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First Day Of School 2022: Herndon Readers Share Student Photos

With the start of the 2022-23 school year on Monday, Herndon families shared photos with Patch of their students' first day.

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Herndon Elementary School's Bee mascot welcomes a new kindergartner to the Bee Hive on Monday morning.
Herndon Elementary School's Bee mascot welcomes a new kindergartner to the Bee Hive on Monday morning. (Sarosh Judah)

HERNDON, VA — Monday was the start of the 2022-23 academic year at Fairfax County Public Schools.

A tradition for some families is taking a photo on the first day of school each year and comparing them from kindergarten to 12th grade.

Patch asked its readers to submit photos of their child's first day at school on Monday. Here are some of the photos we received:

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Third-grader Carter is on his way to Daniels Run Elementary in Fairfax City Monday morning for the first day of the new school year. (Tonya Carter)
Fourth-grader Mason is on his way to Daniels Run Elementary in Fairfax City Monday morning for the first day of the new school year. (Tonya Carter)
Fairfax County students (from left) Emily and Olivia are off to begin first and ninth grade, respectively, Monday morning on the first day of the new school year. Emily goes to Daniel’s Run Elementary and Olivia goes to Fairfax High School. (Christina Pritchard)

Patch is still accepting photo submissions and will share them here.

Please send submissions with your student's name, school and grade to michael.oconnell@patch.com. Please only share photos you took. By sharing photos, you are giving Patch permission to publish your photos in our first day of school coverage.

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