Above, Katelynn Hyde, grade three, right, and Madelynn Hyde, prekindergartner, prepare for the first day of school last week. Pictured at left are third-grader Zachary Wicks and fourth-grader Kaylee Wicks as they hop off their bus on Tuesday near the entrance of Silver Creek Elementary School. Their sibling, Alexis Wicks, is a seventh-grader at the middle school.