Photos: First day of school

Students walk to class on the first day of school at the new, single-gender Girls Academic Leadership Academy in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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Aug. 16, 2016 10:21 PM PT

Lots of photos are taken at the front gates of the academy. The school is housed at Los Angeles High in Mid-Wilshire.

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Alexis Escuadro, left, Delia Mizrahi and Leila Shiva greet one another at the academy.

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A sixth-grade English and history class at the academy. The school, which serves grades six to 12, has a technology emphasis — and a flight simulator to go with it.

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Ninth-grade English teacher Carina Miller carries a computer to the school.

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