First day of school at the Alma del Mar Charter School's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PHOTOS PETER PEREIRA
100023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay A protective 4th grader Kiera Valentin, 9, assures her little sister Alyssa Rodriguez, 5 kindergarten, that everything will be alright on their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
200023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Students line up to enter their new school on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
300023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Elizabeth Leiwant, welcomes students to their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
400023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Parents look on as students file into the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
500023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Students walk into their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
600023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay K-4th graders file to class after morning routines held in the gymnasium on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
700023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Taylor DeLoach welcomes her new student Denisse Alvarez, 8, and lets her know where her new classroom is on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
800023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay School executive director, Will Gardner, fist-pimps a new kindergarten student waiting for morning routines to begin on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
900023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay K-4th graders read a book while sitting in the gymnasium as they prepare for morning routine on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1000023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Seventh graders gather for the morning community meeting on their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1100023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Students walk into their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1200023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Seventh graders settle into their new desks and fill out their first assignments on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1300023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay K-4th graders read a book while sitting in the gymnasium as they prepare for morning routine on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1400023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Executive director, Will Gardner, teaches K-4th graders the proper way to silently clap on their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1500023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Students line up to enter their new school on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1600023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Students make their way to class on their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1700023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay K-4th grader students read a book before morning routines in the gym on their first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1800023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Kindergaten teacher Mrs. Faustina Depina welcomes her students to their new classroom on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG
1900023955A manbAlmadelMar1stDay Seventh graders settle into their new desks and fill out their first assignments on the first day of school at the Alma del Mar's new school on Belleville Avenue in the north end of New Bedford. PETER PEREIRA/THE STANDARD-TIMES/SCMG