Back to school: Isle of Wight, Surry students return for first day of classes
Published 7:15 pm Thursday, September 7, 2023
- From left are instructional assistant Lauri Lipford, art teacher Rebecca Cox and her son, Noah, science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, teacher Danielle Joyner and hearing specialist Brynn Parker. (Photo by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
It was mostly all smiles among students and teachers for Isle of Wight County Schools’ first day of classes on Sept. 5. The Smithfield Times visited Westside and Carrollton Elementary schools and Smithfield Middle School.
Surry County, whose School Board earlier this year approved a pre-Labor Day start, began classes on Aug. 21.
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- Smithfield Middle School faculty members with children enrolled in the school pose for a group photo. From left, back row, are Kristy Buggs and her daughter, Kamille; Patricia Robertson and her son, Patrick; Megan Andrea and her son, Jack. In front are Blake Williford and his mother, Talley,; Danielle Roggie and her daughter, Jaidyn; and Elizabeth Shelton and her mother, Melinda.
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- Christopher Parker, Weston Coats, Vera Wilkes and Avery Coats meet teachers Emily Madden and Kristy Vukmanic as they disembark a school bus at Carrollton Elementary.
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- Kindergarten teacher Rebecca Nagy goes over morning announcements and classroom procedures with her students on the first day of classes at Carrollton Elementary. (Sept. 5, 2023, file photo)
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- First-grader Amyah Jones meets her teacher, Carrie Grace Morgan, while Alivia Lleva and Maleyna Chapman look around their classroom at Carrollton Elementary.
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- Students sit in a classroom at Smithfield Middle School. (File photo)
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- Seventh-grade English teacher Donna Baldwin wore a hula skirt for the first day of classes at Smithfield Middle School.
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- Ryan Bell drops his daughter, Iyanah Jefferson-Bell, off at Westside Elementary for her first day of sixth grade.
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- Gary Seimers drops his son, James, off at Westside Elementary for his first day of sixth grade.
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- Assistant Principals Cristine Pisani and Toni Brown, and Principal Kristy Buggs, wore “I love panthers” t-shirts referencing Smithfield Middle School’s mascot for the first day of classes.
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- Samantha Saunders holds up signs welcoming students back to Surry Elementary School. (Photo submitted by Surry County Public Schools)
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- Surry Elementary teacher Octavia Williams escorts students Timothy Batten, Nylah Batten and Brady Faison. (Photo submitted by Surry County Public Schools)
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- Frankie Curling is escorted to school by her family. (Photo submitted by Surry County Public Schools)
