Graders Quotes

We're not going to have too much of a strategy. One side of our back field will be made for really little ones, and the other sides will be open to first- to fifth-graders. - Wes Wilson

We'll see larger differences the older kids get. The new tests put more emphasis on probability and statistics with 11th graders. Previously most of the emphasis was on algebra and geometry. What changes is more of the emphasis. - Joe Stangler

We were just trying to get some respect for our young kids. These are the same kids who were ninth- and 10th-graders last year and now they're 10th- and 11th-graders. - Jim Reynolds

We wanted to get in front of eighth-graders. We wanted to get them excited about the world of work and excited about industry. - Jennifer Dunn

We wanted to educate, enlighten and sensitize the ninth graders to the issues they are facing and the issues they will face in order to ease their transition into adulthood. Kids need to learn to get their needs met in productive ways. - Jim McGowan

We want to make children more comfortable with taking the test. We are focusing a lot more on the writing sample the third graders will have to do. - Anne Keene

We try to include school children, especially seventh graders who are taking Texas History, in our activities. We know how important it is for them to learn the history of the town in which they live. - Bob Burchard

We talked all spring about this... We talked about it at town hall meetings, at concerts, everywhere. Seventh- through 12th-graders should take some responsibility. The students need to tell their parents. - Larry Lewis

We saw there was a definite need for recreation for third- through eighth-graders. - Patrick Martin

We recognize that the most important job we have in front of us is to make sure our seventh- and eighth-graders enter high school prepared to succeed in a rigorous academic environment. Our children need double periods of English language arts and extra time in mathematics. - Amber Dixon