Second-grader Samantha Allen is the first in line waiting to go inside King Street Elementary School to partake in her second day of in-person classes on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Students across the Port Chester School District were welcomed back into the buildings for hybrid learning this week, seeing teachers face to face for the first time since November.
Protected by a face shield and mask, John F. Kennedy Elementary School second-grade teacher Cristina Alampi waves at parents as she leads her morning class of students out of the building for pickup.
After grabbing his district-provided takeout lunch, John F. Kennedy Elementary School third-grader Rocky Guzmán walks home after class with his father’s arm around his shoulder.
Clusters of King Street Elementary School children and parents use colorful dots on the pavement to stay six feet apart while they wait for the doors to open.
Before he can go inside for his afternoon class, King Street School kindergartner Tyler Castro stops so lunch monitor Jeanette DeLeo can check is temperature.
Leaving through the sleek, revamped Port Chester Middle School main entrance, masked up teenagers cross the pedestrian bridge after finishing their second in-person day of school.
A group of Port Chester Middle School students line up to file into a school bus to take them home for the day.
