CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS EmmaLee Bierman, in first grade at Lehigh Elementary School, is excited for the start of the 2022-23 academic year, which began Aug. 29 for Northampton Area School District.

Olivia Bierman gets a photo taken to mark the occasion before heading to sixth grade at Northampton Area Middle School.

Northampton Area High School students Kaden Rossanese, in 12th grade, and Chase Rossanese, in 10th grade, and Northampton Middle School student Isabella Rossanese, in eighth grade, gather for a photo on their first day of school for the 2022-23 academic year, which began Aug. 29 for Northampton Area School District.

Second-grader Damien Fuller and first-grader Dustin Fuller are ready for classes to begin at Siegfried Elementary School.

Haydan Chandler is off to fifth grade at Lehigh Elementary School.

Javien Florian, in sixth grade at Northampton Area Middle School, is excited for the new school year.

Chloe Schaller gets her photo taken before her first day at Siegfried Elementary.