First day of school

Sophia Dagneau, left, reaches for a colored pencil while she and her first grade classmate at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston, Easton Theriault, work on a writing assessment exercise on the first day of class Monday afternoon.

Sophia Dagneau, left, and her first grade classmate at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston, Easton Theriault, work on a writing assessment exercise on the first day of class Monday afternoon.

Benjamin Dumais, right, concentrates on a writing assessment exercise with other fourth-graders on the first day of school at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston on Monday.