New York Metropolis public college college students headed again to courses on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, for the beginning of the brand new college yr. Take a look at a number of the metropolis’s brightest children as they kick off the 2025-2026 tutorial yr!
A pupil is pictured operating to class on the primary day of college in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
College students are pictured on the primary day of college at HBCU Early School Prep Excessive Faculty in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
College students are pictured on the primary day of college at HBCU Early School Prep Excessive Faculty in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
College students are pictured on the primary day of college in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
College students are pictured on the primary day of college in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
Mother and father and guardians are pictured on the primary day of college outdoors HBCU Early School Prep Excessive Faculty in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
College students are welcomed again to courses on the primary day of college outdoors HBCU Early School Prep Excessive Faculty in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
Phoenix Jai Garrabrant is pictured on his first day of kindergarten at P.S. 133 William A. Butler Faculty in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Picture courtesy of Richard Garrabrant)
Phoenix Jai Garrabrant is pictured on his first day of kindergarten at P.S. 133 William A. Butler Faculty in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Picture courtesy of Richard Garrabrant)
Faculties Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, left, and Mayor Eric Adams, at podium, are pictured at HBCU Early School Prep in Jamaica, Queens, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Cayla Bamberger / New York Day by day Information)
The primary day of college at HBCU Early School Prep Excessive Faculty in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
Gov. Kathy Hochul interacts with college students at M.S. 582, The Magnet Faculty for Multimedia Expertise and City Planning, on the primary day of courses, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Susan Watts / Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Gov. Kathy Hochul highlights distraction-free education by displaying college students new Yondr cellular phone pouches at M.S. 582, The Magnet Faculty for Multimedia Expertise and City Planning, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Susan Watts / Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Gov. Kathy Hochul highlights distraction-free education by displaying college students new Yondr cellular phone pouches at M.S. 582, The Magnet Faculty for Multimedia Expertise and City Planning, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Susan Watts / Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Gov. Kathy Hochul highlights distraction-free education by displaying college students new Yondr cellular phone pouches at M.S. 582, The Magnet Faculty for Multimedia Expertise and City Planning, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Susan Watts / Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Gov. Kathy Hochul highlights distraction-free education by displaying college students new Yondr cellular phone pouches at M.S. 582, The Magnet Faculty for Multimedia Expertise and City Planning, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Susan Watts / Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Gov. Kathy Hochul highlights distraction-free education by displaying college students new Yondr cellular phone pouches at M.S. 582, The Magnet Faculty for Multimedia Expertise and City Planning, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Susan Watts / Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Gov. Kathy Hochul highlights distraction-free education by displaying college students new Yondr cellular phone pouches at M.S. 582, The Magnet Faculty for Multimedia Expertise and City Planning, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Susan Watts / Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul)
Cellphone pouches are pictured on the primary day of college at HBCU Early School Prep Excessive Faculty in Queens, New York, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Michael Appleton / Mayoral Pictures Workplace)
Initially Printed: September 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM EDT

