Back to school 2023
Many students across the state return to school this week, including in the Woodburn and Portland school districts.
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Sitton Elementary teacher Emilie Elobt welcomes students into her classroom on the first day of school on Aug. 29, 2023. Elobt gave the students hugs and high-fives as they returned to their Portland school.
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Authkham Sengprachamch (right) and her children are photographed as they arrive at Sitton Elementary School in Portland. Polaroids were taken of each family in front of the school sign and given to parentsl.
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Students at Sitton Elementary School in Portland walk from the bus to the front entrance of school for their first day in the 2023-24 academic year. Members of the Portland Public School Board rode buses and walked with students to welcome them to their first day of school.
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Students and their parents enter Sitton Elementary School in Portland for the first day of the 2023-24 academic year on Aug. 29. Families walked a red carpet with celebration music and high-fives to start off the school year.
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Sitton Elementary Principal Becky Berry (left) and Portland district Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero (right) applaud and high-five students walking the red carpet on their first day of school in Portland.
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Laurel Monroy Benitez (right) poses for a picture with a student at Sitton Elementary School.
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Students at Cesar Chavez School in Portland kick a soccer ball around during a free period on Aug. 29. They each took turns showing off trick moves like spin kicks and power strikes into the gym walls.
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Oregon State Representative for House District 44 Travis Nelson (left) and Portland Public Schools Board of Education Chair Gary Hollands (right) introduce themselves to parents with students at Cesar Chavez School in Portland on Aug. 29. Nelson joked about how his Spanish speaking was a bit underdeveloped, but he was still excited to meet with parents of the community. The Cesar Chavez School is prominently a Spanish-speaking school for students K-8.
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Ninth graders at Woodburn High School play an icebreaker game at a first-day assembly on Aug. 28, 2023, in Woodburn, Ore. Volunteers run to the center and attempt to pop their balloons fastest by hugging until it bursts.
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Woodburn High School Principal Dulce Nash welcomes students on the first day of school for ninth graders on Aug. 28.
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