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PHOTOS: Back to School

Students across Ponoka headed back to class for the new school year on Sept. 4
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Getting a head start: A pair of students wait outside the Grade 3 and 4 door at Ponoka Elementary School while a couple of others go inside Sept. 4 to get things ready before the rush to lockers and classrooms began when the bell rings on the first day of school. Photo by Jordie Dwyer

By Jordie Dwyer

Students across Ponoka headed back to class for the new school year on Sept. 4

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The wheels on the bus: A familiar site at Ponoka Elementary School began once again on Sept. 4 with students arriving for the first day of school on the many buses that transport rural students to and from class. Photo by Jordie Dwyer
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Story time: The first day of actual school for these St. Augustine School Grade 1 students in Ms. Kawahara’s class began Sept. 4 with introductions, a prayer and then a story about a Catholic student getting ready for the first day of school. Photo by Jordie Dwyer
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Having a seat: The students in Ms. Kawahara’s Grade 1 class at St. Augustine School get into their desks on the first day of school Sept. 4 and prepare for the start of a long journey toward graduation. Photo by Jordie Dwyer
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Down to work: Colouring a ‘First Day’ of school picture was the initial task given the St. Augustine School students in Ms. Kawahara’s Grade 1 class on Sept. 4. Photo by Jordie Dwyer