Sharpen those pencils and get ready to hit the books — school is back in session!
Thousands of Brooklyn children said goodbye to summer and hello to the new school year with decidedly mixed feelings as they filed into classrooms across the borough on Monday morning.
Some kids were eager to meet their new teachers and greet old friends, while other youngsters needed reassuring words from their parents to work up the courage to walk through the door and begin this new chapter.
Bashful: First grader Anya Biggs was less excited than other youngsters to start her first day of school at PS 146, The Brooklyn New School.
Photo by Paul Martinka
Happy campers: Omri and Ella Yaniv couldn't wait to start off the new year at PS 146, on Henry Street between Third and Fourth places.
Photo by Paul Martinka
Bravely going: Thousands of Brooklyn youngsters marched back to school on Monday morning, kicking off the new school year.
Photo by Paul Martinkan
Garden of Learning: Third-grader Alisha Ortega happily enters PS 312 in Bergen Beach on her first day back to school.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
Together again!: Eight-year-olds Alisha Ortega and Nicole Blenman became friends in kindergarten, and were happy to reunite on the first day of third grade.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
Dad’s the best: Matthew Fromer’s dad double checks to make sure he’s got all his learning tools for the first day of classes at the Avenue T school.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
