Head Librarian Patty Freidman tells students to make a book with their hands as she talks to Maranda Drew's kindergarten class about the library on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kindergarteners say hi to friends across the playground after the two kindergarten classes learned about the rules of the playground from K-5 Principal Mark Schrader on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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A kindergartener wears a fun hat as the two kindergarten classes learn about the rules of the playground from K-5 Principal Mark Schrader on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Head Librarian Patty Freidman tells students to make a book with their hands as she talks to Maranda Drew's kindergarten class about the library on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Librarian Julie Frum talks to Maranda Drew's kindergarten class about the library and "listening ears" on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students admire the books on display as Maranda Drew's kindergarten class explores the library for the first time on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Student Eliot Guptil talks about what she did over the summer in Tina Littlefield's grades 3/4 A.B.L.E. Program (agriculture) class on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Teacher Tricia Pitman leads her kindergarten class down the hallway on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kindergarteners say hi to friends across the playground after the two kindergarten classes learned about the rules of the playground from K-5 Principal Mark Schrader on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The kindergarten classes learn about the rules of the playground from K-5 Principal Mark Schrader (right) on the first day of school at the Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg on Aug. 31. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Margaret Horan teaches both sixth grade classes the sign for "perfect" after reviewing call-and-responses with them on the first day of school at Pine Tree Elementary School in Center Conway on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A kindergartener in Sarah Learn's class smiles while coloring on the first day of school at Pine Tree Elementary School in Center Conway on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Superintendent Kevin Richard dances along with Julia Quinn's kindergarten class during a "freeze dance" game on the first day of school at Pine Tree Elementary School in Center Conway on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Superintendent Kevin Richard chats with Julia Quinn's kindergarten class on the first day of school at Pine Tree Elementary School in Center Conway on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Superintendent Kevin Richard chats with Julia Quinn's kindergarten class on the first day of school at Pine Tree Elementary School in Center Conway on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students ask each other questions for a get-to-know-you scavenger hunt in Sheila Sanfilippo's third grade class on the first day of school at Pine Tree Elementary School in Center Conway on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A student in Sheila Sanfilippo's third grade class fills out his name on a get-to-know-you scavenger hunt on the first day of school at Pine Tree Elementary School in Center Conway on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A student colors a "back to school" picture in Hannah Spies' 4/5 class on the first day of school at Conway Elementary School on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Hannah Spies (right) chats with her 4/5 class while they color on the first day of school at Conway Elementary School on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students wave to Connie the Cougar on their way into the building on the first day of school at Conway Elementary School on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students step off the bus on the first day of school at Conway Elementary School on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students smile for a photo with Connie the Cougar on the first day of school at Conway Elementary School on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
New Principal Katy Bedley meets with a student on the first day of school at Conway Elementary School on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A student fist-bumps Connie the Cougar on the first day of school at Conway Elementary School on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Michelle Cruz (right) says goodbye to her children as parents line up to drop off kids on the first day of school at Conway Elementary School on Sept. 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fourth and fifth graders smile together at the John Fuller Elementary School's back to school assembly in the gymnasium on Sept. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fuller Falcon high-fives students as they settle into their places at the John Fuller Elementary School's back to school assembly in the gymnasium on Sept. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Grade 4/5 Teacher Becca Skelton high-fives her students on the way out the door after the John Fuller Elementary School's back to school assembly in the gymnasium on Sept. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sixth grader Oliver Loth (center right) and his classmates smile as they walk past their younger peers at the John Fuller Elementary School's back to school assembly in the gymnasium on Sept. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Students raise their hands in response to Principal Danielle Nutting at the front of the room at the John Fuller Elementary School's back to school assembly in the gymnasium on Sept. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sixth graders hold up letters spelling out the year's slogan "Positivity, Integrity, Kindess," at the John Fuller Elementary School's back to school assembly in the gymnasium on Sept. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sixth graders hold up letters spelling out the year's slogan "Positivity, Integrity, Kindess," at the John Fuller Elementary School's back to school assembly in the gymnasium on Sept. 2. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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