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Irvine Unified School District opens its 40th campus, Cadence Park School

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For the students of Cadence Park School, the end of summer was still a reason to celebrate … they were heading to a brand new campus.

  • The playground for kindergarten students is visible behind a wall on first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • The flag flies on first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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  • Parents and their children wait on the playground prior to the start of the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Kindergarten teacher Amie Hitchens leads her new students into her classroom on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Pincipal Carlo Grasso speaks with a parent as he places teachers names in cones on the playground just prior to the students arriving for the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Parents and their children wait on the playground prior to the start of the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Kindergarten student Kirat Kapoor, 5, has her photo taken by her mother, Sandy Kapoor, in her classroom on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Parents look through the window of a classroom after dropping their children off on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Kindergarten teacher Amie Hitchens waves to her new students into her classroom on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Kindergarten student Gavin Brooks, 5, right, hands a bouquet of flowers to his teacher Amie Hitchens as he waits with other students and their parents outside their classroom on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Kindergarten student Gavin Brooks, 5, holds a bouquet of flowers for his teacher as he waits with other students outside their classroom on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Pincipal Carlo Grasso places teachers names in cones on the playground just prior to the students arriving for the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Students follow their teacher as they make their way from the playground to their classroom on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Kindergarten student Brandon Kan, 5, poses as he has his photo taken by his mother, Susan Kan, in his classroom on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • As parents look on, kindergarten teacher Amie Hitchens greets her new students as they wait in line outside her classroom on the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Truc Le takes a selfie with her son, Tyler Le, 7, a second grade student, just prior to the start of the first day of school at the new Cadence Park School in Irvine on Thursday, August 23, 2018. The K-8 school is district’s 40th campus. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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The Irvine Unified School District opened its 40th campus on Thursday, Aug. 23, as it called all of its students back to school for the new year. Cadence Park will serve students through the eighth grade, though it is starting with just transitional kindergarten through sixth grade the first year.

The 13-acre campus features a performing arts building, science classrooms for the older students, an innovation and design lab, a gymnasium with a fitness area and spaces created outside for learning. It has been built to house up to 1,000 students.