Starting the school year with a smile

It was the first day of school for students Wednesday in several Mon Valley school districts. Shown, clockwise from top left, Clara Barton Elementary School Principal Sharna Baker is shown welcoming firstgrader Imani Coles and her mother Gianaya Sloan at the West Mifflin school; Mackenzie Hill, wearing her Serra Catholic High School Class of 2029 T-shirt, arrives for the start of her freshman year at Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport on Wednesday morning; and students exit buses and walk the sidewalk into Clara Barton Elementary.

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June 30, 2026

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VALLEY GRAPEVINE

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MAKING THE GRADE

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CALENDAR WATCH

June 30, 2026

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