Today was the first day of in-person school in a year for many 9th and 10th graders at Piedmont High School. Alameda County officially entered the Red Tier last week, triggering the switch to a hybrid model of learning. Grades 11 – 12 will return next week.
Piedmont Middle school also started phasing in 7th and 8th graders this week.
(Photos by Julie Reichle unless otherwise noted.)
The health screener record, also known as the “Golden Ticket” Students are given the ticket on the first day of their arrival and will keep it for the remainder of the school year. Each day it will be hole-punched by staff at the line up location. Students must present this punched Golden Ticket to their teachers as they enter the classroom. 
Students get checked in at the front of the new STEAM building. 
10th graders Addy Neel and Sofia Prieto Black 
ASB students and administrators check in students at check in posts 2 and 3 
9th grade students mingle and are checked in 
ASB representatives Lila Town and Wilson Wong hand out gift bags that include a Madeleine cookie and a new mask to all students 
A group of 10th grade friends meet up at Piedmont Park in between the morning and afternoon class sessions 
After the bell rings, the narrow pathway between the new construction and the 20’s and 30’s buildings is quiet
Piedmont Middle School prepared to welcome groups of seventh and eighth graders back on campus. The sixth graders returned at the end of February.
(PMS photos courtesy of Cori Kau)