Hermantown Elementary School principal Gretchen Appelwick helps a student with her backpack as she exits the bus on the first day of school Tuesday morning. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com)
Principal John Muenich waves to students and staff as they approach Hermantown Middle-High School Tuesday for the first day of school. Muenich said it's tough not being able to see students' smiling faces. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com)
1/7: A student exits a school bus on the first day of school Tuesday outside Hermantown Middle-High School. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com) free
2/7: Saleha Ali (right) photographs her twin sisters Asma (left) and Ayesha, 8, and her mom Siraj Ali before the twins' first day of school Tuesday at Hermantown Elementary School. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com) free
3/7: Student council members put up encouraging signs throughout Hermantown Middle-High School before the first day of school. Principal John Muenich anticipates the pictured phrase will be turned into a homecoming T-shirt. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com) free
4/7: Students enter Hermantown Middle-High School for their first day of school Tuesday morning. Students were divided into two groups and will attend in person classes either Tuesdays and Thursdays or Wednesdays and Fridays. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com) free
5/7: Students and staff walk toward Hermantown Middle-High School on the first day of school Tuesday morning. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com) free
6/7: A woman walks her son to Hermantown Elementary School for his first day of kindergarten Tuesday. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com) free
7/7: A masked student walks toward the entrance of Hermantown Middle-High School Tuesday morning for the first day of school. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com) free