NORWICH – Students held the purple ribbon taught as Superintendent Gerard O’Sullivan, Board of Education Member Perry Owen and Building Principal Jen Post wielded a pair of super-sized scissors as Perry Browne Intermediate School celebrated the start of the new school year with a ceremonial ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. yesterday.

The brief ceremony featured speaches by both O’Sullivan and Post, after which the new principal showed off her guitar playing skills by leading the crowd in a sing-a-long of “Get Together” by the Youngbloods.

“We’re beginning with the end in mind,” Post said, stating that this year the faculty and staff at the intermediate school will “focus on developing leaders, one child at a time.”