BY SARAH A JONES for WEEKLY VOLCANO | 9/25/2026
| Across | |
| 3. | First-Year student |
| 7. | It carries the entire school year on your shoulders |
| 10. | Keeps the school running when everyone else makes a mess |
| 11. | small test that somehow still causes panic |
| 12. | The most popular day of the school week |
| 14. | The person who gets called when things get serious |
| 16. | Tells you when to get to class – and when to escape |
| 19. | School dining room |
| 20. | What teachers may ask students to do with an unfamiliar word |
| 23. | The teacher’s stand-in |
| 24. | The class where changing clothes is half the battle |
| 26. | Student no longer allowed to blame everything on being new |
| 27. | Then ultimate school-year finale |
| 30. | A container that may come home with something unexpected growing inside |
| 31. | The roadmap for surviving class |
| 32. | The day school suddenly become real again |
| 34. | What students wish lasted another three months |
| 35. | The classic No. 2 school supply |
| 36. | Where extra time at school is definitely not a reward |
| Down | |
| 1. | The best subject of the day, according to some |
| 2. | Colorful classroom staples |
| 4. | The sound nobody wants to hear on the first day of school |
| 5. | Permission to wander the halls |
| 6. | The year before senior year |
| 8. | Something teachers try really hard to prevent |
| 9. | It gives a second chance |
| 13. | The class where X mysteriously disappears |
| 15. | What students sometimes do the night before a test |
| 17. | Don’t run with these |
| 18. | Where books, jackets, and questionable leftovers live |
| 21. | Formal school dance |
| 22. | Money awarded to help pay for education |
| 25. | Where the important stuff is supposed to go |
| 27. | The stuff that manages to end up somewhere it shouldn’t |
| 28. | Heavy ready material that sometimes stays untouched |
| 29. | Late to class |
| 33. | What you are when you aren’t there |
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