I was in 6th grade too. We heard the news from the construction workers that were building a new church. In those old days, there weren't any TVs or radios in the classroom. It was the first time in my lifetime that it was 24 hour coverage of a news event. Never forgot Walter Cronkite almost crying while giving the report of President's Kennedy's death. Can't believe it has been 50 years. My birthday was one day ahead of his.