Alliah Aguilar (left) and Heidi Carneiro embrace after racing toward each other before their first day as classmates in Maria Sileo’s third-grade class at King Street School begins on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The two were among the hundreds of students across the Port Chester School District officially kicking off the 2024-25 year that day. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
“Looking good, Emiliano,” says King Street School Teacher’s Aide Jonathan Garces, greeting first-grader Emiliano Najera, 5, with the compliment. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Identical twins José (left) and Jorge Ambrosio, of Bulkley Avenue, are all smiles as they walk into King Street School with matching clothes, backpacks and sneakers on their first day of third grade. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Field Place mom Karen Brown bends down to get a goodbye kiss from her 7-year-old son Logan before he heads into his first day as a King Street School second-grader. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Hayul Chung, 4, hugs his dad Sang Hoon farewell before beginning his academic career as a kindergartner at Thomas Edison School. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
On her first day of school—ever—Orchard Street kindergartner Danieal Loaiza, 5, breaks out into a big smile while standing in front of Thomas Edison School. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Braden Squillace ends his first day as an eighth-grader at Port Chester Middle School by killing time on his phone as he waits for his ride home on Field Place. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Leaving Port Chester Middle School, eighth-grader Raquel Lugo Cebanos of Haseco Avenue stops to smile for the camera as her mom, Sara, flashes a peace sign from the driver’s seat. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Tower Hill Drive mom Jazmin Urquiza helps her 6-year-old son Jaxson prepare for his first day of second grade at King Street School while his twin, Mason, waits on the sidewalk. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Elsa Naula of Parker Street makes some last-second adjustments to her son Matthew’s hair in the King Street School parking lot before he steps into his fourth-grade classroom. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
After racing through the crowd of middle schoolers to find him, eighth-grader Jorge Herrera Rincon poses for a photo with his building principal Bryant Romano. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
P.C. students return to the classroom for first day of school
