Red carpet arrivals

Students and their families arrive Aug. 10 to the Anna Maria Elementary School campus, 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, for the first day of classes. There was a red carpet rolled out for students, a coffee truck for adults and a welcome for new parents by the AME PTO, including introductions and doughnuts in the auditorium. Islander Photo: Courtesy AME/Via Facebook

Principal Katie Fradley, left, introduces Holmes Beach Police Department school resource Officer Christine LaBlanche and Police Chief Bill Tokajer to parents at a first day welcome gathering in the auditorium.

Josey Presswood walks her daughter, Junie, to her VPK classroom for her first day of school at AME. Josey was a student at AME, as was her dad, Damon in the 1970s.

Morgan Blackburn of the AME Parent Teacher Organization steps forward, second from left, as she is introduced to the gathering of new-to-AME parents by principal Katie Fradley, left, in the school auditorium.

“Littles” gather around a desk with teacher Gracie Lewis in the VPK classroom.

The Bystrom family and their three AME students gather at the front entrance for a photo, taken by principal Katie Fradley, using a new school mural for the backdrop. Fradley posted her “Welcome Back to AME” photos on Facebook.