Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County Marching Wildcat Band performs for the RCHS student body on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 4, inside the Fine Arts Building with pyrotechnics going off on the sides of the stage. This year’s band has grown in numbers up to 83.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Primary School Principal Carla Truelove welcomes Shiloh Welborn, 8, on her first day of second grade Monday, Aug. 4.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Holly Aiken walks first grader Travis, 6, into Rabun County Primary School for the first day on Monday. Pre-k student Claire, 4, is excited to start class at the same school Thursday, Aug. 7.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. RCMS eighth grader Kinley Burtch walks toward the entrance of the school as Kechara Partin, the middle school principal, and Superintendent Steven Cole get ready to greet her.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School students prepare to go inside the Fine Arts Building for a first-day-of-school pep rally in the morning. Students at Rabun County Middle School go to their new lockers to get their supplies for their first-period class.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County buses and vehicles line up on an overcast morning for the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 4.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Colorful signage welcomed students back to Rabun County Primary School (RCPS) on Monday, Aug. 4. RCPS Principal Carla Truelove described the first day as a mix of “excitement, nervousness and curiosity.”
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Students at Rabun County Schools were back in the classroom on Monday, Aug. 4, and the campus was bustling with activity from eager an...
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