I was in third grade myself. We were all getting ready for the Thanksgiving vacation; it was near the end of the school day and we were putting our chairs upside down on top of our desks (anyone remember doing that?) when another teacher stuck her head inside the door, looked at our teacher, and over the hubbub in the room said "It's official". That's all she said. Our teacher then told all of us what had happened. A frightening thing for young kids.
What???? Third grade????? :-)