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September 4, 2024
As students in the Cape Region head back to the classroom, the Cape Gazette is commemorating the occasion by publishing reader-submitted back-to-school photos. Send photos to Ellen Driscoll at ellen@capegazette.com.
Please be sure to include first and last names for anyone shown in the photo, the schools they are attending, as well as the name of the photographer.
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This Lewes Elementary crew is ready for school! Gathered are (l-r) Leah Jaffe, fourth grade; Addison Brown, kindergarten; Christopher Brown, third grade; and Landon Jaffe, first grade. MELISSA JAFFE PHOTO

The Sender boys are eager to get the day started. Gathered are (l-r) Graham, fifth grade, Lewes Elementary; and Griffin, seventh grade, and Grayson, eighth grade at Frederick D. Thomas Middle. JANELLE SENDER PHOTO

Kyrgyzstan exchange student Gulya Mamasaidova is a junior at Cape High. She is staying with the Doyle family of Rehoboth Beach. NANCY DOYLE PHOTO

Avery Roth and Dawkins are ready for the first day of first grade at Milton Elementary School. NICK ROTH PHOTO

The Suchecki boys are ready for their first day of school. Gathered are (l-r) Zachary, fourth grade, Love Creek Elementary; Everett, second grade, Love Creek Elementary; Aidan, Children’s Beach House preschool; and Casey, kindergarten, Love Creek Elementary. In front, Rowan, 4 months, is starting daddy day care. PETE SUCHECKI PHOTO

The Behringer boys are ready for school. Morgan, left, is a Beacon Middle sixth-grader and Logan is a Rehoboth Elementary fifth grader. MIKE BEHRINGER PHOTO

Mariner Middle students Olivia Carvajal and Lily Barrett are excited for the first day of school. MEGAN BARRETT PHOTO

The Sorto kids are ready to hit the books. Lucia is in fourth grade and her brother Nico is in second grade at Rehoboth Elementary. COLLEEN SORTO PHOTO

Fourth-grader Maggie Lawrence and her brother, second-grader Andrew Lawrence, are headed to Lewes Elementary. LEAH LAWRENCE PHOTO

Fifth graders Abygail and Bouldin Kelley are headed to Milton Elementary for one more year. JESSICA KELLEY PHOTO

Cape High juniors (l-r) Ava Rodriguez, Kamren Parker, Emily Stadler and Sophia Baugh gather before classes start. MELISSA RODRIGUEZ PHOTO

Lewes Elementary better be ready for fourth grader Shane, left, and second grader Shelby Reynolds. STACEY REYNOLDS PHOTO

Olivia Von Den Bosch is excited for her first day of kindergarten at H.O. Brittingham. KATELYNN VON DEN BOSCH PHOTO

Jase Truitt is off to his senior year at Cape High while Jorja Truitt is headed to her seventh grade year at Beacon Middle. SUSANNE TRUITT PHOTO

Second grader Cecilia May and third grader Liam May are all set for a new year at Love Creek Elementary. MARI MAY PHOTO

Sixth grader Landon Weaver visits with Maria Clark, future Cape Class of 2040 graduate. COURTNEY CLARK PHOTO

Rehoboth Elementary, watch out. Here comes kindergartener Hanna-Mae Baker and second grader Haiden Baker. ASHLEY BAKER PHOTO

Little brother wanted to get in on the first day picture action! Love Creek kindergartener Knox Lougheed lovingly holds his brother, 3-month-old Forge Lougheed. KEVIN LOUGHEED PHOTO

Following in the footsteps of his sister, Shannon O’Neill (Cape High Class of 2014), James Falk Jr. gets to use the same back-to-school and weekly spelling chalkboard one last time as he heads off for his first day of senior year. KAREN FALK PHOTO

The first day of school is a true family affair for the Mills family. Carson Mills, left, is now a third grader at Milton Elementary, Kayla Mills is a paraeducator for Sussex Consortium Little Vikings and Landon Mills is a fifth grader at Milton Elementary. CHRISTOPHER MILLS PHOTO

Siblings (l-r) Evelyn Parks, fourth grade, and Brae Parks, second grade, are headed to Milton Elementary. MATTHEW PARKS PHOTO

Second grader Vivian Heick, left, and fourth grader Emelia Heick gather before their first day at Love Creek Elementary. NICOLE HEICK PHOTO

Cape High junior Natalie Schneider is missing her brother Dru Schneider, a Texas A&M sophomore on her first day of school. JOHN SCHNEIDER PHOTO

Cole McKenzie joins his sister, Mariner Middle seventh grader McKenzie Russell, for a first day of school photo.

Milton Elementary fifth grader Annabelle McLaughlin holds her baby sister Penelope Pepper. REGINA MCLAUGHLIN_PEPPER PHOTO