All smiles on the first day

Top: Baylee Daugherty bounds up the stairs for the first day of classes at Evergreen Elementary School last Thursday.

Middle: Jayden Mathieu gets some last-minute backpack help from grandmother Nicole Szyller on the first day of school at Evergreen Elementary.

Bottom: Lillian Edens heads into Evergreen Elementary for the start of school last Thursday, after saying goodbye to her mother, Laura Edens.