central District 301 students at Prairie View Grade School in Elgin.
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