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Check Out These Adorable Photos From the First Day of School in Pilsen

By Stephanie Lulay | September 6, 2016 2:03pm
 Donning navy uniforms and backpacks filled to the brim with supplies, more than 600 students returned to school at  Orozco Community Academy  Tuesday.
Orozco First Day of School Pilsen 2016
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PILSEN — Donning uniforms and backpacks filled to the brim with supplies, more than 600 students returned to school at Orozco Community Academy Tuesday.

Ahead of the school year, Pilsen Principal Efrain Martinez updated the school's uniform code. Orozco students now have their choice — they can either wear the traditional navy and white uniform with red accents or a new uniform with a navy blue polo and khaki pants.

The uniform change was approved by the Orozco School Council by a vote of 8-2. 

The fine arts and performing arts neighborhood school, which houses a regional gifted program for Spanish-speaking English-language learners, serves students from pre-school through eighth grade.

Check out our snaps from the first day of school in the slideshow above or posted below.

Pilsen parents escort their son to his first day of school at Orozco Community Academy Tuesday. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

Orozco Principal Efrain Martinez directs students to their classrooms outside of the school building Tuesday. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

A preschool student waits with his mother outside of Orozco Community Academy Tuesday in Pilsen. Tuesday was the first day of school for CPS students. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

A preschool student raises her hand at Orozco Community Academy Tuesday. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

Preschool students learn the rules for their new classroom Tuesday at Orozco Community Academy. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

Orozco Kindergarten teacher Michelle Carrillo poses with two new students on the first day of school. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

Orozco kindergarteners shout "Hip Hip Hooray" on the first day of school in English and in Spanish.  [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

Kindergarten students listen to their teacher read at Orozco Community Academy in Pilsen Tuesday. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

Kindergarten students listen to their teacher read at Orozco Community Academy in Pilsen Tuesday. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

A kindergartener shows off her artwork Tuesday at Orozco Community Academy. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

Girls line up for their first day of school Tuesday at Orozco Community Academy, a CPS fine arts and performing arts elementary school in Pilsen. [DNAinfo/Stephanie Lulay]

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