PHOTOS: Tewksbury Students Return to School

TEWKSBURY, MA — Students throughout Wilmington said goodbye to the summer Wednesday and returned to school Tuesday to embark on the 2016-2017 school year.

As is tradition, many Tewksbury parents snapped pictures of their children's smiling faces as they headed off for another year. The good news is that many students looked happier to return to school than I was back in 2002.

We are still looking to add to our photo gallery! Send your kids' first-day-of-school pictures to joe.lipovich@patch.com for a chance to be featured in the Patch photo gallery. Please include their first name, hometown, grade, and age with your submission. We prefer landscape-oriented photos (horizontal), but will accept both portrait and landscape.

Photo Descriptions:

1. Ryan, Age 10, Grade 5 and Evan, Age 7, Grade 2
2. Billy and Gianna, Kindergarten, Age 5 (Submitted by Jackie Sullivan)
3. Kevin, Grade 11 (Submitted by Linda Anderson)
4. Jake and Josh, Grade 10, Age 15 (Submitted by Debbie Winter)
5. Ryan, Grade 4, Age 9 (Submitted by Debbie Winter)
6. Billy, Kindergarten, Age 5 (Submitted by Jackie Sullivan)
7. and 7. Grant, Kindergarten, Age 5 (Submitted by Lisa Phillip
8. Siena, Preschool, Age 8
9. Aislin, 10, and Brennen, 6, (Submitted by Christie Davis)
10. Ava, Grade 2, Age 7 and Ella, Grade 1, Age 6 (Submitted by Nana C.)
11. Louis IV, Grade 7, Age 13
12. Shawn, Grade 2, Age 7 and Jason, Pre-K, Grade 4 (Submitted by Melissa Malone)
13. Sofia, Grade 3, Age 8 (Submitted by Jillian Bova)
14. Nick, Grade 6, Age 11 and Matt, Grade 5, Age 10 (Submitted by Michelle Calouro)
15. Jacob, Grade 1 (Submitted by Michalea Nocco)