Forest Station Elementary School Principal Shelly Burghardt speaks to students and their families before the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 17.
HAILEY STOLZE, BELLEVUE LEADER
From left, Joaquin Rodriguez, 2, and father Jorge Rodriguez walk Aaliyah Rodriguez, 5, to her first day of kindergarten at Forest Station Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
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First grader Marta Rivera, 6, holds hands with mother Maria Castillo while walking into Forest Station Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 17. It was the first day of school.
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Mother Beronica Solano, center, walks fourth-grader Jesus Melgoca, 9, and first-grader Mariana Melgoca, 6, into Forest Station Elementary School for their first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 17.
HAILEY STOLZE, BELLEVUE LEADER
Mother Jameka Montgomery walks fourth-grader Imari Montgomery, 9, into Forest Station Elementary School during the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 17.
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Raptor specialist Denise Lewis introduces Orion, a live owl from Fontenelle Forest’s Raptor Woodland Refuge, to Forest Station Elementary School’s mascot during an open house on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.
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Orion, a live owl from Fontenelle Forest’s raptor refuge, poses for a photo with Forest Station Elementary's school mascot during an open house Tuesday, Aug. 2.
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A teacher poses for a photo during a tour of the school during Forest Station Elementary's open house on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
SCOTT STEWART, BELLEVUE LEADER
Forest Station Elementary School is located at 1010 Childs Road W. in Bellevue.
Students were welcomed at the fourth Omaha Public Schools elementary school in Bellevue for the first day of school Wednesday, Aug. 17. Forest Station Elementary School, located at 1010 Childs Road West, brought in students previously assigned to Chandler View Elementary in Bellevue and Gomez Heritage Elementary in South Omaha. OPS also operates Gilder and Pawnee elementary schools in Bellevue, as well as Bryan middle and high schools. The three-floor Forest Station is named after nearby Fontenelle Forest, and its mascot, the Owls, references the forest’s efforts to rehabilitate raptors.
From left, Joaquin Rodriguez, 2, and father Jorge Rodriguez walk Aaliyah Rodriguez, 5, to her first day of kindergarten at Forest Station Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 17.
First grader Marta Rivera, 6, holds hands with mother Maria Castillo while walking into Forest Station Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 17. It was the first day of school.
Mother Beronica Solano, center, walks fourth-grader Jesus Melgoca, 9, and first-grader Mariana Melgoca, 6, into Forest Station Elementary School for their first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 17.
Mother Jameka Montgomery walks fourth-grader Imari Montgomery, 9, into Forest Station Elementary School during the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 17.
Raptor specialist Denise Lewis introduces Orion, a live owl from Fontenelle Forest’s Raptor Woodland Refuge, to Forest Station Elementary School’s mascot during an open house on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.
Orion, a live owl from Fontenelle Forest’s raptor refuge, poses for a photo with Forest Station Elementary's school mascot during an open house Tuesday, Aug. 2.
