Class Is In Session With New Students And Celebrities On "Are You Smarther Than A 5th Grader?"

August 20, 2008 12:00 p.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - School's back in session which means Fox's "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" will soon premiere with a whole new cast of students and contestants.

Host Jeff Foxworthy returns to the head of the class to lead a new batch of 5th graders that will test their smarts alongside celebrity contestants competing throughout the season for their favorite charities.

Season Three kicks off with supermodel Kathy Ireland and Georgia State Superintendent of Schools, Kathy Cox, going for the gold star in the special two-hour season premiere Friday, September. 5 at 8/7c.

Other notables attending class this season include TV personality Star Jones ("The View"), actress Jennie Garth ("Beverly Hills, 90210"), KISS front man Gene Simmons, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, zookeeper Jack Hanna and actor Dean Cain ("Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman").

Also going for extra credit and hoping to reach the top prize of $1 million are astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson, "Jeopardy!" record-holder Ken Jennings and Nobel Prize Laureate George Fitzgerald Smoot III.

A new school year brings a new class of 5th graders, and this season's students include:

Bryce, 10, from Rockwall, TX, loves math and wants to be a lawyer or accountant when he grows-up.

Francesca, 10, from San Diego, CA, says science is her favorite subject and aspires to be a veterinarian or a missionary.

Jenna, 10, from Baltimore, MD, likes English and science and dreams of becoming a marine biologist.

Jonathan, 9, from Los Angeles, CA, considers lunch to be his favorite subject and wants to be a scientist or an inventor one day.

Olivia, 10, from Los Angeles, CA, loves history, art and wants to design video games when she gets older.