Students return to school for first time after Maine mass shooting
Hundreds of students were back in class at Lewiston High School, petting therapy dogs and signing a large banner that read “Lewiston Strong” — the community’s new motto.
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School Superintendent Jake Langlais applies a Lewiston Strong sticker to his jacket as high school students return to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School students return to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School student Jayden Sands returns to school with School Superintendent Jake Langlais for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School students return to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School students return to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School students return to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School students interact with a therapy dog after returning to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School students interact with a therapy dog after returning to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School students return to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
High School students return to school for the first time since the shootings that claimed 18 lives in their community, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adrienne Dyment is hugged by her daughter Paizley as the school bus arrives as classes resume in the wake of last week's mass shootings, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adrienne Dyment holds her daughters Sophia, left, and Paizley, while waiting for the school bus to arrive as school resumes in the wake of last week's mass shootings, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Lewiston, Maine.