Schools go back in session

Teachers, administrators and other staff at Sequim schools welcomed back students for another year of classroom studies on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

Sequim superintendent Regan Nickels said at the Sept. 6 school board meeting that the academic year would start out with about 2,536 registered students; last year, Sequim schools started with about 2,506 students.

“Our kindergarten [numbers] are very strong,” Nickels said.

For more about Sequim schools, visit sequimschools.org or call 360-582-3260.

Floyd Vuckel-Macrae smiles for his sister Ashley Macrae before his first day as a seventh grader at Sequim Middle School on Sept. 7.

Floyd Vuckel-Macrae smiles for his sister Ashley Macrae before his first day as a seventh grader at Sequim Middle School on Sept. 7.

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash
Greywolf Elementary students, from left, Judah Freeman, Stephen “Vincent” Preston, and Genesis Freeman transfer buses from the Sequim School District Athletic Field parking lot on their way to start the school year on Sept. 7.

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Greywolf Elementary students, from left, Judah Freeman, Stephen “Vincent” Preston, and Genesis Freeman transfer buses from the Sequim School District Athletic Field parking lot on their way to start the school year on Sept. 7.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Teacher Taleah Burr talks with students at third-grade students Greywolf Elementary School on the first day of school on Sept. 7.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Teacher Taleah Burr talks with students at third-grade students Greywolf Elementary School on the first day of school on Sept. 7.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Students wait outside Greywolf Elementary School on the first day of school on Sept. 7.

Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell / Students wait outside Greywolf Elementary School on the first day of school on Sept. 7.