By Jim Davis - Florida Catholic
Jamarly Jacques gives a confident smile before her first kindergarten class at St. Malachy School, Tamarac.
Pauleta Guenova, director of St. Malachy School, gives a little math lesson for two incoming kindergarten students before class time on the first day of school, Aug. 16, 2023. From left are Nessah Elifils and Jamarly Jacques.
Madelyn Lerner was nervous at first on her first day in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023. She relaxed when she found crayons, a picture to color, and a desk marked with her name.
Amaya Belabe's parents made up a poster to celebrate her first day in kindergarten, Aug. 16, 2023, at St. Malachy School, Tamarac.
Amaya Belabe showed her reading and writing skills during her first day in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac.
Aaliyah Jeannitton got a big squeezy good-bye kiss from her mother, Sophia, on her first day in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023.
Aiyana Farrell looks up from her picture as a video starts on the first day of school in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023.
Teacher Liz Lemberger gets students dancing and counting along with a video in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac.
Aden Dumas tries out a magnifier during his first day of kindergarten at St. Malachy School in Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023.
Pauleta Guenova, director of St. Malachy School, gives a little math lesson for two incoming kindergarten students before class time on the first day of school, Aug. 16, 2023. From left are Nessah Elifils and Jamarly Jacques.
Madelyn Lerner was nervous at first on her first day in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023. She relaxed when she found crayons, a picture to color, and a desk marked with her name.
Amaya Belabe's parents made up a poster to celebrate her first day in kindergarten, Aug. 16, 2023, at St. Malachy School, Tamarac.
Amaya Belabe showed her reading and writing skills during her first day in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac.
Aaliyah Jeannitton got a big squeezy good-bye kiss from her mother, Sophia, on her first day in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023.
Aiyana Farrell looks up from her picture as a video starts on the first day of school in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023.
Teacher Liz Lemberger gets students dancing and counting along with a video in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac.
Aden Dumas tries out a magnifier during his first day of kindergarten at St. Malachy School in Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023.
Photography: JIM DAVIS | FC
TAMARAC | St. Malachy School marked its re-opening after a 14-year closure by welcoming kindergarten students for the first day of school, Aug. 16, 2023.
The school will welcome students in pre-K4 later in the week.
See story: 'The school is reborn'
Photographer: JIM DAVIS | FC
Aaliyah Jeannitton got a big squeezy good-bye kiss from her mother, Sophia, on her first day in kindergarten at St. Malachy School, Tamarac, Aug. 16, 2023.
