1st Day of 6th Grade

Middle School. Ally's first day of 6th grade is today. Her school is JK-8 but they operate the 6-8 grades as a middle school and she will have different teachers for each subject. She is pretty excited and a little but nervous of course. She arranged to meet her friends Colette, Cata and Willow at 8AM at school. From now on her arrival will be closer to 730AM so I can get to work sooner - but I agreed to 8 this morning.

She had a relaxing morning and was really well rested. Its hot and humid here today - 80 degrees at 8AM.  Special thanks to Aunt Beth who helped pick out the first day of school outfit this weekend.
No black or gray!

Close up picture inside.

Outside in her usual spot for first day of school pictures.

And a back shot - long straight hair which she LOVES and her new sporty backpack.
I hope she has a great day. She will walk home from school by herself or with friends and has her 1st 4 hour gymnastics practice this afternoon. I'll get to hear all about school in the car on the way to the gym.

Edited to add: Ally had a great first day! She said she thinks she will like Science class best this year. And the only think she would change about the day is that it wasn’t so hot. 

She came home, changed and headed out to practice.

Here she is in the car, 5 for 1st day of Level 5 team practice.