By Joel van der Veen

DAVIDSON — It’s another year of strong enrollment at Davidson School, principal Jason Low reported last week.

The new school year began Thursday, with a total of 261 students registered locally — identical to the count from last year.

This includes 23 children beginning their educational journey in the Kindergarten classroom.

Davidson also welcomes a handful of new staff members this year, including secretary Kelly Allan, who joins Barb Moskaluke in the school office.

The school has two Grade 1 classrooms this year. New arrival Sandra Delorme will oversee one, while Crystal Johnson looks after the other.

Kristin Dolman returns to Davidson to teach Grade 6, while Tenille Kirtzinger, who interned here last year, will teach Grade 4, filling in for a maternity leave.

The school will not have any interns this year — a sharp change from last year, when seven interns were working in Davidson.

Interns are in short supply in general, with a total of five working across all of Sun West School Division.

It’s “quite a different year that way,” said Low, but aside from that it’s mostly business as usual.

A meet the teacher evening is scheduled for Sept. 29, and the Student Leadership Team is organizing its annual Spirit Week beginning on Tuesday.

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