Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle with authority, avoid the school snitch, and try their best to win at kick-ball.
The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.
New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that kissing each other is an inevitable part of their future.
The kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.
The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.