Schoolbreak

Episodes - Schoolbreak

• 15 and Getting Straight (1989) Former addicts staff a drug rehabilitation center for youth. With David Birney, Tatum O'Neal.
• 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth (1992) Vignettes demonstrate environmental practices. Hosts Sara Gilbert, Brian Green.
• Abby, My Love (1991) A suburban teen (Cara Buono) suffers sexual abuse by her father (Anthony Heald).
• Ace Hits the Big Time (1985) A high-school transferee wears an eye patch and a dragon-emblazoned jacket to ward off gang members.
• The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations (1984) Peer pressure and a need for individuality are just two of Julie's (Kelly Wolf) problems during her first year of high school.
• All the Kids Do It (1984) A talented diver (Scott Baio) with Olympic hopes must choose between fun-loving peers and maintaining a rigorous training program.
• American Eyes (1990) A Korean-American teen (Jason Scott Lee) meets prejudice from classmates. With David Ogden Stiers, Concetta Tomei.
• Babies Having Babies (1986) Five pregnant teens (Akosua Busia, Renee Estevez, Lori Loughlin, Claudia Wells, Jill Whelan) discuss the problems they face.
• Between Mother and Daughter (1995) A teen (A.J. Langer) copes with her mother's (Lindsay Crouse) breast cancer; with Dan Lauria; Christopher Daniel Barnes; Lindsay Sloane.
• Big Boys Don't Cry (1993) A sexually abused teen (Jason Wiles) suspects his young brother (Miko Hughes) is enduring the same fate.
• But He Loves Me (1991) A teen (Kelli Williams) falls for a popular boy (Donovan Leitch), then learns he's abusive and violent.
• Children Remember the Holocaust (1995) Photographs and period footage recount the struggles of five children who fought to survive the Holocaust; host Keanu Reeves.
• Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story (1984) After two students are killed in alcohol-related auto accidents, a teacher devises a contract system that promotes alcohol awareness and safe driving. Based on a true story.
• Crosses on the Lawn (1993) Racial tensions divide a destitute community and a circle of friends. With Rugg Williams, Justin Whalin, Michael Warren.
• Crosstown (1996) After her parents' divorce, April moves across town to a new school.
• The Day the Senior Class Got Married (1985) A teacher challenges his students to put economic theory into practice with mock classroom marriages.
• The Day They Came to Arrest the Book (1987) Responding to parental pressure, a principal bans a classic novel from the school library.
• Dead Wrong -- The John Evans Story (1984) A young boy (Timothy Gibbs) succumbs to mounting peer pressure and begins a life of crime leading to execution at 33. Based on a true story.
• Dedicated to the One I Love (1991) A girl (Lisa Dean Ryan) whose ex-boyfriend died learns she may have been exposed to the AIDS virus.
• Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love (1992) Brought together by tragedy, teens (Duanne Martin, Noelle Parker) of different races face a mutual attraction.
• The Drug Knot (1986) Anti-drug-abuse lecturer David Toma portrays himself in a fictional account of an encounter with a youth who experiments with drugs to impress peers.
• The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern (1991) A 16-year-old (Tammy Lauren) seeks emancipation from her parents. With Karen Valentine, Justin Deas.
• An Enemy Among Us (1987) A popular student (Danny Nucci) learns a blood transfusion has exposed him to AIDS. With Dee Wallace Stone, Gladys Knight.
• The Exchange Student (1985) A teenager from India finds her traditional values and customs challenged by the American lifestyle.
• Flour Babies (1990) A teacher assigns his students to care for bags of flour as they would infants to teach sexual responsibility.
• The Fourth Man (1990) A 16-year-old (Peter Billingsley) takes steroids to impress his ex-football player father (Tim Rossovich).
• Frog Girl: The Jenifer Graham Story (1989) Penalized for not dissecting a frog, a high-school student (Ellen Dunning) sues her school district.
• Gambler (1988) A high-school athlete's compulsive gambling jeopardizes his future and his relationship with his girlfriend.
• Gangs (1988) A Hispanic soldier returns to his barrio and finds his 14-year-old brother in a street gang.
• The Girl With the Crazy Brother (1990) A girl at a new school must accept her brother's schizophrenia.
• God, the Universe, and Hot Fudge Sundaes (1986) A teenager (Roxana Zal) seeks a reason for her sister's terminal illness; her mother seeks a miracle.
• Have You Tried Talking to Patty? (1986) A hearing-impaired teenager (Mary Vreeland) makes the wrong impression in a bid for popularity.
• Hear Me Cry (1984) A popular school athlete and a studious introvert decide to end their private agonies by forming a suicide pact.
• Home Sweet Homeless (1988) Forced by circumstances, a widow (Linda Kelsey) must move her middle-class family into the streets.
• If I Die Before I Wake (1993) High-school students cope with the loss of their track team in a plane crash. With Matthew Fox; Tammy Lauren; Ellen Dolan; Gavin MacLeod; Dina Spybey.
• Juvi (1987) A troubled teen goes to a juvenile detention center after her mother and stepfather falsely accuse her of theft and assault.
• Kids Killing Kids (1994) Four vignettes illustrate the tragic consequences of teens using guns to solve problems; host Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
• Lies of the Heart (1991) A model teen (Christopher Rydell) deals with his conscience after fleeing an accident.
• Little Miss Perfect (1987) A straight-A student develops bulimia after moving to a new neighborhood with her recently remarried mother.
• Love in the Dark Ages (1994) A teen (Missy Crider) contracts a venereal disease from her boyfriend (Tom Everett Scott).
• Love Off Limits (1993) Teen producers (John Rowe, Sabrina Lloyd) of a film on love and marriage resist censorship by the school board and a businessman.
• Maggie's Secret (1990) Children (Joanne Vannicola, Nathaniel Moreau) deal with their parents' (Mimi Kuzyk, Joseph Bottoms) alcoholism.
• Malcolm Takes a Shot (1990) A high-school basketball player (Jon Clair) has an epileptic seizure during a game. With Tony LoBianco, Margaret Avery.
• A Matter of Conscience (1989) A teen (John Michael Bennett) learns his grandfather (Tom Aldredge) was a Nazi concentration-camp guard.
• My Dissident Mom (1986) A housewife's (Annie Potts) anti-nuclear activism conflicts sharply with her husband's (Martin Sheen) employment.
• My Indian Summer (1995) An American Indian teen (Tailinh Prado), raised in Los Angeles, must spend the summer on a Chippewa Reservation where she learns to accept her culture.
• My Past Is My Own (1989) Inspired by an older cousin (Whoopi Goldberg), two teens (Phill Lewis, Allison Dean) relive a '60s civil rights sit-in.
• My Summer as a Girl (1994) Unable to find a summer job, a teen (Zach Braff) poses as a girl to work as a chambermaid; with Barbara Barrie; Alexondra Lee.
• Never Say Goodbye (1988) A family agonizes over whether to terminate life-support systems for a brain-dead grandmother (June Lockhart).
• No Means No (1988) A forced sexual episode makes two teens (Dana Barron, Jim Marshall) reconsider their views on dating and sex.
• Other Mothers (1993) Bigotry and pressure bedevil a high-school athlete (Justin Whalin) whose parents (Meredith Baxter, Joanna Cassidy) are lesbians.
• Please God, I'm Only 17 (1992) A teen car accident victim (Michael Landes) reflects on his life in flashbacks. With Randolph Mantooth, Talia Shire.
• Revenge of the Nerd (1983) An unpopular high-school freshman (Manny Jacobs) uses computer wizardry against his enemies (Robert Weiler, Brian Lima).
• Same Difference (1994) An Italian boy and a Jewish girl (Skeet Ulrich, Leslie Hibbard) face familial opposition to their relationship.
• Sexual Considerations (1992) A high-school newspaper staffer (Heather McAdam) brings sexual harassment charges against her editor.
• Soldier Boys (1987) Teenage war fanatics become consumed by their fantasy, resulting in serious injury to a peer. With James Earl Jones.
• Stand Up (1995) A teen (Casey Fraser) dreaming of a career as a stand-up comic faces disapproval from her father (Ted Neustadt); with David Johansen; Paula Poundstone.
• Student Court (1985) Accused of shoplifting, 15-year-old Jennifer Johnson (Katy Kurtzman) chooses to be judged by a jury of her peers.
• Two Teens & a Baby (1992) News of their mother's pregnancy affects two teenage brothers (Jim Calvert, Brice Beckham).
• The War Between the Classes (1985) A social studies teacher (Kale Brown) separates his junior class into blue, green and orange castes.
• Welcome Home, Jellybean (1984) An aspiring young musician's (Christopher Collet) life changes when his parents decide to care for his mentally impaired older sister (Dana Hill) at home.
• What About Your Friends (1995) Economic factors shatter three friends' (Monica Calhoun, Malinda Williams, Lark Voorhies) dream of attending the same college.
• What If I'm Gay? (1987) A popular high-school athlete struggles to conceal his confusion over his sexual identity from his friends.
• Words to Live By (1989) Two high-school students (Ricky Paull Goldin, Christopher Gartin) publish an underground newspaper.
• Words Up! (1992) A 25-year-old illiterate dropout (Kadeem Hardison) poses as a teen and returns to school.
• The Writing on the Wall (1994) A rabbi (Hal Linden) teaches tolerance to three teens who committed anti-Semitic vandalism.