C.E. Bick Photography

Bethany Pagliuca, left, holds daughter Lilly, 4, who refuses to look at father Matthew Pagliuca, off camera right, because she doesn't believe he is real. Matthew Pagliuca surprised her and her brother at a special lunchtime assembly at John W. Decas Elementary in Wareham, Massachusetts, on Dec. 10, 2015. Pagliuca was deployed in South Korea for a year.

Lilyan Medina, 6, looks at a ball in a Newton's Cradle at an interactive learning museum set up in the John W. Decas Elementary school in Wareham, Massachusetts, on Dec. 11, 2015.

Sophie Norcross, 7, is reflected in a plasma globe at an interactive learning museum set up in the John W. Decas Elementary school in Wareham, Massachusetts, on Dec. 11, 2015.

First grader Matthew gets his teeth cleaned by the Mobile Dentists at John W. Decas Elementary school on Nov. 13, 2015. The dentistry program is part of ReachOut Healthcare America, a nationwide initiative to bring healthcare to low-income children.

Seventh grader Gwenevere Neidbalski leans against the auditorium's back wall, near her artwork, during the Wareham Middle School's Day of the Dead art show on Nov. 2, 2015.

Second grader Jaron Silva, Jr., decorates both himself – his head has a piece of patterned tape on it – and his pumpkin, during a learning activity at John W. Decas Elementary School Oct. 29, 2015.

A student dressed as an angel looks into fake flames, as a student dressed as a devil stands behind her, during the Wareham Middle School's Halloween Dance on Oct. 23, 2015, in Wareham, Massachusetts.

Students relax and eat popcorn on the sidelines of the Wareham Middle School's Halloween Dance on Oct. 23, 2015, in Wareham, Massachusetts.

Two young Chinese students look at each other, as they suck on lollipops during the farewell ceremony at Minot Forest Elementary School in Wareham, Massachusetts, on Oct. 9, 2015. The school and town hosted 16 visiting students for 10 days.

In the fading light, seniors Madisen Semple, left, and Samantha King, center, look at pictures of the moon King has taken with her cell phone, during the Wareham High School astronomy club's viewing night on Sept. 25, 2015 in Wareham, Massachusetts.

A view of the moon, as seen through a telescope, during the Wareham High School astronomy club's viewing night on Sept. 25, 2015 in Wareham, Massachusetts.

Senior Madisen Semple reacts, as she looks at the moon, during the Wareham High School astronomy club's viewing night on Sept. 25, 2015 in Wareham, Massachusetts.

A child is silhouetted, as he stands inside a firetruck, during an educational visit to the Onset Fire Station in Onset, Massachusetts, on Aug. 17, 2015.

A young boy squints his eyes shut, as Chief Ray Goodwin, center right, helps him aim a hose, during an educational visit to the Onset Fire Station in Onset, Massachusetts, on Aug. 17, 2015.