Nell's name went up on a board at the front of the classroom labeled, in 
heavy brass letters, S UPPLEMENTARY C URRICULUM S TUDENTS . Within a few 
days, her name had been joined by two others: Fiona Hackworth and Elizabeth 
Finkle-McGraw. Nell's disarming of the fearsome Miss Stricken had already 
become the stuff of oral legend, and her two friends had been so inspired by 
the act of defiance that they had gone to elaborate lengths to get themselves 
in trouble too. Now, the three best students of Miss Matheson's Academy were 
all doomed to Supplementary Curriculum.