A non-traditional nun is assigned the headmaster job at a non-traditional orphanage.

Sister Kate goes to extraordinary measures to break Freddy's smoking habit; Neville gets upset when someone wants to adopt Violet.

Freddy has a crush on the klutzy rich kid in her auto-shop class; Neville is assigned to play a musical instrument in music class but can't decide on which one.

Violet becomes jealous of how much time Neville is spending with Sister Kate; Eugene takes up drawing and goes in search of a nude female model.

Neville is so taken with a vagrant who stops for food that Kate hires him as a cook and handyman--on the condition that he continues to stay off the booze after he swears that he will.

Hilary keeps her wheelchair a secret from a boy she likes; Neville gives Kate the silent treatment after she upbraids him for his language.