1.   The first time I see him is at the Christmas bonfire, when I am in the ninth grade.

2.   ...students in the ninth grade.

3.   Almost half had never gone past the ninth grade.

4.   An early hint that Eric Rudolph may have adopted extreme right-wing views came when he was in the ninth grade at Nantahala School.

5.   And even when Steve was in the ninth grade, everybody talked about Fred.

6.   Another girl in the class was date-raped in the ninth grade.

7.   As a boy in Columbus, he flunked the third, seventh and ninth grades before his worried mother shipped him off to military school.

8.   As her daughter did years later, Partaine dropped out of school in the ninth grade.

9.   At DuPont Junior High, Williams was the football quarterback in ninth grade and eighth-grader Moss his favorite target.

10.   At Taft, students begin their college indoctrination in the ninth grade with peer counselors and are called in at least once a year to discuss their plans.