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Sasha Obama, left, a second-grader, starts classes at 8:30 a.m., half an hour later than fifth-grader Malia.
(By Callie Shell -- Obama Transition Office Via Associated Press)
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Soon-to-Be First Girls Have First Day of School
· Starting their new life in Washington, President-elect Barack Obama's two young daughters attended their first day of classes at their new school yesterday.
Michelle Obama took 7-year-old Sasha and 10-year-old Malia to Sidwell Friends, the private Quaker school the Obamas selected for their girls.
Sasha is in the second grade at the elementary school campus in Bethesda. Malia is in fifth grade at the middle school campus in Northwest Washington.
The girls are staying at the Hay-Adams Hotel near the White House with their parents until later this month.
The girls left the hotel at 7:10 a.m. in a motorcade that included at least six vehicles.
They arrived at the middle school 20 minutes later, half an hour before the start of classes. Middle school ends at 3:20 p.m.
The motorcade soon left and headed for the elementary campus and arrived at 8 a.m. Classes there start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3 p.m.
Sasha was seen carrying a pink, magenta and gray backpack and wore blue jeans and a brown jacket with a hood. Her hair was pulled into two braids.
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