First Day Of School 2021: See Photos From Anne Arundel County

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Schools in Anne Arundel County welcomed students back for the 2021-2022 school year Wednesday.

This will be the first time that many students have entered a school building since the coronavirus pandemic struck in March 2020. Here is when each grade heads back:

• Wednesday, Sept. 8 (Grades 1–5, 6 and 9 only.)
• Thursday, Sept. 9 (Everybody else in grades 1 through 12.)
• Wednesday, Sept. 8 through Friday, Sept. 17 (Staggered openings for ECI, Pre-K and Kindergarten. See the chart at this link.)

Face coverings will be required for all students and staff, regardless of their vaccination status. AACPS announced this rule about three weeks before the Maryland State Board of Education mandated masks in all schools.

Below are some photos providing a snapshot of the first day.

Ninth-grader Ally Kucner is headed to high school at South River.

Greyson is ready for his first day of high school at Northeast.

Michelle Harris snapped this image of her grandson, Leighton Harris, on the first day of third grade at High Point Elementary School in Pasadena.

Arthur (7, starting second grade) and Thatcher (5, starting kindergarten), of Crofton, posed for their dad Steven Ferrell.

Khyler Henderson, 7 and a second-grader at Jones Elementary in Severna Parkhad his photo taken by Alfa Stevens.

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Related: Back To School: AACPS 2021-22 School Calendar

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