"We have six surgical tests that we need to complete," announced Gidia Santiago, teacher to a group of first-grade surgeons scrubbing in outside the restrooms. The students have been studying human ...

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

CANTON – Seven-year-old CJ Anderson wanted to take swim lessons but was nervous. His dad, Cortney Anderson, said the youngster loves water but fears it. Five weeks ago, the first grader at Frazer ...

There is arguably no job more important to a 1st grader than that of line leader. The coveted job—whether formally assigned or not—ensures a first-place spot in the line. For many early-elementary ...

Amanda Lawson recently had her first-grade class at Edgar Road Elementary School try their hands at writing opinion pieces (and yes, when I was in first grade we were literally reading “See Dick run.

Schenectady High School ceramics students took imaginative drawings like this one, made by a first grader, and turned them into three-dimensional creatures. Jay’lena Parker, a first grader at Lincoln ...