In an attempt to become one of the popular girls, Nancy befriends one of the girls and quickly becomes part of the clique, much to the annoyance of her classmates. However the other girls soon turn on Nancy, forcing her out of the clique and leaving her with no friends. Meanwhile Jessie's mom tries to be more understanding towards her ""class G"" child, however her attempts to bond with him go horribly wrong when she has to present his class report on airplanes.

The kids are all excited about going to Squirrel Camp until they learn that Miss Belanchof is covering for their normal Squirrel Girl leader. While Penny, Nancy and Polly try for their Wilderness Survival badge, Nancy finds herself face to face with a hungry bear but successfully secures her Bravery badge. Meanwhile Squirrel Boy Arthur is having troubles with his shy kidney and in his attempts to concel his problems ends up having to run the 15 miles to earn his Running badge.

As election fever hits the school, everybody seems to be running for class president except for Polly who is off ill. When Nancy is made to go round and see how Polly is, she lets slip about the elections and Polly forces herself well again in order to stand for president, forcing the rest of the competition out of the race and winning by default. However when the kids grow tired of Polly's forceful ways, they lead a revolt to force her out of power.

Miss Graves asks Nancy and Polly to perpare reports on the cultures of other kids in the class and while Nancy pairs up with Sanjay, Polly ends up choosing Jordan to do her report. While Polly quickly decides that China has no culture other than that stolen from Lithuania, Nancy is fascinated by Indian culture, especially when she finds out that in a past life she lived in an Indian palace, only to later discover that she lived there as a servant. Meanwhile Melanie Belanchof joins the school in Miss Graves class but pupil and teacher fail to see eye to eye until Melanie is by some stroke of luck transferred into the advanced class.

After Jessie terrorises all of the local babysitters, his mom is forced to look for a new sitter and ends up hiring Polly to look after her baby boy. Jessie begs Polly not to tell the other kids, but when Vinnie sees Polly and Jessie together at home, Jessie lies and says that Polly is his girlfriend. The kids at school start to tease him about it, and Jessie is forced to admit that she is actually his sitter, which only leads to greater humiliation.

Nancy, Jordan and Gabrielle all see the new Amber Amberset video and come to school dressed like her the next day, but their skimpy dresses and bells infuriate Mr Besser who decides to introduce a school uniform to combat such styles of clothing. But when a ball breaks Mr Besser's window the next day, he is unable to tell who the culprit is because everybody looks the same, and so decides to drop the uniforms. Meanwhile Jessie and Vinnie decide to get earrings, but Jessie chickens out and wears his mom's flower clip-ons instead. Both boys gain the respect of the other kids, until their parents arrive and force them to take them off.

The Squirrel Girls hold their annual cookie-selling contest for two girls to win places at Squirrel Camp, but Nancy's ruthless tactics to go on camp with Penny end up forcing Penny out of the contest, meaning that Polly wins the other place. Meanwhile Jessie is forced to have all of his shots when Polly decides to check out everyone's medical cards.

Polly becomes popular when she gets a pony, but as the kids all take turns to meet Snowball they find out that it's not as great as they thought as Polly forces them to answer questions on ponies before she will let them near it. Meanwhile Jessie pretends to have sent his book report to his Nanna and Pop-Pop's by mistake to stop Miss Graves from grading it.

Jessie signs up for the Student Exchange program, hoping that he will be paired with a smart kid who he can copy off. But when Lars arrives from Outer Maledonia, Jessie realises that the echange isn't all that he hoped it would be when Lars takes over his room and turns out to be just as dumb as Jessie is. However things get even worse when Jessie learns that as part of the exchange he will have to spend time in the frozen wastelands of Outer Maledonia, where the only thing to eat is boiled fish and the sled dogs take an instant dislike to him. Meanwhile, Nancy, Penny and Sanjay sign up for Polly's Spoon School but soon find that they can't take the strain.

Jessie's mom finds out that the other boys are bullying him and tries to help him out, but only ends up embarrasing him further. Meanwhile Nancy finds out that Jordan is really rich, but the other girls soon get tired of her bragging.

Nancy persuades all of the other girls not to try out for a babysitting job so that she is sure to get it, but soon she and little Lara Johnston find out that they hate each other and Nancy gets the sack, but she is too embarrased to tell the others. Meanwhile Arthur sets up a ""personal"" babysitting service but hires the other kids to do the sitting for him.

All of the girls get excited when they see the new Cleopatra hair-style by Simon of London and in an attempt to become more popular, Nancy tells the others that she is going to get her hair cut by Simon. After begging her mom and promising that she won't ask for anything ever again, Nancy finally manages to get to the hair salon, but the resulting style from Nigel the cleaner makes her look more like a poodle. Meanwhile Polly can't stand it when Freddie gets a better grade than her on a paper on butterflies and insists that Miss Graves remarks them, sparking a debate that eventually leads them to Mr Besser's office.

Relentless in her attempts to incorporate Lithuanian Studies into the curriculum, Polly insists that the school hold a traditional Gazotski folk dance and after much consideration chooses Sanjay to be her partner. Although Sanjay is initially apprehensive, he quickly becomes infatuated with Polly however she is disgusted by his poor dancing skills. Meanwhile the strain of being a teacher is growing too much for Miss Belanchof until Miss Graves helps her become more organised, until one of Miss Graves' lesson plans wins Miss Belanchof a plaque and a cheque for $5,000.

During a visit to the school library, Polly realises how disorganised the librarian Mr Jackson is and volunteers as a Junior Librarian. As Polly begins a strict regime that infuriates the kids, Arthur learns that most of the kids have overdue library books and volunteers to take them off their hands in order to start up his own library. When the others learn of his library they all want to join even though Arthur charges for the books and supplies, but soon Miss Graves stumbles on the library. Polly informs Miss graves that there is no way to tell which books are overdue, nor who has them, and although the suggestion of an amnesty horrifies the Polly, Miss Graves forces Polly to hold one, insisting that she pay the students for each book they return. The next day the class prepares to start a topic on Indians and Arthur buys all the books he can, only to discover that the topic is on the country of India, not the American tribes. As the library amnesty begins, Miss Graves suggests that

As lunch time begins again, all the kids are complaining about the awful lunches that their parents have packed, except for Freddie who is looking forward to his lunch until he discovers he has accidentally brought the wrong bag and his lunch now consists of a bag of potatoes. Martha, the dinner lady, takes Freddie over to the kitchen where she gives him one of the spare meals that the teachers usually have, and Freddie comments that it would be great to get a free lunch every day, a comment that intrigues Arthur. The next day, Arthur pretends to forget his lunch and is given one of the teacher lunches and he decides that this is a good idea, doing it again and again. Martha suspects that Arthur isn't really forgetting his lunch but that he is too poor to afford one and so she and some of the other members of staff hold a collection for his family, however when Miss Graves finds out she makes Arthur donate the goods to real poor families. Meanwhile Nancy learns karate in an attempt to

Picture Day arrives and Freddie is really proud of his cowboy shirt until he finds out that Polly is wearing one just like it, but his attempts to hide the fact quickly fail and the class makes fun of him all day. However when it finally comes to taking the picture, Miss Graves positions Freddie behind the board giving the name of the class to avoid him being embarrased by the photo. Meanwhile Jessie fakes an allergic reaction to get out of doing the Science test but is forced to do it anyway and fails miserably.

Jessie is worried about failing the eye-test, but his attempts to cheat end up with him having to wear glasses, making it hard for him to see anything. Meanwhile, Nancy and Charlie are competing to be voted best athlete in the class and Nancy thinks she has worked it so that they will tie, but when Jessie is unable to see the ballot paper he accidentally votes for Charlie, winning him the vote.

Vinnie is horrified when he finds out that Mr Besser has married his Aunt Cookie, especially when the two move in and the kids at school find out. However when Vinnie's aunt finds out that Mr Besser is broke she leaves him and relations between Vinnie and Mr Besser return back to normal. Meanwhile Polly forces Nancy, Jordan, Freddie and Miss Belanchof to attend her Fire Safety School, but when the class is tested by the local fire department it is discovered that Polly's teaching methods are not up to scratch as the class has learnt nothing about fire safety but everything about Lithuania.

Nancy is the best kid in the Gardening Club until she has to go to Miami while her grandma has an eye job to make her look younger. While Nancy finds Miami life more exciting than last time, Jordan and Gabrielle become closer friends and foget to look after Nancy's tomatoes. When Nancy returns, her crops have all shrivelled up and her friends are leaving her out of their conversations, but when neither of them wins the Gardening contest they both start to argue and Nancy takes control again.

Jesse ends up losing a bet to Arthur and has to do anything Arthur says for a whole week, Jesse is at first miserable until he finds out Arthur cheated and Arthur becomes Jesse's slave.

Nancy returns from her trip to Mexico ready to show off her tan and her new charm bracelet, but when class starts the kids are more interested in the choosing of the new crossing guards. When Miss Graves selects Polly and Arthur as the new guards, the kids soon discover that both her choices are a nightmare to have helping you cross the road. While Polly insists that every student learns the seven safety tips, Arthur begins charging people to cross at his corner. When Polly is almost hit by an ice-cream truck, Miss Graves learns that Arthur has been charging and forces him to use the money to buy Polly a get well present and when Arthur gets to the crossing the next day, he learns that crossing lights have been installed. Meanwhile Nancy's good luck bracelet goes missing and she tries to find out who has stolen it, only to discover that it was never stolen in the first place, it just got misplaced in her coat.

During a special assembly Jessie gets hungry and buys a packet of chocolate raisins from Arthur, but by the time the pack reaches him there is only one raisin left. As the documentary film Chinook of the North starts, most of the kids fall asleep until Vinnie sees a scene where the Eskimos all strip their clothes off. The film is immediately stopped but everybody is talking about what would have happened in the rest of the film. Back in class Jessie gets so hungry that he ends up eating a used piece of gum from under his desk, but Freddie sees him and soon the whole school is laughing at him. While Jessie tries to make people forget that he is a ""used gum chewer"", Arthur organises a secret screening of Chinook, but the rest of the film turns out to be just as boring as the beginning was and all the kids demand their money back. The next day lunch is cancelled because of a fire in the kitchen and as Miss Graves leaves the room, Jessie teases the other kids by pretending to eat more of t

Nancy is excited when she gets a Fish Book Baggie Baby from the local store, but when she gets to school she finds out that all the other girls bought the Caterpillar design and hides her own bag, embarrassed that it is different. When class starts, Miss Graves has to pick the three students to do a report on Columbus and teams up Jessie with the two smart kids, Polly and Freddie. While Polly and Freddie argue over who will do which part of the report, Jessie does everything he can to get out of doing any work at all. The next day at school, Penny arrives wearing a small fur hat and all the girls love it deciding to get them after school, but in an attempt to be more popular Nancy claims to already have one. When all her attempts to get one of the small hats fails, Nancy ends up with a really big hat that everybody makes fun of, but she ignores the insults and tries to convince everyone that it's a new trend. However when Nancy arrives at school the next day having trimmed her hat down

The other kids are all amazed when Jordan's baseball skills suddenly start improving and she explains that it is due to Feng Shui and positive chi. Intrigued by the spiritual lifestyle, Nancy becomes obsessed with Feng Shui and soon Miss Graves is forced to humour her new lifestyle and splits the class in two to see whether Feng Shui really has any benefits. With Nancy and Vinnie heading the two sides, the rest of the kids keep switching their minds as to whether Feng Shui works or not, however Nancy's side seems to be having the more luck. However when the others find that Nancy has a pocket mirror in her bag, they accuse her of trying to steal their chi and turn on her, causing the class to revert back to normal.

Determined to get tickets for the Sidewalk Boys concert, Nancy turns to Arthur for help and the two weave a plan to get in by pretending to be members of the press. However once inside the two become worried that they will be found out and both leave before the concert has even started, fearing that they will be found out by the security guards.