Pre-K student Amelia Lizzi gets a warm sendoff from her mother, Andrea, at St. Ambrose.
Students across the nearly two dozen schools in the Diocese of Albany returned to the classroom on Sept. 14 — whether in-person, hybrid or fully remotely — as the school year officially began amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The Evangelist photographers went to St. Ambrose School in Latham and St. Pius X School in Loudonville to document the day. Cindy Schultz photo.
Kindergartners in one of the buddy rooms get some exercise as they follow along with a song at St. Ambrose. The buddy rooms are set up across the hall from the traditional classrooms for younger students.
Marketing Director Josie Pienkosz takes the temperature of Clare Brennan at St. Pius.
Colonie Police Officer Dan Kutny drops off his son, Derrick, onthe first day of school at St. Pius School;
Some students are on Zoom for remote learning in Riley McGraw’s fifth-grade class on the first day of school on Monday Sept. 14, 2020, at St. Ambrose School in Latham, N.Y.
First grader Gianna Golembieski gets help from St. Ambrose Principal Lily Spera with hand sanitizer.
ST. AMBROSE SCHOOL Pre-K students arrive with their parents along with some older siblings on the first day of school on Monday Sept. 14, 2020, at St. Ambrose School in Latham, N.Y.
Pre-K student Easton Boyd, center, gets his temperature taken by administrative assistant Kelly Sano, right, as Easton’s sister, first grader Brooklyn Boyd, left, and their mother Lisa Boyd on the first day of school on Monday Sept. 14, 2020, at St. Ambrose School in Latham, N.Y.
Pre-K student Monica Kucharczwk, second from right, gets her temperature taken by church administrative assistant Darrin Anderson, right, as Monica’s mother Mihaela Kucharczwk, center, stands by on the first day of school on Monday Sept. 14, 2020, at St. Ambrose School in Latham, N.Y.
A message of hope and a reminder of staying healthy is posted on the first day of school on Monday Sept. 14, 2020, at St. Ambrose School in Latham, N.Y.
