WEST BATON ROUGE - It's a big day for students in West Baton Rouge Parish as they head back to school today.

Soon the bell will ring for the start of a new school year. WBRZ will be live all morning from Brusly High School.

We are live from Brusly High all morning on @WBRZ as the panthers and the rest of West Baton Rouge Parish heads back to school!!! pic.twitter.com/8E5ne6mqKr

— Johnston vonSpringer (@johnstonvon) August 8, 2018

WBRZ had the chance to speak with 2018 State Teacher of the Year Kimberly Eckert. The excited English teacher said it was her eleventh first day of school as a teacher.

WBR students aren't the only ones returning to school Wednesday. Students in six other parishes will also be heading back Wednesday. 

BACK TO SCHOOL: West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Ascension, E. Feliciana. Watch for pedestrians, put the phone down, and slow down through the school zones!

— Ashley Frugé WBRZ (@ashleywbrz) August 8, 2018

Look at the awesome way teachers are welcomed back on the first day during a pep rally at Brusly High School.

Teachers arriving to Brusly High’s start of school pep rally! This place is pumped! @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/k5j6BsWTJH

— Johnston vonSpringer (@johnstonvon) August 8, 2018