• Kirabelle Barcelo is greeted by teacher Diana McBride on the first day of class at Peters K-3 Elementary School in Garden Grove, CA on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) • First grade student Alyson Ignacio takes a photo on the first day of class at Peters K-3 Elementary School in Garden Grove, CA on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The time has come for students to open up their textbooks and launch into another year of learning.

But first, there was time for hugs and high-fives Monday, Aug. 11, as friends reunited and teachers welcomed back their pupils. Parents quelled first-day jitters and snapped photos to mark the start of the school year as thousands of Garden Grove Unified students filled

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