After dismounting from his motorcycle, Mario Linares embraces his daughter Ophelia, 6, as she heads to her first day at Alamosa Elementary School on Tuesday.

Having already been dropped off by their parents, a group of elementary school students swing into the new school year before the start of their first day at Alamosa Elementary School on Tuesday.

First Grade Teacher Crestina Lucero gathers up her students before the bell rings at Alamosa Elementary School on Tuesday.