Irby Elementary teacher Ashley Helfrich welcomes kindergartner Taylor Mcrae and his mother Charlene Mcrae on the youngster’s second day of school Wednesday morning.
ALACHUA COUNTY – Students were back to the books, back to the buses and back to climbing the learning curve Monday morning. But Monday wasn’t only the first day of school for hundreds of area kindergartners.
Santa Fe High School welcomed new principal Dr. Beth LeClear as she replaces former principal Bill Herschleb who recently retired. Valde Fortner, meanwhile, stepped into her new role as Irby Elementary School’s principal. Fortner has been welcomed by some 380 students at the school.
“Our first week of school at Irby has gone extremely well,” said Fortner said, adding that the students were practicing and learning their daily routines and procedures.
Although the school was deluged with rain in addition to students during the first two days of school, it apparently hasn’t put a damper on the start to the 2012/13 school year.
“We are all very pleased with how smoothly everything is progressing. It takes everyone including parents and additional volunteers from within our community to make this happen, and so we appreciate each one.”
Preliminary enrollment estimates put Santa Fe High with 1,071 students at the top of the list among schools in the outlying areas of Alachua County. Newberry High has roughly 600 students while Oak View Middle has 674 and Newberry Elementary has 478 students.
A whopping 845 students are enrolled at High Springs Community, a combined elementary and middle school. Other enrollment estimates include:
Alachua Elementary-387
Archer Elementary-479
Hawthorne-339
Mebane Middle-396
Shell Elementary-185
Waldo Community-196
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Irby Elementary teacher Ashley Helfrich welcomes kindergartner Taylor Mcrae and his mother Charlene Mcrae on the youngster’s second day of school Wednesday morning.
ALACHUA COUNTY – Students were back to the books, back to the buses and back to climbing the learning curve Monday morning. But Monday wasn’t only the first day of school for hundreds of area kindergartners.
Santa Fe High School welcomed new principal Dr. Beth LeClear as she replaces former principal Bill Herschleb who recently retired. Valde Fortner, meanwhile, stepped into her new role as Irby Elementary School’s principal. Fortner has been welcomed by some 380 students at the school.
“Our first week of school at Irby has gone extremely well,” said Fortner said, adding that the students were practicing and learning their daily routines and procedures.
Although the school was deluged with rain in addition to students during the first two days of school, it apparently hasn’t put a damper on the start to the 2012/13 school year.
“We are all very pleased with how smoothly everything is progressing. It takes everyone including parents and additional volunteers from within our community to make this happen, and so we appreciate each one.”
Preliminary enrollment estimates put Santa Fe High with 1,071 students at the top of the list among schools in the outlying areas of Alachua County. Newberry High has roughly 600 students while Oak View Middle has 674 and Newberry Elementary has 478 students.
A whopping 845 students are enrolled at High Springs Community, a combined elementary and middle school. Other enrollment estimates include:
Alachua Elementary-387
Archer Elementary-479
Hawthorne-339
Mebane Middle-396
Shell Elementary-185
Waldo Community-196
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