Andy: “The yummy cookies after lunch.”
Bailey: “My new teacher and gym class.”
—Andy Cook (left), 3rd grader, and Bailey Cook, 1st grader, Eldridge Park School, Lawrenceville.

Jake: “I’m looking forward to recess and gym class and seeing my friends. And I’m excited about playing sports. Basketball and soccer are a tie for my favorites.”
Alexis: “I’m looking forward to learning new things and meeting some new friends.”
—Jake Garhart (right), 4th grader, St. Paul’s School, and Alexis Garhart, 9th grader, Montgomery High School, Montgomery.

Harry: “I’m excited about getting into new classes and a new grade.”
Sam: “I’m excited to see my friends and to start doing sports again — lacrosse in particular.”
—Harry Foster, Princeton, and Sam Bezilla, Princeton, both 7th graders, Princeton Charter School

Jackson: “I like that before school when we’re early, we get to play Legos.”
Kingston: “Show and Tell. I want to bring in my seashells that I found at the beach.”
—Jackson Lipsey, Kindergarten, and Kingston Lipsey, Pre-Kindergarten, Bernardsville, N.J.

Layton: “The thing I’m most looking forward to is all of the clubs we have here at Princeton. I think that’s what really sets the college experience apart. I’m on our sailing team and our tryout team. So, a lot of those clubs are really fun to be a part of. I’m really excited to get back together with those teams and start participating in all of those activities.”
Bennett: “I’m looking forward to not being a freshman anymore. Getting to be a member of the community here at Princeton and actually knowing what I’m doing, where I’m going, what I want to do when I get older, and not just trying to find my way anymore as much as kind of figuring out how to get to where I want to be later in life – it’s a great feeling.”
— Layton Hopper, Princeton University Class of 2016, Mount Vernon Ind., and Bennett Alvaro,  Princeton University Class of 2016, Ridgewood, N.J.