On the steps outside of Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary before the start of the first day of school is Dee Shaw with her mother Sara. Photo by Dan Walton

On the steps outside of Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary are Dee Shaw with her mother Sara. The first day of school is filled with much excitement. Photos by Dan Walton

Well, the summer is over and children are back to school in Oliver today, filled with excitement and nervousness.

With new clothes, backpacks and school supplies, students filed into their classrooms to meet new and old friends and teachers. There were high-fives and embraces before students settled in to find out what they would be learning in the district’s revised curriculum.

 

 

 

 

 

The Saysomsack family checks the class list to find their classrooms before the first day of school at Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary on Sept. 6. Shown are mom Shari, Sarah who's starting Grade 3, Calvin who's starting Grade 2 and Lauren in kindergarten. Photo by Dan Walton

The Saysomsack family checks the class list to find their classrooms before the first day of school at Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary on Sept. 6. Shown are mom Shari, Sarah who’s starting Grade 3, Calvin who’s starting Grade 2 and Lauren in kindergarten.