Vineyard Students Head Back to School
Edgartown children arrived for their first day of school Tuesday.
Edgartown children arrived for their first day of school Tuesday.
Sporting brand new backpacks.
Sporting brand new backpacks.
Assistant principal MaryAnn Bartlett lends a hand as crossing guard.
Assistant principal MaryAnn Bartlett lends a hand as crossing guard.
Documenting another school year.
Documenting another school year.
Fifth-grader James Gould-Lamont poses with principal Shelley Einbinder and mom, Louisa.
Fifth-grader James Gould-Lamont poses with principal Shelley Einbinder and mom, Louisa.
Greetings with friends and classmates out front.
Greetings with friends and classmates out front.
Filing in as another school year beckons.
Filing in as another school year beckons.
Meeting teachers for the first time.
Meeting teachers for the first time.
The buses roll in at West Tisbury school with precious cargo.
The buses roll in at West Tisbury school with precious cargo.
Hustling to start the school year off in style.
Hustling to start the school year off in style.
Principal Donna Lowell-Bettencourt greets students outside.
Principal Donna Lowell-Bettencourt greets students outside.
So, how was your summer?
So, how was your summer?
Hugs for friends not seen for months.
Hugs for friends not seen for months.
Dad looks more pleased with the first day back at school.
Dad looks more pleased with the first day back at school.
Librarian Stephanie Dreyer, bedecked in Barbie apparel, brought her horse Michael.
Librarian Stephanie Dreyer, bedecked in Barbie apparel, brought her horse Michael.
Back to school in Chilmark is family affair.
Back to school in Chilmark is family affair.
Crossing the community center lawn to the school.
Crossing the community center lawn to the school.
Interviewed on this momentous day.
Interviewed on this momentous day.
John and Laura Forte bring children.
John and Laura Forte bring children.
Outside the classroom door.
Outside the classroom door.
Skipping in the school.
Skipping in the school.
Island students went back to school today and the rhythms of a new year could be seen all over the Vineyard as kids waited at the end of roads and driveways for school buses to arrive, and parents sat in drop-off lines at elementary schools.