Tim (left) and Joe Denniston on their way to school in 2007. Joe was in second grade at the time, and his brother, Tim, was walking him to school at Lewis Elementary in Southeast Portland.
Courtesy of Holly Denniston.
Joe (left) and Tim Denniston walk to the bus stop on their way to the first day of school, Aug. 27, 2015. Joe, a senior, and Tim, a freshman, both go to Cleveland High School in Southeast Portland.
Courtesy of Holly Denniston
Sarah Jane Rothenfluch and her son, Jack, on the first day of third grade Aug. 27, 2015.
Courtesy of Sarah Jane Rothenfluch
Katie Brown boards the bus to school on her first day of first grade at Charles F. Tigard Elementary in 2013.
Courtesy of Jennifer Brown
Katie Brown plays at the playground on her first day of kindergarten in 2012.
Courtesy of Jennifer Brown
Katie Brown on the first day of second grade at Aloha-Huber Park K-8 School.
Courtesy of Jennifer Brown
OPB's All Things Considered Host Kate Davidson (left) and her friend Amy on their way kindergarten in Washington, D.C.
Courtesy of Kate Davidson
Jessica Bania and her mother on the first day of school in 1993.
Courtesy of Jessica Bania
Diana Lau's son, Kupono, on his first day of pre-school in 2014.
Courtesy of Diana Lau
Diana Lau's son, Kaimalino, on the first day of first grade in 2014.
Courtesy of Diana Lau
Beverley Davis, age 6, in her first grade back-to-school photo in 1953.
Courtesy of Beverley Davis
Larry Smith's daughter, Amber, on the first day of kindergarten in September 1978.
Courtesy of Larry Smith
Ariel and her father, OPB reporter Rob Manning, walk to school on Ariel's first day of second grade, Aug. 27, 2015.
Courtesy of Rob Manning / OPB
The morning of the actual first day of school, at Atlas, a French immersion pre-school; Francesca at Le Monde, a French immersion charter school.
Allison Frost / OPB
Michael Barton's son, Patrick, on his first day of fourth grade at Markham Elementary in Southwest Portland.
Courtesy of Michael Barton
Rebecca Goller's son, David, on his first day of fourth grade and his first day of school in Portland.
Courtesy of Rebecca Goller
Technically not the first day of school, but it was the first day day that students and parents at Le Monde got to see our new building in SE Portland. The school just moved from downtown! Francesca (6) started first grade.
Allison Frost / OPB
Shannon Bromenschenkel's son on his first day of seventh grade.
Courtesy of Shannon Bromenschenkel