Abiola Adams arrives at Clement Jerome Secondary school having been transferred from the prestigious East Point Academy. On her first day she befriends Amanda Russell and gets picked on by Tori Campbell, the class bully.
Having had the fight broken up before it started, Tori and her crew try to make life as uncomfortable as possible for Abiola. Meanwhile Abiola interacts with Jalissa, the school outcast.
After drawing an unflattering picture of the guidance counselor, Abiola is sent to detention where she is forced to spend an entire Friday afternoon with other detainees.
Abiola is elected class president. When the power starts to go to her head, disaster soon follows.
While on their way to the school pageant, Amanda and her boyfriend Dominic get into a huge fight in which Abiola and Xavier unwillingly become involved in.