First Day of School: 'Really, Really Good'

Although they had to wake up earlier than they'd like, students reported that the first day of school went well, and they're optimistic the year will continue on the same note.

"It was really, really good," said Riley, an eighth-grader at George Washington School. Riley, along with her friends Emily and Erica, also reported that things are a little bit different this year, just like they always are in regards to class scheduling at the middle school, they laughed.

"We don't have A + B days anymore," Riley said of the schedule that had alternating subjects during the same period on different days (i.e. history for 7th period on Monday, math for 7th period on Tuesday, history again the same period on Wednesday, etc.).

"But it's better," she said. Erica and Emily agreed, though they did say that the class scheduling has changed every single year since they've been at the middle school, which is somewhat frustrating.

Another GW student, Stella, also said that the first day went swimingly. She found out today that she'll have to be disecting frogs in science class, not exactly what she wanted to do. She did mention, however, that the teachers were "really, really nice" and she's looking forward to the year.

Fifth-grader Grace, a student at Willard, said she was "really nervous" but had a nice, exciting day at the school. The teachers, she said, also seemed really happy to see the kids again.

"I had butterflies in my stomach this morning when I got up," Stefan, a 7th grader at GW, said. "But it went away and I had a really good time," he said. He agreed with the consensus that the teachers were all really nice, though he was somewhat surprised to find that the lockers for 7th graders were smaller than the one he had last year in sixth grade.

It was a different story at the high school, where Chris, a sophomore at RHS said the lockers were significantly bigger than they had been prior to the work done on the school as part of the $48 million bond referendum. Those weren't the only improvements, though, and he said that the fields look really nice too, and they'll be a welcome change from the often-flooded fields of prior years.

Though things were relatively uneventful for the high schoolers, getting lost in the school was a common theme, Lexi, a freshman said. Most were lucky to escape without any embarassing moments, though one student wasn't immune. That student fell up the stairs, his peers said.