11.   A parent asked the justice if he would speak at the annual graduation ceremony for eighth graders this year, and Thomas agreed.

12.   Burns marvels that the myth about a sixth grader getting locked in a locker by eighth graders makes the rounds of every school.

13.   But a few floors below, in a computer class of eighth graders who were presenting PowerPoint projects, the spirit was less willing.

14.   But some eighth graders are reading below grade level, she said, so she wants to use the money to turn one room into a reading lab.

15.   But the moment the organized activities ended, the black and white eighth graders separated.

16.   Clinton is also fighting for a national education standards program which would require fourth graders and eighth graders to pass national math and reading exams before they can graduate.

17.   Clinton proposes testing fourth graders and eighth graders for minimum reading and math skills before promoting them to the next grade.

18.   Crouch and McManus are committed to teaching high school, and are not sure that eighth graders can handle their course.

19.   Decked out in blue caps and gowns, the eighth graders took the stage in a sweltering gym packed with family members and local dignitaries.

20.   Do the eighth graders really shut sixth graders in their lockers?