Students all smiles for new school year at Holyoke Elementary

Fifth grader Gizem Barraza Rico holds the hand of little sister Anaeli, who is starting kindergarten this year, as they make their way to the entrance of Holyoke Elementary School on Wednesday morning, Aug. 25, for the first day of class. Parents took first-day-of-school pictures and hugged their children goodbye before sending their smiling students off to be greeted by teachers and friends to start the 2021-22 school year. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications