Stella Banderas gets into the college spirit plus more back to school photos of celebrity kids

Safe to say Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith’s daughter Stella Banderas (right), loves college. The former couple's daughter, who began school at the University of Southern California in August, appears to be having the time of the life, joining the campus' Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and showing her school spirit wearing the Trojans' colors. Photo: Instagram/@brigittebatte

Back to school smiles! Ciara celebrated her son's first day of school with an adorable snapshot full of smiles. The doting mom captioned the pic on her Instagram, "Future Zahir's 1st Day Of School! #ProudMomma." Photo: Instagram/@ciara

Neil Patrick Harris's twins Harper and Gideon are too cool for school! The How I Met Your Mother actor shared an adorable snapshot of his twins and their stylish back to school ensembles, writing, "Kindergarten fits these two well. #firstdayofschool." Photo: Instagram/@nph

The school year is off to a great start for Kelly Ripa's youngest children. The TV personality posted a photo of her son Joaquin and daughter Lola returning to Jr High and High School. The proud mom captioned the photo, "First day of 8th and 10th grade! So far so good. #backtoschool." Photo: Instagram/@kellyripa

Nick and Vanessa Lachey's big boy is off to preschool. Vanessa, who is pregnant with their third child, shared this photo of their eldest child Camden ahead of his first day back. Photo: Instagram/@vanessalachey

"Someone was NOT feeling the back to school vibe today," actress Busy Philipps captioned this pic of her daughter, who looked adorable in mismatched pastel shoes despite her lack of enthusiasm. Photo: Instagram/@busyphilipps

Madonna is adjusting to the end of summer and first day of school. The Queen of Pop shared a photo with her youngest children, David Ritchie and Mercy James wearing their white polo uniform and trousers, writing, "First Day of School!! I'm Good with 4 hours of sleep I swear!"
Photo: Instagram/@Madonna

Elton John's sons, Zachary and Elijah Furnish-John, were adorably twinning in matching trousers and red trimmed outerwear for their first day back to school. The singer simply captioned the photo of his boys in their uniforms: "Back to school," adding the hashtag "#ShareTheLove."
Photo: Instagram/@eltonjohn

Ivanka Trump's daughter Arabella looks like she's inherited a touch of glam from her mom! Her first day of school outfit choices included this pink tutu. "Modeling potential first day of school outfits. (Soon I will need to break it to her that this will not comply with dress code.)," her mom captioned this cute pic.
Photo: Instagram/@ivankatrump

Swapping fashion for books! Karlie Kloss showed her back to school spirit by sharing a photo of herself wearing her NYU sweatshirt, writing, "It's that time of year  Reppin' my #collegecolors."
Photo: Instagram/@karliekloss

Kaia Gerber isn't singing the blues about returning to school, but she is photographing them. The high schooler posted a snapshot captioned, "back 2 school blues."
Photo: Instagram/@kaiagerber

Ready to slay the first grade. Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar shared a photo from her and Freddie Prinze Jr.'s daughter Charlotte's first day back at school. Showing her little girl wearing her pleated school jumper, while holding a sign she wrote, "And just like that, she is off to #firstgrade #backtoschool #MyCharlotte."
Photo: Instagram/@sarahmgellar

Royal kids are saying goodbye to summer, too! King Philippe of Belgium escorted his look-alike son Prince Emmanuel, ten, to the Eureka school near Brussels. The young Prince arrived in good spirits, and looked more than ready for his return to the classroom at the school, which specializes in teaching children with learning disabilities. Photo: Getty Images

Flash back to school! Kate Beckinsale celebrated her 17-year-old daughter Lily's last first day of school, with a side-by-side photo featuring her teen on her very first day of school and now. Lily was a good sport flashing her same cheeky smile in both photos.
Photo: Instagram/katebeckinsale

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are officially parents of a college kid! Son Michael headed off to start his university career in August 2016, but not before posing with siblings Lola, 15, and Joaquin, 13. Mom had a tongue-in-cheek take on her empty nest syndrome, quipping in the caption: 'Saying goodbye to big bro, the college freshman. (Whilst conspiring to take over his bedroom.)' Photo: Instagram/@kellyripa

College bound! Model Christie Brinkley helped her daughter Sailor Brinkley-Cook pack up for a new school year. The mother-daughter pair twinned in matching ensembles for the fun photo, which Christie captioned, "Brinkley Moving Company! We Get the job done! #offtocollege #latergram."
Photo: Instagram/@christiebrinkley

Backpack ready to go! Singer Josh Kelley shared a snap of his and Katherine Heigl's oldest daughter Naleigh heading off to school. The proud dad captioned the photo, "My 1st baby's 1st day of 2nd grade!!!! Lotta numbers there!! Haha- go Naleigh!!!"
Photo: Instagram/@joshbkelley

You're never too old to go back to school! With his backpack on hand, Nick Cannon posted a photo of himself at Washington, D.C.'s Howard University campus ready to take on his freshman year. He captioned the post, "YOU KNOW!!!!! #HU2020 My First Day as a Freshman!!! Howard University Class of 2020."
Photo: Instagram/@nickcannon

The end of summer means freedom for Rebecca Romijn! Jerry O'Connell's wife took to Instagram to share her joy of having her twin daughters (Dolly and Charlie) return to school. She captioned the funny post, "Hallelujah 1st day of school! See ya suckas!"
Photo: Instagram/@rebeccaromijn

They grow up so fast! Fuller House star, Jodie Sweetin commemorated her daughters, Zoie Herpin and Beatrix Coyle's first day of school with a collage, writing, "My babies are getting so big!! (They'd hate that I called them that!!) #firstdayofschool #timeflies."
Photo: Instagram/jodiesweetin

Gilles Marini was more anxious about his daughter Juliana's first day of school than she was! The actor tweeted a tender photo of him with his little girl writing, "She's like: "Dad, it's ok I'm going to 5th grade. I'll be just fine" #dadsproblem."
‏Photo: Twitter/@GillesMarini

Alex Rodriguez's daughter Natasha is ready to swing another school year out of the park! The former Yankees player shared a photo of his oldest child's first day of school writing, "First day at Upper School. You'll knock it out of the park Tash."
Photo: Instagram/@arod

Off to third grade! Jamie Lynn Spears posted a sweet photo of daughter Maddie Aldridge wearing her school uniform.
Photo: Instagram/@jamielynnspears

Mario Lopez's daughter Gia looked adorable for her first day of school. The proud dad tweeted a photo of his little girl writing, "Here we go... Gigi's first day of Kindergarten at her new Catholic school. God Bless my baby!"
Photo: Twitter/@MarioLopezExtra

Niki Taylor captured a tender moment between her husband and young children before heading off to school. Attached to the photo, "Heartfelt moment this morning. @burneylamar sending Ciel & Rex off! ❤️ #FirstDayOfSchool."
Photo: Twitter/@NikiTaylorInc