ALL SMILES HEADING BACK TO THE CLASSROOM

Above, California Area Elementary School students, from left, Jahkiye Richardson, Raighleyn Richardson, Zadieyn Richardson, Avery Schaum, Acie’Arah Richardson and Baylee Neil are all smiles as they get off the bus for their first day of school Wednesday. At right, Belle Vernon Area School District students Ari Berish, left, and Josie Tabacca, both of North Belle Vernon, stopped to take a photo with North Belle Vernon police Chief Eugene Lipari before their first day of school Wednesday. Berish started fourth grade and Tabacca started second grade at Marion Elementary. Lipari stops to say hello nearly everyday to students as he patrols their bus stops.