Word: eighth
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Francis, who usually bats seventh or eighth in the lineup, was moved up to the fifth sport for both games...
...League championship was on the line at the Heptagonals Championships this weekend in Princeton, N.J. The undermanned Crimson was not up to the task, finishing seventh on the women’s side and eighth in the men’s standings...
...just suddenly drop out; it's more of a slow fade. Typically it begins in the ninth grade, if not earlier, often when life hits a particularly nasty patch and racking up credits in class no longer seems especially compelling or plausible. Ernestine Maisonet started fading in eighth grade, when the grandmother who had raised her died. "She was a woman who worked wonders," murmurs Maisonet, who says she doesn't know her mother and isn't close to her dad. After the death, her family of six siblings fell apart. Maisonet has lived sometimes with an aunt, sometimes with...
...students who fall behind in the first place. Ninth grade is a major pitfall. Parthenon found that 78% of kids who become overage and undercredited had to repeat freshman year. One key is improving reading skills in middle school--a challenge nationally. Last year 37% of the city's eighth-graders were proficient in reading, up from 30% in 2002 but still a long way from ideal. Another key, Klein believes, is continuing to replace big, impersonal high schools with smaller schools that offer a sense of community and a variety of programs. Says Klein: "You want to create...
...will have her hands full against a Crimson lineup with three of the top eight hitters in the league in terms of average. Captain and second baseman Julia Kidder is eighth with a .349 mark, while her double play partner, senior Lauren Brown, is sixth with a .356 average. Leading the team and ranking fourth in the league is freshman Lauren Murphy, who owns a .363 mark. She is better known, however, for her home runs, as her 18 long balls this season are a league record. She has been on such a tear recently that Dartmouth resorted...