SCHOOL’S BACK IN SESSION

A Barth Elementary student heads in to her first day of classes Aug. 27. For more photos from the first day of school at area schools,

POTTSTOWN » It was a day parents and teachers were both waiting for, and one students eyed with a mixture of anticipation and resignation — the first day back at school.

For some it represents a fresh start or a chance to reconnect with friends.

For others, it may be their final year before graduation or their very first day in class.

While meanings may vary, depending on perspective, one thing is sure — the first day of school is an American rite of passage.

Here are some photos already submitted to us from the Pottstown, Pottsgrove and Spring-Ford Area school districts to mark this special day.

SUBMITTED PHOTO — POTTSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT

Classmates get to know each with an exercise in Heather Kurtz’s room at Pottstown’s Lincoln Elementary School Aug. 27.

Pottstown Middle School math and science teacher Sam DiAngeli informs his students of the rules of decorum and behavior before classes got started Aug. 27.

Bows in your hair are not a requirement of admittance to Ringing Rocks Elementary School, but they sure seem to be popular.

This fellow in the middle seems to be a bit more nervous than his companions on the first day of school at Ringing Rocks Elementary

Parent Kelsey Herbein welcomes Prek Counts student Kaleb Elliot to Lincoln Elementary School.