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Photo Gallery: Back to School

Photo by Michael Erb Wood County Schools Superintendent Will Hosaflook, left, speaks with seventh-grade science and social studies teacher Janet Medina, right, during a class change Wednesday at Hamilton Middle School. Hosaflook, along with several members of the Wood County Board of Education, visited all 29 public schools in Wood County on the first day of classes.
Photo by Michael Erb Fairplains Elementary School Principal Liz Conrad welcomes students to the first day of school Wednesday while sporting a lobster hat and claws. The school had an ocean-themed first day, with each student receiving a plush sea creature when they entered the school.
Photo by Michael Erb Parkersburg Catholic High School Principal John Golebiewski, center, speaks with juniors Tony Ferch, left, and Hannah Sprout, right, on Wednesday, the first day of the new school year. This marks Golebiewski’s first year as principal at the school.
Photo by Michael Erb Crossing guard Rhea Stephens guides students across the road to Fairplains Elementary School Wednesday for Wood County Schools’ first day of the 2018-19 school year. Stephens has served as a crossing guard for more than 30 years.
Photo by Michael Erb Gihon Elementary School teacher Ken Riggs welcomes a new batch of fifth-graders Wednesday, the first day of the new school year.

Wood County public and private schools opened for the 2018-19 school year on Wednesday.

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