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Third grade best friends Brody Bean and Eli Cadman walk into Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway on the first day of school on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Travis Libby kisses his son, Oden Libby, before Oden walks into Guy E. Rowe Elementary School on the first day of the year on Aug. 28 as his mother, Nicholle Libby, looks on. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Adults and students mill outside of the Guy E. Rowe Elementary School on the first day on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Guy E. Rowe Elementary Principal Catherine Bickford greets students on the first day of school on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Students file into Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway on the first day back to class on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat
Sarah Osborne, of Waterford, says goodbye to her son, 6-year-old Hunter Osborne, before he goes back to school at Guy E. Rowe Elementary School in Norway on the first day of the year on Aug. 28. Evan W. Houk/Advertiser Democrat

Evan Houk is a journalist originally from Bessemer, Pennsylvania, who writes and takes photographs for the Advertiser Democrat and Sun Journal. He's also the creator of the Oxford Hills Now newsletter....