It’s back-to-school time in the Diocese of Syracuse! Schools across the diocese welcomed students back to campuses this week. Here are some scenes from the first days at Trinity Catholic School in Oswego, Notre Dame Jr./Sr. High School in Utica, St. John the Evangelist School in Binghamton, and St. Patrick’s School in Oneida.
Trinity Catholic School, Oswego, Sept. 8, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright)
Trinity Catholic School, Oswego, Sept. 8, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright)
Trinity Catholic School, Oswego, Sept. 8, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright)
Trinity Catholic School, Oswego, Sept. 8, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright)
Trinity Catholic School, Oswego, Sept. 8, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Wainwright)
Utica Notre Dame student Jessica Zhang writes in Chinese and English during an ESL class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year, Sept. 9, 2015. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame student Angel Wang writes in Chinese and English during an ESL class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year, Sept 9, 2015. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame ESL teacher Chris Sunderlin looks on as Jessica Zhang and Angel Wang write in Chinese and English on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year, Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame’s Kyle Thomas hands out American History textbooks on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year, Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
American History textbooks on the first day of Utica Notre Dame’s 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame American History teacher Nick Sheldon goes over requirements for the class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame’s Kyra Warncke writes down the different types of engineering during her Animation and Robotics class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame’s Isabella Cesar-Walls looks up different types of engineering during her Animation and Robotics class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame Animation and Robotics teacher Richard Mucurio gives an in-class assignment to students on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame seventh grader Dominic Clark stops at his locker as he gets ready for his next class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Lindsay Diziedzic listens and takes notes as Utica Notre Dame English teacher Elizabeth Brennan (not pictured) hands out an assignment to on “The Catcher in the Rye” during an eleventh grade english class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame teacher Elizabeth Brennan hands out an assignment to Lindsay Diziedzic on “The Catcher in the Rye” during an eleventh grade english class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame freshman Alexandria Cresei takes notes during biology class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame freshman Amar Collins and classmates take notes during biology class on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Utica Notre Dame Religion teacher Carla Nemecek goes over requirements for the class with eight graders on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
St. John the Evangelist School Principal Julie Lamuraglia helps 6th graders Joseph Miller and Rose Nguyen as they give the morning announcements for the first day of school in Binghamton on Sept. 9, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Haupt)
Kindergartener Ariana Isaacs shows her younger sister, Amelia, 2, where she is going to school as she arrives for the first day of school at St. John the Evangelist School in Binghamton Sept. 9, 2015. They are the children of Greg and Jessica Isaacs. (Sun photo | Chuck Haupt)
Elizabeth Edwards carries in an armful of classroom supplies for her children, Grace and Olivia, as they arrive for the first day of school at St. John the Evangelist School in Binghamton Sept. 9, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Haupt)
Kristen Coppola takes photos of her children, Lydia, a 1st grader, and Anthony, in Pre-K, as they arrive for first day of school at St. John the Evangelist School in Binghamton Sept. 9, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Haupt)
St. John the Evangelist School Principal Julie Lamuraglia greets third grader Michael Lipani as students arrive for the first day of school in Binghamton Sept. 9, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Haupt)
First grader Joy Neureuter arrives with her star for the first day of school at St. John the Evangelist School in Binghamton Sept. 9, 2015. (Sun photo | Chuck Haupt)
St. Patrick’s Oneida principal Kristin Healt high-fives Pre-K student Ronald Ribera as he leaves school on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
St. Patrick’s Oneida second grade teacher Heidi Findlay works with Haylee Klish on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
St. Patrick’s Oneida third grade teacher Erin Thompson works with students on math on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
St. Patrick’s fourth grade student Suzanne Judge works on an assignment on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)
Backpacks hang in Pre-K cubbies at St. Patrick’s Oneida on the first day of the 2015-2016 school year Sept. 9. (Sun photo | John Haeger)