Erik Nikci (left), a 4-year-old Country Ridge Drive resident, joins his mom Eneida in picking up his 5-year-old brother Noah from his second day as a kindergartner at Ridge Street Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Hundreds of students in the Blind Brook School District started the 2024-25 school year this week. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
North Ridge Street sisters Catherine (left), 7, and Christina Iarocci, 9, decorate the sidewalk in front of Ridge Street School ahead of their first day of second and fourth grades during the Blind Brook PTA’s Chalk the Walk event on Saturday, Aug. 31. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
With chalk in both hands, 6-year-old Betsy Brown Road resident Bianca Ciardullo adds to the decorations at Ridge Street School during Chalk the Walk. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Fifth-grader Gabriella Kirby (right), of North Ridge Street, stops to give the camera two thumbs up before joining her sister Juliana, a first-grader, in the back seat for their ride home. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Teacher’s Aide Kaitlyn Hemberger points a group of elementary students toward their bus at the end of their second day of the 2024-25 school year. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Ridge Street School Principal Tracy Taylor takes a moment to walk one of the newest Bluebirds, kindergartner Gianna Spohrer, onto a bus home. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Talcott Road resident Anvitha Bhatt, a seventh-grader, adds a colorful flower to the entrance of Blind Brook Middle/High School during Chalk the Walk. (Courtesy of Nethra Bhatt)
Third-grader Kaden Firestone, a Rock Ridge Drive resident, pauses to smile for the camera before climbing into a vehicle for his ride home. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
A group of Ridge Street School elementary students make their way onto a school bus to head home after class. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Caroline O’Brien, a teacher’s aide at Ridge Street School, ensures a group of students makes their way onto the proper bus safely. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
2024-25 academic year kicks off across the Blind Brook School District
