Back To School: Sights And Sounds Of The Big First Day Across North Texas

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Back To School: Sights And Sounds Of The Big First Day Across North Texas

四虎影院 | By 四虎影院

Published August 25, 2014 at 7:08 AM CDT

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Kids in Vickery Meadows in Northeast Dallas got ready for school Monday morning. Many of the students are refugees, and some are relatively new to the United States.

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Pratichhya Dhakal, who's Bhutanese, is starting the fourth grade in Dallas ISD.

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Payhton Christman is in pre-K in Cedar Hill ISD.

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Jayhden Christman is in the first grade in Cedar Hill ISD.

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Heading to Kindergarten and second grade in Richardson ISD.

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Elijah Lane is in the fourth grade in Duncanville ISD.

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Laila Perdue is in Kindergarten in Lancaster ISD.

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Vincent Fischer is in third grade in Dallas ISD.

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Goofing off on the first day of school at Castleberry ISD.

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Keith Lawson Jr. is an 11th grader in Wylie ISD.

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Isaiah Lawsonis an eighth grader in Wylie ISD.

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Maybe they'll be best buds? It's the first day of class at A.V. Cato Elementary in Castleberry ISD.

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Parents and kids traveled the halls together at A.V. Cato Elementary Monday morning.

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Kids in Vickery Meadows in Northeast Dallas got ready for school Monday morning. Many of the students are refugees, and some are relatively new to the United States.

Christina Ulsh / 四虎影院

Monday is the first day back to school for many students across North Texas. Help 四虎影院 mark the big day!

Parents and kids, teachers and administrators: We want to see your back-to-school pictures; your Tweets; your observations of what鈥檚 happening; memories of school days gone by; anything and everything related to the first day of school.

Are you creative? Perhaps you want to send us a short audio postcard 鈥� just record yourself on your iPhone鈥檚 Voice Memos (in the Utilities tab) and email it to us at eaasen@kera.org.

Or write down your note about the first day of school and snap a picture of it and send it to us.

Tweet us at and use the hashtag #四虎影院Yearbook. Or send them to the . Or email pictures and notes to us at eaasen@kera.org.

We鈥檒l post them here on 四虎影院News.org -- click the slideshow above.

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Catch up on 四虎影院's first-day-of-school coverage

A team of 四虎影院 reporters hit the streets to capture the big day. Stella Chavez explored what it was like Doualy Xaykaothao profiled Bill Zeeble featured a . And Dianna Douglas chased after an energetic Here鈥檚 a look back at the And the teachers are nervous, too 鈥� we who鈥檚 not new to teaching but is new to Dallas.

Here's a look at what's been happening so far today:

First day kindergarten here we come!
— SecretCut (@jeffintex)

On the red carpet first day
— SecretCut (@jeffintex)

Welcome back! RT : First day of first grade at Lakewood
— Dallas ISD (@dallasschools)

Snap and post a pic of your students headed off to school
— Dallas ISD (@dallasschools)

Kirkpatrick MS 7th graders are ready to learn!
— Fort Worth Independent School District (@FortWorthISD)

— Fort Worth Independent School District (@FortWorthISD)

As a student looks at her soft bed before leaving for school, a single tear slides down her cheek and she whispers, "Goodbye, summer..."
— Denton ISD (@dentonisd)

Bus driver appreciation. The first face our kids see. Paul Andress and Aaron Robbins providing muffins.
— Jamie Wilson, Ed.D. (@jkwilsiii)

McSpedden first graders start the of school with the pledge.
— Eva-Marie Ayala (@EvaMarieAyala)

Welcome back RISD students, parents, teachers & staff! Here's to the start of a great school year.
— Richardson ISD (@RichardsonISD)

Student in Mrs Greer鈥檚 1st grade class @ Farrell ES wasn鈥檛 nervous for because鈥淚 have a nice teacher鈥�
— Arlington ISD (@ArlingtonISD)

Lunch time for Blanton Elem students ready to check out their new kitchen & lunch lines!
— Arlington ISD (@ArlingtonISD)

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