Noun
eighth grade (plural eighth grades)
(US, education) The period in school that comes after seventh grade and before ninth grade.
I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest. By eighth grade you start to figure out your limits. Laurie Halse Anderson
He was over at my house every day between fifth grade and eighth grade. James Blake
I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I'm fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character. Jason Wiles
She had observed that the more education they got, the less they could do. Their father had gone to a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade and he could do anything. Flannery O’Connor
I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade. Tia Carrere
I'm the guy in the eighth grade who did not go across the floor and ask the girl to dance for two reasons. One is, she might say no and I'd be embarrassed; two, she might say yes and I'd have to dance... Newt Gingrich