Ben Veno surveys the scene as he walks into Bromfield on Sept. 1.

Ninth-graders Sam Zajac (left) and Ezra Kraus get their assignment books from Ellen Leicher at Bromfield.

Will Shepard, Mattie Banker, Chris Shepard, and Erika Shepard head in for their first day.

Eighth-grader Nick Norcross gets off the bus at Bromfield.

Principal Jim O’Shea welcomes the sixth-grade class to Bromfield on their first day as middle schoolers.

First-grader Geraghty Vellante waits on a fence for the bus on Still River Road.

Fifth-graders Jeffrey Young and Evan Bilafer are all smiles as they head into the elementary school.

School Superintendent Thomas Jefferson greets the Carbonell brothers, third-grader Charlie (left) and first-grader Benjamin, as they are dropped off.

Fifth-graders Catherine Caruso and Sofia MacLean listen to their teacher, Joan Accorsi.

Michael Bretz cuts out his name tag on his first day in Mrs. Chapman’s first-grade class.

Julia Mara colors on her first day in first grade.