Valencia Loor-Steinberg carefully writes her name on a poster all the incoming kindergartners signed.
Kindergartners Lacey Golden (left) and Kayla Golden learn about each other during a "Get to Know You" game with a little help from their mothers, Lindsay and Judy.
New friends Maggie Miao (left), Yunong "Melody" Wu and Julia Fagan hold hands as they jump in excitement before getting on the school bus for the first time. All of the kindergartners at Ridge Street School met up on Thursday, Aug. 27 to hang out before school started on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Emma Ashley climbs down after her first time riding on the big yellow school bus.
Students in Brenda Johnson's and Shannon LaRoche's kindergarten classes play on the swings.
Two boys hang out together at the Ridge Street School playground.
Future King Street School students Evan Helmle (left) and Luke Doherty enjoy cups of ice cream with kindergartner Jonah Helmle.
In the shade, second grader Max Barry (right) trades Pokemon cards with kindergartners Evan Eski (left) and Anthony McClendon.
Lily Connard and Zoe Lopez play on the swings. The neighbors will be entering different kindergarten classes with Connard learning from Fatima Barnett and Lopez from Laurie Glockenberg.
Laurie Glockenberg reassures a slightly nervous Chris Brescio that his first day of kindergarten in her class will go smoothly. The annual kindergarten ice cream social hosted by the King Street School PTA took place near the playground behind the school on Tuesday, Sept. 1, the day before classes started.
Working together, Ashy Lopez pulls up Maika Davila as she tugs Dominick Becerra up the slide.
