PHOTO GALLERY: Elementary students have first day of summer school

Students in Kristi Schlegel's kindergarten class have reading time Monday morning on the first day of summer school.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Kristi Schlegel's kindergarten class draws and colors after nap time on the first day of summer school Monday.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Fourth grade Lee Elementary students from Luke Robison's class wash their paint brushes after decorating their poetry notebooks on the first day of summer school Monday. These Lee Elementary students and their teachers are set up in Benton Elementary School while their building has air conditioning installed.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Lee Elementary fourth grade students place their decorated poetry notebooks next to the window to dry on Monday. "Before we can write poetry, we need to have a decorated notebook to fuel the inspiration," said their teacher, Luke Robison, on the first day of summer school.   |  Tatiana Fernandez

Benton Elementary teacher Vicki Graham uses water and food coloring to demonstrate chemical change to her fourth grade science students on the first day of summer school Monday.   |  Tatiana Fernandez