PHOTOS: First Day Of School "Off To A Great Start" In Canton, Sixes

Sign up for the Canton-Sixes Patch newsletter!

---

The first day of school is “off to a great start,” the Cherokee County School District said on Monday.

The 2015-16 school year began on Monday, Aug. 3, and more than 41,000 students are expected by when enrollment peaks on the 20th day of classes.

Check out these photos sent by the Cherokee County School District of students enjoying their first day.

---

Photo 1: Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo smiles for a photo with first-grader Evan Saxon at Sixes Elementary School.
Photo 2: Liberty Elementary School kindergarten teacher Julie Michaud goes over some basic rules with her new class of students.
Photo 3: Johnston Elementary School Principal Amy Graham, right, and Assistant Principal Dr. Carolyn Daugherty welcome students. The school also opened a new CCSD Preschool Center on its campus today.
Photo 4: Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo reaches to give a ‘high five’ to Sixes Elementary School second-grader Noah Smith.
Photo 5: Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo introduces Sixes Elementary School Principal Cindy Crews, right, to students, as second-grade teacher Shelli Faullkner looks on.
Photo 6: Ralph Bunche Center preschooler Charlie Jacoby hugs the school’s ‘pet’ in the front lobby as he arrives for the first day of school.
Photo 7: Students in Brandy Thierry’s kindergarten class at Liberty Elementary School get right to work on the first day of school.
Photo 8: Liberty Elementary School Principal Doug Knott stops in Laura Chan’s classroom and chats with a special needs student.
Photo 9: Johnston Elementary School kindergarteners are ready to learn!
Photo 10: Liberty Elementary School fifth-graders, from left to right, Devin Pace, Lexi Pavese, Jacob Simmons, Ava Nesmith and A.J. Pama prepare to be on camera to lead the Pledge of Allegiance for the school’s morning newscast.
Photo 11: Liberty Elementary School media specialist Della Tucker and Principal Doug Knott get ready to launch the school year’s first morning news segment for WLES TV.
Photo 12: R.M. Moore Elementary School pre-kindergarteners smile as they begin class with teacher Kelly Street, left, and paraprofessional Leisha Hawkins.
Photo 13: Kerolos Eskander arrives at the Ralph Bunche Center with parents, Jack and Mariam Eskander, for his first day of preschool.
Photo 14: Creekland Middle School’s PTA welcomed teachers and staff for the first day of classes with a ‘Thanks a Bunch’ buffet of bananas and bottled water.
Photo 15: Arnold Mill Elementary School Principal Dan Fuller greets brothers, fifth-grader Stephen and first-grader Christian Farmer on the first day of school.
Photo 16: Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy Counselor Aaron Robinson ‘puts on the Ritz’ to welcome students for the first day of classes.
Photo 17: Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy rolls out the red carpet to welcome students including second-grader Adam Layton.
Photo 18: Free Home Elementary School teacher Annsley Cochran welcomes first-grader Carah Samples to class.
Photo 19: Grant and Finley Ball are ready to start the sixth and first grade at Indian Knoll Elementary School.
Photo 20: Brothers Brady and Drew Harmon kick off their school year as fifth- and second-graders at Hickory Flat Elementary School.
Photo 21: Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo visits Woodstock Elementary School during his visits to schools throughout the county on the first day of classes. Principal Kim Montalbano reported that buses arrived on time, and 1,106 students were excited and prepared for the first day of school.
Photo credit: Cherokee County School District