PHOTOS: Fourth and fifth graders join younger classmates in Salem-Keizer schools
Stephanie Madison, a fourth grade teacher at Myers Elementary School, leads newly returned students in a lesson on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
READ: Cowboy costumes, baby chicks mark first day back for fourth and fifth graders
Fourth grade student Apollo Lorenzoni works at his desk on the first day back to in-person school for fourth and fifth grade students at Myers Elementary School on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Teacher Tyler Lewis helps student Jonathan St. Onge-McDonald with his mask outside of Myers Elementary School on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Fourth grade teacher Stephanie Madison hugs daughter Grace, a second grade student, before class at Myers Elementary School on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Fourth grade teacher Stephanie Madison checks up on recently hatched chicks at Myers Elementary School on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Myers Elementary School teacher Tyler Lewis opens the car door for arriving first grade student Charlotte Silva on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Fourth grade teacher Stephanie Madison works with student Jacob Class on the first day back to in-person school for fourth and fifth grade students at Myers Elementary School on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Fourth grade students work on an assignment in Stephanie Madison’s classroom on the first day back to in-person class for fourth and fifth grade students at Myers Elementary School on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Fourth grade student Helen Glaser, center, stands for the pledge of allegiance at Myers Elementary School on the first day back to in-person school for fourth and fifth grade students on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Brenda Vollmar, an instructional assistant at Myers Elementary School, and teacher Tyler Lewis greet arriving students on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Kristin and Trenton Tomlin walk with their children, Brady, fifth-grade, center, and Everly, third grade, to Myers Elementary School on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
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