NATCHEZ — They say you can’t come home again.

However, that rule apparently doesn’t apply to Adams County Christian School.

The school began its 2015-2016 year Wednesday, leading to scores of students returning.

One student returned in the role of a teacher.

“This is where I graduated high school from,” Taylor Derr said. “This is home.”

Derr is ACCS’s new seventh and eighth grade English and 12th grade environmental science teacher. She graduated last May from Alcorn State University and was hired to work at her alma mater.

“It was like a dream,” Derr said.

Derr said her ACCS teachers had always inspired her and sometimes, during college, she found herself already knowing the material presented because they had taught it to her.

“I want to be that person for them,” Derr said, referring to her students.

Derr isn’t the only new thing about ACCS this year. The school has a few other new teachers and some new policies too.

Because of one new policy, students gathered outside the school doors on the first day of school, waiting for the clock to strike 7:50 a.m. so they could enter the building.

Before, they could go in at any time. It’s a new policy that assistant principal and athletic director Rick Fife said was created to help bring more order.

Maggie Mason, 12, the daughter of Tammy and Lee Mason, was waiting outside for her first day in the seventh grade.

There were three things she was looking forward to.

“Friends, sports and some classes,” Mason said.

As soon as 7:50 a.m. came around, students poured into the halls, opening up lockers and putting away their books.

One of those students was Madison Newman, the 17-year-old daughter of Chris Newman and Gina Johansson. Newman is entering her senior year and, as such, came to school wearing a crown and a sash saying “Senior.”

Newman wasn’t alone, as many of her friends and classmates created similar costumes, something she said seniors do every year.

Newman said she was ready to graduate.

“I’m ready to move on,” Newman said.

However, there is something she’ll miss when the time comes to leave.

“I’ll miss my friends,” Newman said.

But, for now, Newman said she was excited about getting back to her routine, just as Derr got ready to start hers.

Thus far, it’s been going well.

“It’s a little nerve-wracking, but I think I can handle it,” Derr said.

More than anything, Derr was excited about meeting her students and getting to know them.

Fife has similar feelings on the start of the school year.

“I’m looking forward to our new students and our returning students and having the opportunity to work with them on a daily basis,” Fife said.