upper school

noun

: a school or part of a school for students between the ages of 14 and 18

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With this latest round of closures, the district also recommended three reconfigurations, including dropping the high school portion of the Henderson Inclusion School and moving grades pre-K to 8 to the current upper school building in 2027-28. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 Dec. 2025 The mansion is now the focal point of its upper school campus housing many of its classrooms, offices, a library and meeting spaces. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025 Open lower school teaching positions for 2025-26 were filled by upper school teachers, said Whitfield, indicating a desire to stay. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2025 Pembroke Hill School, virtual learning day for middle and upper school and classes canceled for lower school and early childhood program. The Kansas City Star Staff, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025 Harvard-Westlake attempted for years to improve its parking situation for the upper school located on Coldwater Canyon Boulevard. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025 More recently, the property has added other facilities and become self-contained with shops, a market, a hair salon, even the Windsor School for middle and upper school students, drawing various shareholders to take up full time residence in what was normally a second or third home. Laurie Werner, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 Most notably, the principal of the upper school was attacked and seriously injured by a 16-year-old student in 2021. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023

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