Photos: School's Back!

Students in kindergarten through fifth grade sit on the gymnasium floor before walking to home rooms on the first day of school at Oglethorpe County Elementary School. The 2025-26 school year started on Friday in Oglethorpe County. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

Students and parents are greeted by OCES teachers and staff Friday morning for the first day of school. Students were either dropped off at the car rider line, by school bus or were walked inside. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

Pre-K teacher Kelli Kitchen helps students with their breakfast items during the first day of school Aug. 1. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

OCES math teacher Mary Ellen Bridges (from left), music teacher Rebekah Poss, STEM teacher Kevin Southall and gifted education teacher Lindsay Gregory stand near the cafeteria and gymnasium during the first day of school on Aug. 1. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

OCES paraprofessional Alicia Cade stands with her third grade daughter Chloe Gonzalez in the cafeteria on Aug. 1. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

Pre-K through fifth grade students are able to be dropped off and picked up in front of the elementary school via the car rider system. Students may be dropped off no earlier than 7:20 a.m. and picked up no later than 3 p.m. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

Melissa McGarity, who oversees the federal programs of the Oglethorpe County School System, greets students and parents in the pre-K through second grade hallway during the first day of school. This is the first full year for OCES, which opened in January. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

Kindergartener Olivia Wolford stands in the hallway with a first day of school sign on Aug. 1. Wolford will have Susan Mcewen as her teacher this year. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)

Pre-K students and teachers exit the cafeteria after eating breakfast on the first day of school Aug. 1. (Photo/Anna Izquierdo)