But the mother of another first-grade classmate said that Eric had been a troubled child, given to using harsh language to other children, and that they had shied away from him.

According to the report, the child's reading ability was well below that of his first-grade classmates, and he attended kindergarten willingly.

In the morning, the boy pulled out a pistol and killed his first-grade classmate Kayla Rolland.

President Clinton and candidate Gore began their joint crusade on the gun issue long before Kayla Renee Rolland was shot by a first-grade classmate.

The district has sent teachers and counselors to the homes of the 20 other first-grade classmates, including five children who witnessed the shooting.

Dana and her first-grade classmates who began school yesterday are supposed to graduate with high school diplomas at the turn of the century.

I strongly support Dr. Frances Carroll, my first-grade classmate, in her effort to end the pain of American Indians by retiring Chief Illiniwek.

Mr. Woodring recalls that a first-grade classmate of his was 12 years old, having remained in first grade for six years because he had not learned to read.

ONE of Mr. Nambu's first memories of Yasukuni was of visiting it with his first-grade classmates on Dec. 8, 1941.

"I've been sick since I was a little girl," she told her first-grade classmates last fall.