Marissa Curry, 5, left, Noah Blanton, 5, Jason Green, 5, and Eve Sikorski, 5, do the “freeze dance”

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Marissa Curry, 5, left, Noah Blanton, 5, Jason Green, 5, and Eve Sikorski, 5, do the “freeze dance” Wednesday in Jami Haines’ kindergarten class at R.E. Baker Elementary School in Bentonville. The children were learning the classroom rules on the first day of school at the nontraditional calendar school, one of two in the district including Elm Tree Elementary School. Classes start for the rest of the district Aug. 20.