David Wheeler, the father of a third grader, was about 100 miles away when the tornado struck his son's school.

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But because of her large size as a third-grader, she had to shop in the adult section.

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He awaited news of his son, a third-grader at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore.

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"I feel like a third-grader on the first day of summer, " she says.

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She wondered about her niece, Jenae Hornsby, a third-grader at Plaza Towers.

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As a third-grader, her future already holds more promise than her mother's.

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Hinna, a third-grader -- you can go ahead and wave, Hinna.

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Arvind Mahankali, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from New York City, came in third when he misspelled "schwannoma, " a tumor of the sheath of a peripheral nerve.

CNN: June 1, 2012 -- Updated 1329 GMT (2129 HKT)