The 2018-19 school year has begun. Across the district educators and school staff welcomed students on August 27 for the start of the first day of the new school year.

As the first bus pulled in at Hawley Elementary School, Principal Christopher Moretti readied the waiting staff and educators on the school’s sidewalk by loudly proclaiming, “First bus of the year!”

A longer story on the first day of the 2018-19 school year will be in the August 31 print edition of The Newtown Bee. Parents can submit photos of their children from the first day of school in Newtown for possible publication in the August 31 print edition of the paper or online at www.newtownbee.com. Submit photos by e-mailing them with a description of each photo — including the first and last names of those pictured, what grade they are in, and which school they attend — to eliza@thebee.com before 9 am on Tuesday, August 28.