Higher Ground

As the students are recruited to help search for a six-year-old girl lost in the woods, Auggie tries to learn the reasons behind Shelby'a apparent unconcern for the child.

Peter visits his father while in New York trying to get a loan, and back at the school the students dread taking their PSATs.

To teach the kids to work as a team, they are entered in the Junior Eco-Challenge competition.

A search-and-rescue mission is mounted to find Juliette, who has fallen into an uncharted cave containing ancient Indian bones.

Sophie gives the group a parenting assignment, and Katherine's behavior with her boyfriend threatens her impending graduation.

Auggie's older brother tries to talk him into selling drugs to the rich kids at Horizon, while potential investors visit the school, and Sophie and Peter try to figure out their relationship.

As a thunderstorm causes the school to flood, Shelby's attempt to seduce Scott brings him unpleasant memories.

After a student commits suicide, Hannah resigns and the school's founder decides to take the group on a trek to the site of his son's death 22 years earlier.

Scott travels down a treacherous river, trying to run away after an encounter with his abusive stepmother. Meanwhile, Shelby falls in love with a horse that's been abused and abandoned.

Juliette is devastated when she isn't invited to her mother's wedding; Ezra is devastated when he learns that his parents' apparent reconciliation is a sham.