Gibraltar Area School District is making sure its youngest new students get off on the right track. Thanks to an innovation grant, kindergarten and first grade students will get a chance to experience an average school day thanks to Gibraltar’s Smart Start program. Superintendent Tina Van Meer says it is beneficial to the students and their teachers to learn some of the rules and procedures ahead of time.

The first unofficial days of school for the kindergarten and first graders will be August 19th through the 22nd before the official start of the year on September 3rd.