One teacher requires her sixth-grade students to learn to write long essays.

Those sixth-grade students perform community service under the Make a Difference program.

All sixth-grade students receive E-mail accounts to use throughout their high school years, and most of the conferences have no limits on who can participate.

She feels that sixth-grade students have descended from "Now what?"

Under the district's plan, sixth-grade students who attend neighborhood elementary schools would move to Hommocks.

One observation of a sixth-grade student reads like this: "Sitting in back with two boys.

At Public School 125, only 36 percent of the third- through sixth-grade students met city and state reading standards last year.

Fifth- and sixth-grade students began cleaning the land about three years ago.

For instance, nearly 64 percent of the city's sixth-grade students met the state standards, up from 53 percent last year.

Her sixth-grade students led some of the workshops, walking over to teachers' desks when they raised their hands for help.