Catholic New World: Newspaper for the Archdiocese of Chicago

Back to School

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.

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Trent Leslie, a fifth-grade student at Immaculate Conception School joins classmates for prayers before lunch on Sept. 5.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World