Kaid Williams, right, implores his sophomore classmates, Tyler Rattigan, right middle, Will Brooks, left middle, and Trevor Brookes to pull harder to beat the seniors in a tug-of-war game at the first-day assembly at Cassville High School last week. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
Joselynn Bivens, left, double high-fives Avery Chappell after the seniors correctly finished the lyrics to a song in a game being played between the classes at Cassville High School on Aug. 22. Kyle Troutman/ktrout-man@ cassville-democrat.comEvan Butler turns to sprint back to base after plucking a pair of glasses from the hand of his twin sister, Elizabeth Butler, the item needed to stay in the game at Cassville High School’s first-day assembly. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comFrom left, sophomores Andon Goutney, Tristan Thompson, Ethan Sizemore and Noah Johnson celebrate getting a song correct in the TikTok-inspired “finish the lyrics” game at the first-day assembly at Cassville High School on Aug. 22. Kyle Troutman/ ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comParents Adriana and Austin Shuey bring their sixth-grade son Zayden Miller, front right, and kindergartner daughter Azlynn Shuey, front left, into the Cassville school building on the first day of classes on Aug. 22. Along for the ride was Matilda Shuey, 17 months. Kyle Troutman/ ktroutman@cassville- democrat. comStudents in Calista Burns’ thirdgrade class stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance on the first day of school at Cassville on Aug. 22. Kyle Troutman/ ktroutman@ cassville- democrat. comKari Longley, mother of third-grader Mak Longley, decorates his locker as classes began on the first day of school last week. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat. com
