Franklin Community Schools went back to school on Wednesday. Here are some pictures we snapped at Northwood Elementary.
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Northwood Elementary students gather around Hiro, the school’s therapy dog, for a serotonin boost ahead of their first day of school on Wednesday.
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A Northwood teacher helps a kindergartener off the bus on his first day of school Wednesday.
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Northwood students show different emotions as they walk toward the school on their first day Wednesday.
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Northwood teachers say “good morning” as students head into the building on their first day Wednesday.
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Northwood students show different emotions as they walk toward the school on their first day Wednesday.
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Northwood students file into the building on their first day Wednesday.
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A girl takes a pause on the way into school to pet Hiro on the first day of school.
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A Northwood teacher walks into school with students on the first day of school.
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Northwood students show different emotions as they walk toward the school on their first day Wednesday.
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Hiro greets girls as they get off the bus at Northwood on the first day of school.
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A mom walks her daughters into school on Northwood’s first day Wednesday.
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Two kindergarteners stop to pet Hiro on Northwood’s first day Wednesday.
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Northwood teachers guide students off the bus as two kids with heavy loads of supplies disembark for the first day of school.
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