Music teacher Brittany Garza plays a drum as the parade celebrating 100 days of of school moves down a hallway at Irene K. Mendez Elementary. Daily Record photos by Denise Cathey
In the front entryway of the school, the kindergarten and first graders march in their celebratory decorations carrying signs in front of a small crowd of visitors. Celebrating the first 100 days of the school year has become a tradition at Mendez Elementary.
In Samantha Guerrero’s first grade class Madison Lopez, Zaylie Lopez and Juliet Rodriguez pose before joining the other students in the hallway to start the parade.
Kindergartner Ivi Cruz sports a stylish set of glasses for her parade-wear.
First-grader Marcus Galvan yells in excitement as he waits with his class for the parade to start.
Students in Samantha Guerrero’s first grade class start getting their signs and decorations together as the first grade hallway begins to line up for the parade.
