CONTRIBUTED PHOTOSExcited and ready for the first day of school Aug. 26 are Catasauqua Area School District students Madeline Stock, eighth grade; Jase Mindler, sixth grade; Alexander Krause Jr., first grade; and Hunter Stock, seventh grade.

Catasauqua Middle School fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Freiler and her daughter, fifth-grade CMS student Zoey Kalman, mark the first day of the 2024-25 school year with a photo. Catasauqua Area School District students returned to classes Aug. 26.

Brett Freiler, a second-grade student at Sheckler Elementary School, is ready for his first day.