001Hello hot dogs. Today is the first day of school at the community schools of Frankfurt and uh this is the very first roaming with Roda at the beginning of the school year. I wanted to come out to Green Meadows on the first day to talk to kids as they get out of the car to find out what they love about Green Meadows. So enjoy this very first segment, the 2025 2026 school year of roaming with Roa. Enjoy what the kids say today. >> All right. Good morning, Mr. Da. Mr. Dow, first year principal here at Green Meadows. How many years you've been in education, Mr. Dow? >> This is year number 12. >> Year 12. So your 12th first day of school as an educator. >> 12th first day. >> And what do you look
002forward to about the first day of school? It's always seeing the smiling faces and those that are hesitant to come back and then once they're here realize it's not as bad as they thought that we're gonna make memories and learn and those two things can happen at the same time. >> All right. Great. Mr. Dab, have a great first day of school. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Good morning. >> Today's the very first day of school. >> Very first day for year 39. >> For year 39. And you are >> Sher Pritchette. Fourth grade. This is my 12th year at Green. >> 12th year at Green. 39th year in teaching. Yep. >> What's so special about the first day of school? >> Everybody's nervous. >> Uh-huh. >> Everybody. And so we all have that
003in common. >> Elena, what grade are you in? >> Fourth grade. Elena, what do you love about Green Meadows? >> That the teachers are really nice and calm and my friends. >> And your friends. What do you love about the first day of school? >> Meeting new people. >> Emily, what do you love about Green Meadows? >> Uh, recess. >> Recess. All right. What do you love about the first day of school? Um, I love how um you can learn like new things in different grades. >> Learn new things on the first day of school. Thank you, Armando. What do you love about Green Meadows? >> Recess. And what do you love about the first day of school? >> We get to do fun stuff. >> We have our famous art teacher here. What is
004your name, Mr. Art Teacher? >> Uh, Mr. Ramos. >> Mr. Ramos. How many years you've been teaching now? >> Uh, this would be 26. >> 26. So, this is your 26th first day of school. >> 26th first day of school. What's so special about the first day of school? >> Uh, meeting all the new students in third grade and seeing the older students who have been here from last year and being all excited about the first day. >> Alex, what do you love about Green Meadows? >> Well, it's my first year. >> It's your first year. Okay. What do you love about the first day of school? >> I love that I get to meet new teachers. >> What is your name, young man? >> Uh, my name's Officer Robert Hessen. >> Officer Robert Hessen,
005our SRO here at Green Meadows Blue Ridge. >> Yes. For the last seven years. >> Seven years. So this is your seventh first day of school as a SRO. >> Yes. And it feels great. >> What's so special about the first day of school? >> I think the kids excitement is kind of you feed off of it because they're so excited to be here and they're having so much fun. You can't you can't help but just feel the same way. >> Keeps you young, doesn't it? >> I'm sure it does. And at my age, that's important. >> Well, thank you, Officer Hash. Appreciate you. >> I'm Mr. Miller, media specialist, Green Meadows. >> How many years have you been teaching? >> A lot. A lot. >> This is year 21 for me. >> Year 21.
006So 21st 21st first day of school ex >> well plus all the other ones when I was in school. So a zillion I think. >> How many uh what was so special about today? >> Oh our kids love to be here and it's just going to be excited to get them back in the building and um all the smiling faces and everybody giving hugs and it's just going to be a great day. >> What do you love about Green Meadows? >> Um >> The teachers. What do you love about the first day of school? >> Math. >> Maline, what do you love about Green Meadows? >> It's green. All right, good answer. And what do you love about the first day of school? >> Um, that I can meet my teacher and meet some new
007friends. >> All right, Matteo, what do you love about Green Meadows? >> I like about gym. Doing a lot of stuff. >> Jim Jim and a lot of stuff. What do you love about your first day of school? >> Um, meeting my teacher, >> Jasine. What grade are you in? >> Fifth grade. What do you love about Green Meadows? >> Um, it's just cool around here. >> It's just cool around here. And what do you love about the first day of school? It's just great to meet my teacher. >> I love it. What do you love about Green Meadows? >> It's green. I haven't had another answer like that today. And what do you love about the first day of school? >> Uh that I'm with this girl. >> Okay. This girl makes you happy,
008huh? What do you love about Green Meadows? >> Uh just the teachers. They're really kind. >> Teachers are really kind. And what do you love about the first day of school? Being with your friends here. >> Yeah. >> All right. Have a great day. Thank you, girls. Mackenzie, what do you do here at Green Meadows? >> I'm a special education para. >> All right. And what do you love about the first day of school? >> Seeing all the kids. >> Jonathan, what grade are you in? >> Fourth grade. What do you love about Green Meadows? >> Doing math. >> The math. What do you love about the first day of school? >> Um, to meet all our friends. >> George, what do you love about Green Meadows? >> About the reading. All right. You're the
009first one that's talked about that today. What do you love about the first day of school? >> All the all the um people I get to meet. >> All the people you get to meet. Okay, guys. Have a great day. What's your name? My name is Sandra. >> Sandra, what do you love about your child's first day of school? >> You know, I love how excited they are. They love their teachers. They're ready to see their friends. They're ready to meet the staff again. And I've heard there's new staff, too. >> Definitely got online and see on there. And every teacher that's on there, we got to see on the first day back. I am excited. All the kids here are amazing. The teachers are amazing. The food, I hear, is amazing. So, I want
010to thank each and every one of you for just making everybody's future the best that it's going to be. especially for Frank for Frankfurt, you know, in this county. >> Thank you very much. All right. >> Amazing community and keep it up. >> All right. Have a great day. >> All right. Hot dogs. Hope you enjoyed this first segment of Roaming with Roa to kick off the beginning of the 25 26 school year. Uh great to see kids coming back to school. This is why we do what we do and we're looking forward to a great school year. Go hot dogs.