Let the School Bells Ring
Hug goodbye as summer ends and school year begins.
Hug goodbye as summer ends and school year begins.
Documenting the first day of school.
Documenting the first day of school.
Taking a swing before classes start.
Taking a swing before classes start.
Mask protocols in place.
Mask protocols in place.
Rounding the school garden on the way to homeroom.
Rounding the school garden on the way to homeroom.
Welcome to the Chilmark School!
Welcome to the Chilmark School!
Assistant principal Mary Boyd shepherds children to West Tisbury School.
Assistant principal Mary Boyd shepherds children to West Tisbury School.
Principal Donna Lowell-Bettencourt.
Principal Donna Lowell-Bettencourt.
Stephanie Dryer and her horse Michael greet students.
Stephanie Dryer and her horse Michael greet students.
Following the rainbow walk to classes.
Following the rainbow walk to classes.
West Tisbury School.
West Tisbury School.
Say cheese!
Say cheese!
JB Lamont and Louisa Gould drop off James Gould-Lamont and Aidan Ryan.
JB Lamont and Louisa Gould drop off James Gould-Lamont and Aidan Ryan.
New dresses for Natalina BenDavid and Julianna Hagerty.
New dresses for Natalina BenDavid and Julianna Hagerty.
Diana Martinez and Matthew Albelo.
Diana Martinez and Matthew Albelo.
Principal Shelley Einbinder greets a student unsure of what to make of all this.
Principal Shelley Einbinder greets a student unsure of what to make of all this.
And another school year begins.
And another school year begins.
The year begins to turn and this week of school openings tells us so. School days remind us that the month of September always returns the community to a more serious side of Island life, to those essential Vineyard issues that stretch far beyond the rush of summer. Nothing can be more essential than the education of the Island’s younger generation.