History Main / FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode

* ''Fanfic/MaFille'':
** "Marguerite's First Day" is this combined with ADayInTheLimelight; it focuses on minor character Marguerite's first day of middle school.
** "High School" focuses on Katrina's first day of high school.

* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** The first episode of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' takes place on Miyuki's first day at a new school, and of course, she's late.
** Episode 4 of ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' is about Hime's first day attending Megumi's school.
** The first episode of ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' is about Haruka's first day at Noble Academy.

* The whole premise of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan comic ''WebComic/TwilightsFirstDay''.

* ''All Are Welcome''.

* ''Bear's Big Day'' by Salina Yoon.

* ''Boris Starts School''.

* ''Cam Jansen: the First Day of School Mystery (Case #22)''.

* ''Literature/CharlieAndLola'' has "I Am Too Absolutely Small For School".

* ''Countdown to Kindergarten''.
* ''Literature/CuriousGeorge's First Day Of School''.

* ''The Day You Begin''.

* ''Edda: A Little Valkyrie's First Day of School''.
* ''Fairy's First Day Of School''.

* ''First Day At Bug School''.

* ''Literature/{{Franklin}} Goes To School'' has Franklin having all sorts of emotions to starting school.

* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' focuses on Harry Potter and several other children with magical abilities, including Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger being enrolled at a WizardingSchool called Hogwarts.
* In ''Literature/HeatherHasTwoMommies'', Heather goes to her first day of school. She learns that others kids don't have two mommies like her, but that all types of families are equally good.

* ''It's Your First Day of School, Busy Bus!''

* ''Little Owl's First Day''.

* ''Mae's First Day Of School''.

* ''Milk Goes to School''.

* ''Mouse's First Night at Moonlight School''.

* ''My First Day at Nursery School''.
* ''My First Day of School'' (by P.K. Hallinan).

* ''Peanut Butter's First Day Of School''.

* ''Schoolies: My First Day At School''.

* ''Shady Bay Buddies: Archie's First Day at School''.
* ''Starting School'' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.

* The first episode of ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' focuses on this by introducing most of the characters, Moze attempting to take an elective away from Ned and Cookie to make more girl friends while Ned tries to thwart her attempts, and Cookie nearly overheating himself due to him wearing a large winter coat in the summer.

* ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'': The game's two first major events are the child' birthday and the child's first day of school, which happens to be a few days later. The latter is the first time the child interacts with the teachers and classmates who go on to ostracize them for the rest of the game and the first time they get any indication that there is something unusual about them.

* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Episode 60 has Brittnay's first day after transferring to Meadow Lane Elementary (she was actually ''expelled'' from her previous school) in the Third Grade.

** "Jodi's First Day at School", which introduces the new titular character and Daniel takes on the duties of "First Day Friend" to help Jodi feel comfortable at her new school.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': "The First Day" is about Luz's first day at Hexside School of Magic and Demonics (as a student anyways, she had already been there in three previous episodes).

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': "Little Homeschool" has an uncorrupted Gem named Cherry Quartz attending her first day of "school" with the guide of Steven.

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* ''Animation/MashaAndTheBear'': Episode 11 is called "First Day of School".
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* The first episode of the docu-series ''Series/{{Kindergarten}}'' begins with the kids starting kindergarten.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderverse'' opens on Comicbook/MilesMorales's first day at Brooklyn Visions Academy, a BoardingSchool where he doesn't feel like he fits in.

* ''Series/FullHouse'': "The First Day Of School".

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E3LisasSax Lisa's Sax]]", a FlashBack shows Bart's first days of kindergarten at Springfield Elementary.

* In ''Literature/HeatherHasTwoMommies'', Heather goes to her first day of school. She learns that others kids don't have [[HasTwoMommies two mommies]] like her, but that all types of families are equally good.

** ''Literature/{{Yoko}}: stars the titular Japanese kitten going on her first day of school. The story involves the students (except Timothy) at Hilltop School making fun of Yoko's sushi and red bean ice cream.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' has "Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn" (a.k.a. "Arthur's Teacher Trouble" on VHS) about the gang's first day of third grade, all of them nervous about having Mr. Ratburn as their teacher.
** Over two decades later, the special “Arthur’s First Day” depicts Arthur’s group’s first day of fourth grade, primarily Arthur dealing with Buster no longer being in the same class as him and worrying about losing touch with him. Meanwhile, D.W.’s side plot revolves around her embarking on her first day of kindergarten. The special is the first new episode to air following the announcement that the series would come to an end in 2022, so the special can be seen as a sort of “beginning of the end” of the show.

* ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Tim Drake's first day at Brentwood and then Louis E. Grieve Memorial high schools are shown where he's being shown around the campus by other students. The third time this looks like it's going to happen at John Wayne High in Bludhaven Tim leaves before his first day is up because he doesn't have the patience for his new classmate's ridiculous questions about the gang war his girlfriend died in, especially since his father was just murdered as well.

* ''VideoGame/MyChildLebensborn'': The game's two first major events are the child' birthday and the child's first day of school, which happens to be a few days later. The latter is the first time the child interacts with the teachers and classmate who go on to ostracize them for the rest of the game and the first time they get any indication that there is something unusual about them.

* The ''Yoko'' series by Creator/RosemaryWells

* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'', Tim's first day at Brentwood and then Louis E. Grieve Memorial high schools are shown where he's being shown around the campus by other students. The third time this looks like it's going to happen at John Wayne High in Bludhaven Tim leaves before his first day is up because he doesn't have the patience for his new classmate's ridiculous questions about the gang war his girlfriend died in, especially since his father was just murdered as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets'': "Off to School": The team gets a call from a puffer fish who is about to attend his first day of preschool. Ming-Ming is quick to hang a lampshade on the fact that this is the least [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome sewious]] distress call they've ever received, but Linny says they should help him anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets'': "Off to School": The team gets a call from a puffer fish who is about to attend his first day of preschool. Ming-Ming is quick to hang a lampshade on the fact that this is the least serious distress call they've ever received, but Linny says they should help him anyway.