Middle Schoolers Seem Excited About Coming Back to Walter Reed

It's back-to-school for most of the public schools in Los Angeles.

The anxious faces, the eager hugs, the "what did you do this summer?" and the "I saw your photos on Facebook" conversations are going to be proliferating the hallways of the main building, and the grassy field in front of the school on Wednesday.

The first thing they will see is a because their school went up in test scores over the past year, and there's a big welcome for that.

Check out some of the smiling faces, the rooms prepared for the new year, and the back-to-school activities in the video and photo gallery above, as the new year at Walter Reed Middle School begins.

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