In Irkutsk at Lyceum No. 36, Knowledge Day became a bright celebration. A ceremonial assembly was held with drummers, graduates waltz, first graders poems, and the first bell. Director Sergey Shatunov spoke about the lyceums rich history and wished students success in the new school year.

What do you associate September 1 with? For many teachers, it is festive flowers and a wonderful mood, and for students, it is also a long-awaited reunion with classmates. Friends have not seen each other all summer, and they want to share their joyful events and positive emotions.
In Irkutsk there are more than 70 educational institutions, and the director of Lyceum
No. 36, Sergey Nikolayevich Shatunov, shared his plans and invited everyone to the morning assembly.
"Lyceum No. 36 is one of the best general education institutions in the city of Irkutsk, a laureate of many different competitions, our lyceum is listed in the directory of the best schools in Russia," noted the Director of the Lyceum.
This educational institution has a rich history that began even before the October Revolution. In different years, people known throughout Russia studied here, such as Mikhail Gerasimov - sculptor-anthropologist, State Prize laureate; Leonid Gaidai - a great comedy writer; Viktor Chernykh - a hockey player for the Baikal-Energiya team, and others.
The streets of Irkutsk are crowded with schoolchildren, lyceum students, and university students celebrating Knowledge Day. Nowadays, you can buy a floral masterpiece of any complexity. But many parents, remembering their own school years, send their children off with gladioli, asters, and dahlias.
The destination - Lyceum No. 36 - looks like a huge flower bed.
Here they held not just an assembly, but a real festive parade that at times resembled a gala concert. Young drummers march across the grounds in formation, graduates whirl in a waltz, first-graders recite poems and sing songs.
The first bell rang, and the children headed en masse into the school accompanied by their beloved teachers - mentors. The first-graders and their parents met their first teacher. Sergey Nikolayevich Shatunov wished the lyceum students success in the new school year.
And on that cheerful note, the festive assembly at Lyceum No. 36 came to an end.