Students welcomed back at Union Elementary

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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The students in Tina Bonarigo's first-grade class at Union Elementary School enjoyed the "jitter juice" they made during class on the first day of school on Aug. 22.

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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The kindergarten students in Maggie Schuster's class explored different stations on the first day of school at Poland Union Elementary on Aug. 22.

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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.David colored in his Jitter Juice coloring sheet during his first day of first grade at Poland Union Elementary School on Aug. 22.

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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The kindergarten students in Maggie Schuster's class at Union Elementary built different items made out of blocks they shared on the first day of school on Aug. 22.

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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Kindergarten students read different books they picked out on the first day of school on Aug. 22 at Union Elementary in Maggie Schuster's class.

By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI

abartolomucci@vindy.com

Poland Union Elementary School students packed up their school supplies and headed to their first day of school on Aug. 22.

Teachers prepared different activities to ease the students back into school. First-grade teacher Tina Bonarigo taught her class how to make “jitter juice” to help her class get rid of their first day jitters.

Each of the students got a piece of paper with a “jitter juice” poem on the back and a space on the front to write the recipe. Once the students wrote the ingredients and how to make the juice, they got to drink a cup of their own “jitter juice.”

“I like first grade more than kindergarten because there’s more fun stuff. We didn’t have mail before and that’s fun,” said Caleb Scott, a first-grade student.

Scott said he enjoyed his first day of first grade, especially recess. He is excited to read more books and prepare for the rest of the school year.

It wasn’t just the first day for the students, but also for new kindergarten teacher Maggie Schuster.

“My little boy is here, he is in kindergarten and today was his first day. We walked out the door together this morning for our first day of kindergarten so that made it easier,” said Schuster.

Schuster read two stories, one about the teacher being nervous, to show the students that everyone gets nervous for the first day. As the day came to an end, Schuster and her students became more comfortable with each other and are ready for the rest of the school year. Prior to teaching, Schuster was a kindergarten tutor at Union Elementary.

The students and teachers both were excited to start the school year off on a high note and can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings.

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