Alex Lorenzo-Sprouse (above) hugs Middlesex Elementary School (MES) art teacher “Miss Dixie” Doerr at the start of the first day of school Monday. Waiting for students to get off a bus are paraprofessionals Brooke Balderson and Heidi Elbourn, and pre-kindergarten teacher Amy Bull.
Kindergarten teacher Kelly McMurtrie (top right) welcomes students to MES on their very first day of school Monday. The students include, from left, Montana Brewington, Eli Everton, Lily Forrest, and Carson Longest.
Frances Eberline (bottom right) presents a small flower to her first grade teacher, Robin Lambert, at MES Monday.
