Piper Miller, 6, picks up school materials during a drive-in event at Kalapuya Elementary on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Salem schools are getting ready for an online start to school with drive-by events where students can return library books, pick up needed supplies, meet teachers and dig through the lost and found.
Kalapuya Elementary in west Salem invited students to come out Sept. 3, with many kindergarteners thrilled to receive math workbooks and jump ropes as they prepare for their first year of school.
Teachers said the event helped them get excited for the upcoming year. Most Salem-Keizer elementary schools will hold similar events in the coming week.
READ: Salem kindergarteners meet teachers face-to-face in preparation for online school
-Rachel Alexander
A student hands off a library book to Lisa Russeau, a library media assistant at Kalapuya Elementary on Thursday, September 3. Russeau was briefly joined by her dog, Junie B. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Incoming kindergartner Emory Truehitt stops by Kalapuya Elementary school to pick up materials for online classes on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
First grade teacher Natalia Ames wears a mask decorated with her name while meeting students on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Anne Kerzel, second grade teacher at Kalapuya Elementary, hands out materials to a student on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Nikolas Buczynski meets his first grade teacher, Jenna Miller, through a drive-through event at Kalapuya Elementary on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Lost and found shirts and jackets are spread out on the ground at Kalapuya Elementary to ease searching for lost items on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Students and parents drove in to Kalapuya Elementary to meet teachers and pick up materials on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Donald Boes, 6, holds up a sign while meeting teachers at Kalapuya Elementary on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Bags full of left-behind possessions from the previous school year wait to be collected at Kalapuya Elementary on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Jaime Lee, and daughter Reagan, 10, look through baskets holding lost and found items at Kalapuya Elementary on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Name cards and math workbooks wait to be picked up at Kalapuya Elementary on Thursday, September 3. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
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