Catholic schools throughout the Diocese of Rochester welcomed back students this week for the start of the 2021-22 school year. On Sept. 8, St. Agnes School in Avon hosted a coffee hour for parents dropping off their kids, and students at Irondequoit’s St. Kateri School took part in the year’s first school prayer service. On Sept. 9, teachers and staff at St. Mary School in Canandaigua stood outside to welcome incoming students for their first day of classes.
Georgia Stein gets a hug from teacher Wendy Gorham upon arriving for her first day of school Sept. 8 at St. Agnes School in Avon.
Students enter St. Agnes School in Avon for the first day of school Sept. 8.
St. Agnes School student Giuseppe Mennucci waits outside the school Sept. 8.
Menzo Peck poses for a photo outside of Avon’s St. Agnes School Sept. 8.
A student at St. Mary School in Canandaigua gets off the bus for the first day of classes Sept. 9.
St. Mary School kindergartner Winifred Cummings poses for a photo for her father, Dan Cummings, Sept. 9.
St. Mary School fourth-grader Ava Willson heads into school on the first day Sept. 9.
A St. Mary School student walks into the school on the first day Sept. 9.
St. Mary School second-graders Sebastian Lefebvre (left) and Ethan West color pictures on their classroom floor Sept. 9.
Marlon Rivas holds the American flag for the national anthem during a prayer service on the first day of the 2021-22 school year at St. Kateri School Sept. 8.
St. Kateri School students walk back to their classrooms Sept. 8.
St. Kateri School second-grader Clover Fitzpatrick sings the morning song Sept. 8.
Irondequoit’s St. Kateri School kindergartener Tommy Murphy does a classroom activity on the first day of school Sept. 8.
A St. Kateri School student stands during the national anthem.
