Images: First day of school in the suburbs
See moments from the first days of school from across the suburbs this week.
Kindergartner Isabella Munoz gives a thumbs up toward her family as she gets settled in her classroom on her first day at Perry Elementary School in Carpentersville Tuesday.
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New principal Susan Rohlwing laughs with students as they lineup outside for the first day of class at Perry Elementary School in Carpentersville Tuesday.
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Kindergartner Louis Sutton gets in a long morning stretch as he waits to head inside for the first day of class at Perry Elementary School in Carpentersville Tuesday.
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Seniors march through the parking lot and into the school for Senior Walk at Palatine High School on Monday for the first day of school.
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The marching band leads seniors from the football stadium and through the parking lot and into the school for Senior Walk at Palatine High School on Monday for the first day of school.
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Seniors march through the parking lot and into the school for Senior Walk at Palatine High School on Monday for the first day of school.
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Keith Soljacich, left, of Inverness captures the moment as his wife Kelly offers a high-five to their daughter Gwen, 7, as she is dropped off for the first day of third grade classes at Marion Jordan Elementary School in Palatine on Wednesday.
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Kristin Pellicori of Inverness takes pictures of her children Mae, 6, and Leo, 8, as she drops them off for the first day of classes at Marion Jordan Elementary School in Palatine on Wednesday. Mae is in first grade and Leo is in third grade.
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Paraprofessional Tracy Bobitz greets first graders for the first day of classes at Marion Jordan Elementary School in Palatine on Wednesday.
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Principal Jenny Grosch greets first graders for the first day of classes at Marion Jordan Elementary School in Palatine on Wednesday.
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First grader Emmeline Boisvert, 6, starts off the new school year with a laugh and a smile as she and her school mates get ready to enter the classroom at Wauconda Grade School on Wednesday.
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Jaylah Glover, 6, of Wauconda holds a sign regarding her life plan to become a doctor as she waits for the first day of school to begin at Wauconda Grade School on Wednesday.
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First grader Charlie Mitchell, 6, of Wauconda is escorted into the school by her mom Tania on the first day of school at Wauconda Grade School on Wednesday.
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The first day of school to begins at Wauconda Grade School with a mass of kids flowing into the school greeted by their teachers on Wednesday.
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Wauconda police officer Sgt. John Thibault takes a picture of Nate Bobinski, 8, along with Jeremy Stasek, Marissa Bobinski, and Audrianna Stasek on the first day of school at Wauconda Grade School on Wednesday.
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Iyahna Craig wears a unicorn crown on her first day in second grade at Washington Elementary School on Chicago St. in Elgin Wednesday.
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Students get a sneak peek at the new Learning Commons area of Scott Elementary in Naperville on Thursday.
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Akilah Jumani, left, and Elizabeth Ludtke, right, fifth-graders, look through books in the new Learning Commons area of Scott Elementary in Naperville on Thursday.
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Learning Commons Director/Teacher Scott Larson, shows kids a new classroom on the first day of school at Scott Elementary in Naperville on Thursday.
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