Fourth-grade teacher Donna Piche marvels over how tall former student Will Sennott grew over the summer during an open house at the elementary school.

Joey D’Amore and Rainier Yano head off the bus and into the north entrance of the elementary school.

Nicholas Endicott boards bus 6 on the first day of school.

Chief Ed Denmark and Superintendent Tom Jefferson direct traffic in front of the elementary school.

Emma Rothkopf (hiding behind backpack), Sydney Durand, Christie Devlin, and Casey Magrath head into Bromfield.

Andrea, April, and Christopher Steffek-Vogel label school supplies during the open house at the elementary school.

First-grade teacher Patricia Conway gets an enthusiastic hug from former students Kelly Pickreign and Cameron Hettich.

Mothers of Bromfield seniors gather at the pond for an informal coffee. Front row, left to right: Andrea Dickson, Anne Marie Rowse, Mary Jo Boynton, Diana Johnson. Middle row: Ginger Quarles, Jayne Blain, Julie Moberly, Mary Jarvis, Pam Cochrane, Melissa Yahia, Mary Valladares. Top row: Liz Hawkes. (Courtesy photo)

At the open house at the elementary school, Abbie and Charlie Frost meet Charlie’s fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Monet as Emma Noyes looks on.

Fourth-graders Tess Baucom and Racheal Makosky walk into school holding new pencils given to them by their bus driver.

Seventh-grader Sam Fishbein tells Principal Jim O’Shea and Assistant Principal Sam Hoffman about his vacation on the Outer Banks.