Teachers from the Hastings Area School System schools will be in a caravan of big yellow school buses and ride though downtown Hastings on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 10:45 a.m. 

Area residents are encouraged to welcome the teachers as they return for the 2017-2018 school year, hopefully lining the sides of State Street as the teachers pass though on the buses. 

This is the second year for the welcome teachers back convoy, and organizers are looking for an even bigger group of people to show up to wave at their favorite teacher, possibly with signs welcoming all of the teachers back to school.