The gang's holiday weekend at the Anderson's place in the Hamptons goes adrift when Chris, Cassidy, Dawn and Al run out of gas while yachting. Meanwhile, on shore, Jamal and El-Train's attempts to score with two honeys are interrupted by an unexpected visit from Ms. Noble and Billy.

Dawn saves Al and Cassidy from robbers on the train and the school newspaper soon learns of Dawn's heroic actions.

El-Train sings the blues when his musical hero Slick Willy Bill steals a song he wrote. Meanwhile, Al publishes unflattering photos of Cassidy and Dawn on the cover of his magazine.

Cassidy starts taking pills when she is overworked.

Prom night finds Chris and Cassidy at odds over their post-graduation futures, while Dawn and Al finally find some common ground when it comes to who should ask whom to the dance.

Affairs of the heart plague Dawn, who finds her cyber-beau is an old friend, while Jamal's love life is barely breathing.

Jamal develops a gambling addiction that strains his friendship with Chris, Al and El-Train.

Everyone is obsessed with making the grade during midterms at Manny High. When Jamal and Chris fail their first midterm, Chris' father pulls strings to put Chris back in prep school. At the same time, Dawn feel like she is losing her brainpower after Cassidy scores higher on a test than she did. While Jamal and the rest of the gang begin to take study group more seriously, Chris discovers that no matter how much he goofs off, he will not fail at prep school thanks to special arrangements made by his father. After midterms, the gang celebrates passing grades and discover it feels good when they apply themselves to school, while Chris is left feeling like a spoiled loser. Ms. Noble convinces Chris to talk to his dad about the important lesson he has learned and about returning to Manny High where he belongs. Meanwhile, Al (Dion Basco) and El-Train discover that they can big bucks selling old items from the school basement on an internet auction. They accidently sell the school basketball

The gang returns from summer vacation to find Manny High resembling a prison after the school board installs new security measures. When Ms. Noble encourages the unhappy students to find a constructive way to voice their objections, they go on strike and are suspended and nothing is solved until the gang learn to compromise with the school board. In the meantime, Dawn and Cassidy's friendship is tested when they promise to be honest with each other, no matter what.

When ""Mean Dean,"" New York's morning shock jock, can't make it to his live broadcast from Manny High, Chris and Jamal are offered the chance to fill in for him. The guys do such a great job making their friends the butt of jokes that they are offered a permanent show -- and must decide if they want to acheive success by hurting the people they care about. In the meantime, Cassidy, Dawn, Al and El-Train try out for cheerleading, all for different reasons, with suprising results

Chris gets involved with Sarah, an international star and soon realizes her life is harder than he thinks. Meanwhile Jamal helps Cassidy and Dawn with thier project on the rumor ghosts of Manny High.

Tempers flair between Jamal and a gangbanger classmate until they decide to settle their differences in student court, and the gang discovers through trial and error that looks can be deceiving. Meanwhile, Al and El-Train face the challenge of auditioning as slang-free radio deejays.

The series opens with the arrival of Jamal Grant and Chris Anderson to Manny High School. Both make different entrances with Jamal paying guys to walk him to school as his posse and Chris driving his Dad's car. El Train warns Jamal that he's dead meat if he even thinks about painting over his graffiti. Chris learns about it and proceeds to paint over it. In the end they both get assigned to do a video year book for the school year.

Chris decides to go on a date with one of the callers to his radio show, but when he sees that she dresses like a Goth, he is unsure about whether or not to go out with her again, even though he likes her. Meanwhile, El-Train leads the gang in throwing a surprise party for Miss Noble's tenth anniversary at Manny High.

Jamal lets being the hero of a baseball game go to his head. WHen he fails to lead the team to victory, he wants to quit the team.

Ms. Noble's church is celebrating its 100th Anniversary, and Chris, Dawn and El-Train help out. They grow to love the church but are devastated when Noble tells them that the church is going to be torn down by Chris' dad's construction company, in order to build a mall. When Chris' attempts to reason with his dad fail, the gang joins in and creates a radio-a-thon to raise money to save the church. After this fails, Noble says there's nothing more to do, but Chris and Dawn chain themselves to the church. Chris' dad sees his dedication and decides to build the mall around the church. Noble learns tenacity and determination from the kids.

Dawn is embarassed by her mom's drinking problem.

A model agency is recruiting girls for thier magazine. Jamal's girlfriend, Rosie, signs up and gets featured in the magazine. Jamal is having probelms with guys googling over his girlfriend.

Chris' mom learns Manhattan High does not have a Music Department because of lack of money, she vows to throw a fundraiser at the Anderson home. When she learns of Jamal's musical talents, she invites him to headline the event. Chris, however, is jealous of the attention his mom pays Jamal. He tries to discredit Jamal by revealing Jamal's checkered school career. Chris and his mom argue at the fundraiser and he storms out of the house.

Alberto is delivering drugs for a drug dealer and doesn't know it. So the boys devise a plan to blackmail the dealer into leaving Alberto alone.

The Spring Dance returns to Manny High. Chris tries to get Cassidy to go to the dance with him. She rejects him and Chris encounters Jamal's sister. He asks her to the dance without Jamal knowing about it. El Train wants to go to the dance with Cassidy and gets the nerve to ask her. Al wants to DJ at the party, but Dawn refuses until Al gets rid of the competition. Jamal doesn't like his sister going to the dance with Chris. He tells Kaisha that Chris is no good for her and she responds to telling him to let her make her own choices.

Chris falls for an older woman. Afraid she'll dump him, Chris tells her that he's an under cover cop only to discover that she's his new student teacher.

Chris and Jamal end up in jail after getting caught with fake IDs. But the situation worsens when Al and El-Train (Steven Daniel) come to bail the guys out and end up behind bars as well. Meanwhile, Dawn and Cassidy offer their tutoring services at the school fundraising auction, but they're worried that Vinnie and Rocco have more than tutoring on their minds when they bid on the girls.

After being robbed at gunpoint during the nighttime, Jamal buys a gun himself to feel safe.