The Sequim School District’s newest classroom teachers take a break from orientation last week for a group photo with district instructional coach Pam Landoni (second row, far left). This year’s new teaching corps welcome students for the first day of school on Wednesday, Aug. 30. They include (back row, from left) Jason Ramos (Helen Haller Elementary School, fifth grade); Taylor Roberson (Helen Haller, third grade); Rio Nersinger (Greywolf Elementary School, third grade); Melissa Novak (Helen Haller, kindergarten); Carmen Maxwell (Sequim High School, Hope Academy and Social Emotional Learning); Anthony Seidl (Sequim Middle School, science) and Christine LaSalle (Greywolf, special education); third row, from left: Andrea Houser (district, special education); Robin Hensiek (Sequim Middle School, special education); Echo Cox (Greywolf, kindergarten); Laura Lorentzen (Helen Haller Elementary, music); Shannon Prescott (Helen Haller, fourth grade) and Cassandra Oberembt (Helen Haller, special education); second row, from left: Landoni; Pattie Hagan (Helen Haller, kindergarten); Katherine McKeon-Lawrence (Sequim High School, language arts); Gwen Rudzinski (Helen Haller, first grade); Andrea Dietzman (Sequim Middle School, language arts); Jennifer Newton (Greywolf, third grade) and Sonja Stalnaker (Helen Haller, special education); front row, from left: Xisa Dove (Greywolf, kindergarten); Aria Benner (Helen Haller, second grade); Jill Brouillard (Sequim High School, mathematics); Lynette Jenne (Sequim High School, science and mathematics); Onna Raemer (Sequim Middle School, sixth grade mathematics); Jacque Ter-Veen (school psychologist); Nessa Goldman (Helen Haller, science, technology engineering and mathematics) and Keely Cochran (Helen Haller, second grade). Not pictured is Jennifer Clevenger (Greywolf, third grade), John Cole (Sequim Middle Schoo, mathematics), Dave Drovdahl (Olympic Peninsula Academy (mathematics, science) and David Upike (Greywolf, assistant principal/psychologist).