New Kelso C-7 School

Ben Matthews

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Kelso C-7 School District held their first day of classes in their new school building Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri.

From right, Brian Heurring talks to his daughter Heidi, 4, as she walks into her first day the new Kelso C-7 school with her mother, Lauren, and sister, Hailey, 7, on Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Bethany Kluesner walks her daughter, Anna, 4, into her first day of pre-kindergarten at the new Kelso C-7 school Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Charlotte Steinley, left, plays with Owen Andrews, 5, center, and Mabrey Burger, 4, during the first day of classes in the new Kelso C-7 school Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Colby Landewee, 5, works on a puzzle during the first day of classes at the new Kelso C-7 school Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Kelso C-7 students say the Pledge of Allegiance in the cafeteria multi-purpose room on the first day of classes in their new school building Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
The library in the new school for the Kelso C-7 School District is seen Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Garage doors allow library side rooms to be converted into "team rooms" at the new school for the Kelso C-7 School District on Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Wall art decorates the outside of classrooms in the new school for the Kelso C-7 School District on Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Exercise balls are used as seats in one classroom at the new Kelso C-7 School on Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

Door decorations hang outside of a seventh grade homeroom class in the new Kelso C-7 school on Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Art made by students hangs in a hallway at the new Kelso C-7 School school Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A classroom in the new Kelso C-7 school is seen Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A calendar is seen in the main hallway of the new Kelso C-7 school on Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
The new school for the Kelso C-7 School District is seen Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
The new school for the Kelso C-7 School District is seen Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Zoe, 11, left, and Crystal Bentley stop for a photo on the first day of classes in the new Kelso C-7 school Feb. 28, 2018, in New Hamburg, Missouri. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)