At the end of August, more than 90,000 elementary and secondary students returned to schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago. We captured a few moments from those exciting first days of school for Catholic New World readers.
Joseph Laera and Andrew Gale, first graders at St. Monica Academy, 5115 N. Mont Clare Ave., join in the festivities to celebrate the announcement they are a Red-Ribbon School on Aug. 28. Red-Ribbon Schools are honored for drug-prevention programs.
Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World