As Anna Miller prepared this summer for freshmen to step into her classroom, she was reminded of the times she sat at her own desk as a student ready to learn, calculator and pencil in hand.
First-year math teachers Marisol Barron Perez, left, and Anna Miller stand in a hallway at Lincoln Southeast High School on Wednesday. The two teachers grew up going to school with each other. Now, they share the same classroom as math teachers.
Lincoln students head back to class. See our photos from the first day of school
Cash Tobey sits with his backpack before his first day of kindergarten at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday.
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Parents say goodbye to their children as they drop them off for the first day of kindergarten at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday.
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Fifth grade student council members lead the morning Pledge of Allegiance over the intercom at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday.
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Becky Henderson, right, hugs Isla Kinnison tight as she says goodbye to her before the first day of kindergarten at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday.
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Jennifer Kramer hugs her son Christian as she drops him off for his first day of kindergarten at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday.
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Student council members lead new students in the school song at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday.
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Ronan Clausen goes to his knee to talk to his son Lee before dropping him off for the first day of kindergarten at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday.
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Jennifer Marks, left, holds her daughter Rhylan’s hand before dropping her off for the first day of kindergarten at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday.
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Wren Bush, from left, hugs her mother Carlie after being dropped off for the first day of kindergarten at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Lincoln.
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Wren Bush, left, hugs her mother Carlie after being dropped off for the first day of kindergarten at Humann Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Lincoln.
First-year math teachers Marisol Barron Perez, left, and Anna Miller stand in a hallway at Lincoln Southeast High School on Wednesday. The two teachers grew up going to school with each other. Now, they share the same classroom as math teachers.
