CONTRIBUTED PHOTOFrom left, fourth-graders Lana Butterworth and Carter Kowalski, third-grader Amaih Kowalski and first-grader Ethan Stanglein are ready for the first day of classes of the 2024-25 academic year Aug. 26 at Lehigh Elementary School.

Ty and Mya Dawson, in eighth and third grades, respectively, at Good Shepherd Catholic School, Northampton, are ready for the first day of school of the 2024-25 academic year Aug. 26.

Brooke Spadaccia, 11-grader at Northampton Area High School, marks the first day of school with a photo. Northampton Area School District students returned to classes Aug. 26.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOSEmmaLee Bierman, in third grade at Lehigh Elementary School, is excited for the first day of classes.

The Bumbacks — Morgan, in sixth grade; Nathan, in seventh grade; and Audrey, in 11th grade, at Northampton Area middle and high schools — gather for a group family photo.

A fourth-grade student at Siegfried Elementary School, Jaxon Snyder wears an school-themed shirt for his first day.

Chloe Schaller, a seventh-grader at NAMS, is all smiles for her first day of classes for the new school year.