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First-day faces at Shields Elementary School
Richard Shields Elementary School fourth-grader Madison Mark seems to be contemplating the upcoming school year. Cape Henlopen School District’s more than 5,200 students returned to school Sept. 5. Grades with the most students include third, fourth, fifth and seventh. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
September 11, 2017
Third-graders Madilynne O’Malley and Taylor Thomson chat with friends prior to the start of school.
Second-grader Griffin Crandall is ready for the start of school.
Jenny Nauman, a 2016 National Distinguished Principal, takes time to talk with students on the first day of school.
Third-grader Arianna Snead rests her head on her lunchbox as she pauses to relax before school starts.
First-grader Eliza Messick is all smiles on the first day of school.
Students cross the street with the help of Shields crossing guards.
Students are already loaded down with large book bags.
Third-grader Xander Proseus gets a first-day hug from librarian Lauren Levin.
Joshua Garcia-Panuco, a first-grader, reads before class starts.
Students, who just got off buses, prepare to walk into school.
Billy Petrone is styling in his sunglasses as he walks in front of the school.
