8/23/18 Promise Academy First Day of School by Sarah A. Miller
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The library is pictured at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
The art room is pictured at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Les Harvey of Church of the Pines leads a prayer with Promise Academy staff and other local pastors before the start of the first day of classes at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Students arrive for the first day of school at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler for the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Students arrive for the first day of classes at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Promise Academy Assistant Principal Samuel Fuentes takes photos with students outside of their new building in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Davarye and Frednisha Jackson pray over their daughter Taraji Jackson, 4, before entering Promise Academy for first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Chris Rios, 5, familiarizes himself with the new Promise Academy building on first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Adrian Uribe, 6, eats breakfast before classes begin at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Adrian Uribe, 6, eats breakfast before classes begin at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Jose Amaya, 6, Josue Ramirez, 7, and Ryder Mathis, 6, read books before the school assembly at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Jose Amaya, 6, and Josue Ramirez, 7, read books before the school assembly at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Jathan Jackson, 6, arrives for the first day of school at Promise Academy in Tyler on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Jathan Jackson, 6, and his mother Evelyn Jackson as they arrive for the first day of school at Promise Academy in Tyler on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Second grade teacher Gloria Johnson talks with her on the first day of school at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler for the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Bryson Jackson hugs his daughter Miracle Jackson, 5, on the first day of school at Promise Academy in Tyler on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Students arrive for the first day of school at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Parents and students arrive for the first day of school at Promise Academy in Tyler on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Ceremony Hawkins, 4, finds her desk at the new Promise Academy building on first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Students, staff and parents recite the Pledge of Allegiance at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Ryder Mathis, 6, and Jathan Jackson, 6, dance together as the start of the school assembly at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler on the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Second grade teacher Gloria Johnson has her students hang up their backpacks for entering her classroom at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler for the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Second grade teacher Gloria Johnson has her students hang up their backpacks for entering her classroom at Promise Academy, a private Christian school in Tyler for the first day of school on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018. The school has a new location inside the Boys and Girls Club building, 504 W. 32nd Street. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)