Back to School 2016

September 8, 2016

Back to School 2016

Students, teachers and parents across the city headed back to school on Sept. 8, 2016.

Chapter Leader Helene Loomis (back row, left) and teacher Arlene Sargeant welcome students at PS 274 in Bushwick.

Actor Rico Rodriguez (from the television show "Modern Family") distributes books to students at a First Book event at PS 30, a UFT Community Learning School in East Harlem.

Bruce Cotler

A banner welcomes students at PS/MS 37 in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.

School secretary Suzanne Pillsbury is there to help confused parents and students lined up in the office at Quest to Learn in Chelsea.

Pat Arnow

A father and son head off to school at PS 303 in Forest Hills, Queens.

A brother and sister are prepped to soar at PS/MS 37 in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.

A returning student gives a hug to Rachelle Vallon, a middle school guidance counselor at Quest to Learn in Chelsea.

Pat Arnow

Music teachers James Duncan and Cindy Christensen start the day at Murrow HS in Midwood.

Heading into school at PS 34 in the East Village.

At PS 34 in the East Village, a mother takes the requisite first-day photo.

Gym teacher Theresa Crivelli, para rep Michelle Griffin, math teacher Natalie Stepura and math teacher Michael Elias prepare to welcome 4,200 students back to Murrow HS in Midwood.

4th-grade teacher Kristen Forma carries in her printer as she arrives for work at PS 32 on Staten Island.

Mia and Luca are ready for their first day at PS 32 in Great Kills, Staten Island.

Stephen and Laurie McCarthy arrive at PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights with their 1st-grader.

Mothers peer through a window for one last glimpse at PS 204 in Morris Heights, the Bronx.

The Chebar and Saacks children are ready to go back to school at PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights.

Ms. Papakanakis and Ms. Mora, ESL and Spanish teachers at PS/MS 37 in the Bronx, team up to welcome Kingsbridge families.

At Quest to Learn in Chelsea, Millie Cordero straightens the front counter after helping waves of students, parents and staff.

Pat Arnow

Sabrina Satterfield-Brown, a technology teacher at PS 36 in St. Albans, Queens, takes pictures of her 2nd-grade students.

Erica Berger

Staff members are decked out in school shirts at PS 115 in Canarsie.

School crossing guards are back in business at PS 115 in Canarsie.

A PS 115 staff member greets students in Canarsie.

These students are ready for a great year at PS 163 on the Upper West Side.

It's back to school for this family at PS 163 on the Upper West Side.

Annette Pineda, a bilingual kindergarten teacher at PS/MS 31 in the Bronx, greets her new students.

Jonathan Fickies

Kindergarten teachers at PS/MS 31 in the Bronx debrief after the first day.