Gallery: Favorite back-to-school pictures from Tulsa World photographers

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Crossing guard Don Griffin works on the first day of in-person instruction at Owasso schools in September.

Owasso Public Schools resumed in-person classes on Thursday, Sept. 17. ART HADDAWAY/Owasso Reporter Read more: Owasso students return to class for in-person instruction

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A bus driver travels her route on the first day of in-person instruction at Owasso schools Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

Owasso Public Schools resumed in-person classes on Thursday, Sept. 17. ART HADDAWAY/Owasso Reporter

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Dalynne Simon(left) and Cierra Kelley make their way to school on the first day of in-person instructino at Owasso schools Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. MIKE SIMONS, TULSA WORLD

Students are reminded to wear a mask amidst other more traditional first day of school chalk drawings on the sidewalk as they arrive at Union High School Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Read about the first day at Union

Senior Zen Zam makes her way to class on the first day of in-person instruction at Jenks High School Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Click here to read about the first day for Jenks Public Schools

Owasso Public Schools resumed in-person classes on Thursday, Sept. 17. ART HADDAWAY/Owasso Reporter

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Michael Hendricks teaches his fifth-grade English Language Arts class virtually from his classroom at Wayman Tisdale Fine Arts Academy on Aug. 31.

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East Central Junior High School teacher Jonnatan Montes talks with Tulsa Public schools superintendent Deborah Gist in an empty classroom in Tulsa, OK, August 31, 2020.  Click here to read about the return for Tulsa Public Schools

Owasso Public Schools resumed in-person classes on Thursday, Sept. 17. ART HADDAWAY/Owasso Reporter

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Michael Hendricks teaches his fifth-grade English Language Arts class virtually from his classroom at Wayman Tisdale Fine Arts Academy Monday, Aug. 31, 2020.  Click here to read about the return for Tulsa Public Schools

Sheryl Guin teaches third grade on the first day of class in Jennings, Oklahoma, on Aug. 5, 2020. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World Click here to read about the return for this rural district

Sophomore James Stevenson makes his way to the entrance for the first day of school at Union High School as the sun rise is reflected in the school's windows Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Read about the first day at Union

A sign on a school bus door reminds students to wear a mask on the first day of school at Union High School Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Read about the first day at Union

Teacher Kameron Keller hands out technology to sixth-grader Kaylee Palacious at Dolores Huerta Elementary School in Tulsa, OK, August 31, 2020. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World Click here to read about the return for Tulsa Public Schools

Chalk mask reminders, along with more traditional first day of school messages, are seen on the sidewalk as students arrive for the first day of school at Union High School Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Read about the first day at Union

Colleen Simpson carries a tub of supplies as she arrives on the first day of school at Bixby High School in Bixby, Okla., on Monday, August 17, 2020. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World Click here to read about the return to Bixby Public Schools

Students sit apart from each other on the first day of school at Bixby High School in Bixby, Okla., on Monday, August 17, 2020. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World Click here to read about the return to Bixby Public Schools

Sage Barner (foreground) walks down a hallway on the first day of school at Bixby High School in Bixby, Okla., on Monday, August 17, 2020. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World Click here to read about the return to Bixby Public Schools

Senior Matthew Minton jokingly wore a hazmat suit for the first day of school at Union High School Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Read about the first day at Union

Karen Page teaches fifth grade on the first day of class in Jennings, Oklahoma, on Aug. 5, 2020. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World Click here to read about the return for this rural district

Juniors Chloee Kelley(left) and Jushua Bisesi talk as they wait to enter for the first day of school at Union High School Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Read about the first day at Union

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Sophomore Rafael Orozco gets directions from Amy Hudson, executive director of student services, on the first day of in-person instruction at Jenks High School Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

Principal Nate Hutchings greets first-grader Jackson Snider and his mother, Amanda Snider, on the first day of school at Rosewood Elementary School Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Click here to read about the first day for Broken Arrow Public Schools

Sophomores Tia Orr(left), Grace Sinor and Kylee McCoy wait to enter the building on the first day of in-person instruction at Jenks High School Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Click here to read about the first day for Jenks Public Schools

Trumpet player Ben Galles (left) tries to stay warm during band practice before school on the first day of in-person instruction at Jenks High School Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Click here to read about the first day for Jenks Public Schools

McKenzie Owen hugs her son Wallace Owen goodbye before leaving him at his kindergarten class on the first day of school at Rosewood Elementary School Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World Click here to read about the first day for Broken Arrow Public Schools