On the first day of school, kindergartners seem to have a few of the same things on the brain — playtime and what’s for lunch.

Graham Rueter, 5, offered an additional concern.

“I’m nervous about one thing,” said the Oak Harbor boy. “I’m afraid I’m going to get homework and I don’t know how to read.”

Graham was among nearly 200 kindergartners who started their first day of school Friday at Oak Harbor Elementary. That’s 10 classrooms of the little ones. The district created a special kindergarten center at the school.

Oh, boy, was Graham ready to go.

The night before his lunch was made, his clothes were ready to go and his Star Wars R2-D2 bag bulged with supplies.

His grandma, Jan Rueter, escorted him to the school Friday morning and helped him find the line for his teacher’s classroom. She can still remember the first day of school for her son, Graham’s dad — a rambunctious kid.

“I was really ready for him to start,” she said. “But he loved school and this one will too.”

Graham waited patiently in line with his classmates, while other children found their spots and parents snapped photos.

Some children stood quietly clutching lunch bags. A few cried. Some smiled and chatted with new friends. Graham practiced a few martial arts moves.

He wants to be a race car driver.

Principal Dorothy Day climbed up a stairwell and addressed the melee.

“Give mom and dad one last squeeze,” she said. They did. And one-by-one teachers led their classes into the brick school.

Graham is the oldest son of Melissa and Dave Rueter. Mom is excited to hear about her son’s adventures away from home. She described him as an upbeat kid who loves learning and chatting up anyone he meets.

“His favorite thing is to go to the playground and meet new friends,” she said. “He’ll talk to anybody and everybody is his friend. There’s no better word than ‘outgoing’ to describe him.”

Inside the classroom, Alysha Jannot used her kindergarten teacher super- powers to settle down Graham and his classmates on a rug. A name tag and a teensy blue chair waited for him at his desk on the side of the room — the rest of his life waiting to begin.

What does he expect to learn at school?

“Everything!” he said.