Kids head back to school in Palatine in September of 1969.
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As kids wind up their summer vacation, we take a look back at kids returning to school in the 1960s and 1970s for this week's #TBT gallery.
Kids didn't generally head back to school until after Labor Day and either took the bus or walked to school.
It was an era when girls almost always wore dresses, sometimes with knee high socks. Everybody in general tended to be a little more dressy. Girls skirts got shorter and boys hair got longer going into the 1970s.
In days long before computers and iPads, kids sat at individual desks with their paper, pencils and books. Papers were handwritten or maybe done on a typewriter in high school. They were simpler times without the distraction of cellphones and video games.
The one thing that probably hasn't changed is getting nervous and excited about starting a new grade and meeting a new teacher for another school year.
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School orientation in Wood Dale in August of 1968.
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Teachers get their orientation in Palatine in August of 1967.
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Kids head back to school in Mt. Prospect in September of 1965.
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The first day of school at Saint Viator in 1976.
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Kids head back to school in Palatine in September of 1965.
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School orientation in Wood Dale in August of 1968.
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Pep rally at Buffalo Grove High School in September of 1975.
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A girl gets help with her locker during school orientation in September 1966.
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Kids head into the classroom for orientation in Rolling Meadows in September of 1968.
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Kids head back to class in Des Plaines in September of 1970.
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Kids get their Conant High School yearbooks in September of 1969.
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The first day of Saint Viator High School in 1976.
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Pep rally at Buffalo Grove High School in September of 1975.
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Two children walk into Brentwood school on the first day in September of 1971.
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Kids head into the classroom for orientation in Rolling Meadows in September of 1968.
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First day of class at Harper College in September of 1969.
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