PHOTOS: First day back in the classrooms
First day of school

Beth Senseney, a staff member at Sinai Elementary School, and her family arrive at school Monday morning for the first day of face-to-face learning in nearly a year.
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Coach Jay Cole directs students getting off the school bus at Sinai Elementary School Monday morning to stand on a dot on the sidewalk in observance of social distancing.
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Sandra Davis, a staff member at Sinai Elementary School, places a lanyard with a nametag and bus number on it around the neck of a student entering the school building Monday morning for the first day of face-to-face learning in nearly a year.
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Sinai Elementary School students arrive at school with a family member Monday morning for their first day of face-to-face learning this school year.
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Monecia Jackson, a staff member at Sinai Elementary School, takes the temperature of a student getting off the school bus Monday morning before the student heads into the school building, textbooks in tow.
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Francine Davis, principal at Sinai Elementary School, directs a student to stand on a white dot on the sidewalk in observance of social distancing Monday morning. Pre-kindergarten through third-grade students in Halifax County Public Schools are following social distancing guidelines and other COVID-19 related safety procedures upon their return to face-to-face learning this week.
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Francine Davis, principal at Sinai Elementary School, directs a student where to go Monday morning, when students returned to school for the first time since March 2020 for face-to-face learning.
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Monecia Jackson, a staff member at Sinai Elementary School, takes the temperature of a student getting off the school bus Monday morning before the student enters the building.
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Ariel Goode and Amy Lipscomb, kindergarten teachers at Sinai Elementary School, wear festive T-shirts to celebrate the 100th day of school. Monday was not only the 100th day of school but also was the first day of face-to-face learning for students at Sinai in nearly a year.
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A student in Crissy Stolzenthaler’s kindergarten class at Sinai Elementary School does an activity using 100 stars to celebrate the 100th day of school Monday.
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A student in Crissy Stolzenthaler’s kindergarten class at Sinai Elementary School proudly displays a completed poster adorned with 100 stars in celebration of the 100th day of school.
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Coach Jay Cole directs Sinai Elementary School students getting off the school bus Monday morning where to stand in observance of social distancing guidelines.
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