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Nikki Tundel
White Bear Lake, Minn.

As summer winds down, careful planning for first day of school

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Anna Nottleson
It's the evening before the start of the 2010-2011 school year and Anna Nottleson has already chosen the outfit she'll wear on her first day of second grade at Matoska International in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
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Anna Nottleson, 7, has been looking forward to the start of the 2010-2011 school year. She spent her last few hours of summer vacation preparing for her first day of second grade.

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Anna takes her new pink backpack out for a trial run in the driveway. She's excited to start second grade and says, "There's nothing I don't like about school."
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Anna Nottleson
It's the evening before the start of the 2010-2011 school year and Anna Nottleson has already chosen the outfit she'll wear on her first day of second grade at Matoska International in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel
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Anna Nottleson
Anna has her new backpack set out for the new school year. She says she can't wait to learn multiplication. "Last year, some kids at school bragged because they learned multiplication. I want to show them other people can do it, too," she said.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel