Preparing students for college is a focus of the upper grades.

Students in the upper grades will attend only if both the parents and the children agree.

And pay attention not only to the grade level your child is entering, but also to the upper grades.

Elementary schools must have them, but they will now be optional in the upper grades.

Original plans called to only offer grades 6-9, then add on another upper grade each year before extending the lower years.

In fact, she said, children use the same curriculum and may not have smaller classes until the upper grades.

Through the early 1970s, students from all six upper grades attended the school together.

Public or private, the upper grades are more costly because of their curriculum and program needs.

But in the upper grades, some students are falling behind.

Under the law, the school required the four upper grades to study secular studies.