Looking back at the first week of school 

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The first week of school was filled with lots of excitement, as teachers welcomed students into their classrooms, deans helped lost upper schoolers and the first ever tailgate took place to celebrate the first home football game of the school year. Below are some photos recapping the week:

Left: Seniors Aubrey Caprara and Sofia Stringer talk before heading into guitar class. 

Right: Seniors Imanuella Dagget, Danielle Gardner and Garcelle Louis talk outside of the 2500 building, staying safe from the rain. (Photos/Zoe Horwitz and Kayra Dayi)

The football game Aug. 30 featured performances by the Patriot Band and the Patriot Cheerleaders. Junior Noah-Duro Andre sang the national anthem to open up the festivities, and Mr. William “Bill” Laurie was honored on the field celebrating 60 years of Heritage. “Singing the Star Spangled Banner accompanied by the AHS Patriot Band was an absolutely surreal experience that I will be forever grateful for,” Andre said. (Photos/Jaiden Bomar, Emma Colarte Delgado and Kayra Dayi)

Senior Sydney Burke boards the Hawks Landing bus ahead of school. (Photo/Kayra Dayi)

Students move between periods in the 2000 stairwell and outside the 3000 building. (Photos/Jaiden Bomar, Yechang Liu and Adiya Mukhitdinov)

Mr. David Jones teaches his second and third periods about the basics of AP Physics C Mechanics. (Photos/Emma Colarte Delgado and Yechang Liu)

Students enjoy lunch in the Patriot Patio. Upper left: Freshmen Hasni Chintapudi, Kabir Gandhi, Siddharth Gupta and Dhava Rajmanikandan enjoy lunch despite the rainy weather. Upper middle: Economics teacher Harry Torres watches students on lunch duty. Upper right: Seniors Samantha Almonte and Eunice Cheng and junior Aliyah Dania enjoy lunch and catch up on what they missed over the summer. Bottom image: Seniors Akshay Kumar and Likhitha Selvan study for AP Government, while freshman Avani Kamdar studies her math homework. (Photos/Zain Masood and Sadie Loughlin)

Here, freshmen Jessica Dina, Ezra Moses and Aron Strauss enjoy lunch on the benches outside the 6000s guidance counselor offices. (Photo/Zain Masood)

As a rising senior, this is Emma’s third year in the Patriot Post and she’s excited to be the Online Editor this year. Outside of newspaper, she’s Co-President of the journalism honor society, Quill and Scroll, and also the Editor-in-Chief of the Sigma Xi Honor Society magazine. She is also involved in and has officer positions in Science Research, Sigma Xi, FBLA, Model UN, SNHS, and other clubs, including honor societies and her own nonprofit. In her free time, she enjoys reading, watching dramas on Netflix, listening to Taylor Swift, and hanging out with friends and family. She’s very excited to work on the Patriot Post this year!