It was a party at Vista Del Mar and everyone was invited! VDM opened the 2022-23 school year, its first as a K-8 school, with decorations, music and laughs. The Vista Del Mar Leadership Team set up a photo booth for families to capture the special moment, and line the entry of the middle school to cheer on their classmates as they came onto campus. Scroll through the photos below to enjoy the first day celebrations.
Members of the Vista Del Mar Leadership Team set up “Welcome” signs in front of the school before students begin arriving for the first day of instruction on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Friends mingle with each other in the quad at Vista Del Mar Middle School before the start of class on the first day of the school year on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Parents escort excited students as they arrive for the first day of the school year at San Clemente’s Vista Del Mar Elementary and Middle Schools on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Members of the Vista Del Mar Leadership Team set up “Welcome” signs in front of the school before students begin arriving for the first day of instruction on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Carla Dawson walks with her kids, Julia Olocco Dawson, starting 4th grade, and Eli Olocco Dawson, starting 2nd grade, as they arrive for the first day of the school year at Vista Del Mar Elementary in San Clemente on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Paige Warrington, starting 1st grade at Vista Del Mar Elementary School, poses in front of the school while her mom, Mina Gutierrez, takes a photo as they arrive for the first day of the school year on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Members of the Vista Del Mar Leadership Team stand in a line and applaud as they welcome students to the first day of the school year on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Members of the Vista Del Mar Leadership Team set up a photo booth, with props, in front of the school as students begin arriving for the first day of instruction on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Friends mingle with each other in the quad at Vista Del Mar Middle School before the start of class on the first day of the school year on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Alexa Gutierrez, starting 5th grade at Vista Del Mar Elementary School, poses in a photo booth while her mom, Mina Gutierrez, takes a photo as they arrive for the first day of the school year on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Friends mingle with each other in the quad at Vista Del Mar Middle School before the start of class on the first day of the school year on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Diana Wilczek takes a photo of her kids Valeria Wilczek, starting 4th grade, and Elene Wilczek, starting 1st grade, as she drops them off for the first day of the school year at Vista Del Mar Elementary on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Parents escort excited students as they arrive for the first day of the school year at San Clemente’s Vista Del Mar Elementary and Middle Schools on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Members of the Vista Del Mar Leadership Team set up a photo booth, with props, in front of the school as students begin arriving for the first day of instruction on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Jason Botens holds his daughter, Remi Botens’ hand as he escorts her to her first day of kindergarten at Vista Del Mar Elementary School in San Clemente on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Friends mingle with each other in the quad at Vista Del Mar Middle School before the start of class on the first day of the school year on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Parents escort excited students as they arrive for the first day of the school year at San Clemente’s Vista Del Mar Elementary and Middle Schools on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. (Photo By Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
