Share Your Back-to-School Excitement with LMSD's "First Day of School" Photo Cards!
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It’s almost that time—less than two weeks until the first day of the 2026–27 school year! Print out our official Lower Merion School District “First Day of School” photo cards and share your opening-day photos on social media with the #LMSD1stDay hashtag. We can’t wait to celebrate our students’ excitement as they begin the new school year on Tuesday, September 8!
Photos posted on Instagram or Facebook with #LMSD1stDay will be featured in a special back-to-school slideshow on the District website! You can also email your pictures to buckmaa@lmsd.org.
Find your grade-level card(s) below, print them out and get ready for the big day. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone next week—and seeing all of your #LMSD1stDay photos!
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![Memorial-style graphic titled “The Legacy of Mr. Elias at BC,” featuring a tribute poem honoring longtime Bala Cynwyd Middle School choral music teacher Bob Elias. The collage includes photos of Elias conducting a student choir, playing piano, holding a frame drum, speaking into a microphone and posing with flowers alongside a colleague, with decorative music notes and BC Knights imagery on a soft watercolor background.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1788536172/lmsdorg/zc6bjbekeoo7itduro6i/Screenshot2026-09-04at113548AM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1788536172/lmsdorg/zc6bjbekeoo7itduro6i/Screenshot2026-09-04at113548AM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1788536172/lmsdorg/zc6bjbekeoo7itduro6i/Screenshot2026-09-04at113548AM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1788536172/lmsdorg/zc6bjbekeoo7itduro6i/Screenshot2026-09-04at113548AM.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1788536172/lmsdorg/zc6bjbekeoo7itduro6i/Screenshot2026-09-04at113548AM.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1788536172/lmsdorg/zc6bjbekeoo7itduro6i/Screenshot2026-09-04at113548AM.png","width":2016}])
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![Graphic with BCMS Knight logo that reads: BCMS Advanced Chorus performs “A Beautiful Noise” under the direction of music teacher Anne Sterner-Porreca, featuring soloists Mikayla Hsu & Zara Khalil!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1788197593/lmsdorg/xihbmvkm7lo7fci8rm65/Screenshot2026-08-31at13242PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1788197593/lmsdorg/xihbmvkm7lo7fci8rm65/Screenshot2026-08-31at13242PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1788197593/lmsdorg/xihbmvkm7lo7fci8rm65/Screenshot2026-08-31at13242PM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1788197593/lmsdorg/xihbmvkm7lo7fci8rm65/Screenshot2026-08-31at13242PM.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1788197593/lmsdorg/xihbmvkm7lo7fci8rm65/Screenshot2026-08-31at13242PM.png","width":1440}])