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Islynd Amhurst colors between the lines on her first day of school in Katie Oslowski’s kindergarten class. Ringgold School District was the first in Washington County to welcome students back to school Monday.

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Asher Smallwood, front, and Wyatt Williams color “Welcome to Kindergarten” pages on their first day at Ringgold Elementary South. Smallwood and Williams are both students in Katie Oslowski’s class.

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Adelina Powell enjoys coloring on the first day of school in Katie Oslowski’s kindergarten class at Ringgold Elementary South. Powell kept her favorite Disney princesses close by on her Frozen-themed water bottle.

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Audrey Beck proudly shares her artwork with first-grade teacher Malek Starsha. An enthusiastic learner, Beck sported a unicorn t-shirt that read “Look out first grade, here I come.”

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First grader Theodora Bair enjoys listening to her teacher Malek Starsha read Pete the Cat aloud to the class. Bair and her classmates started the 2021-22 school year Monday at Ringgold Elementary South.