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As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar school
- high school
- trade school
- public school
- junior high school
- elementary school
- middle school
- secondary school
- senior high school
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Years later, those students were also less likely to drop out of high school.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
31 July 2025
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Gottlieb is incredibly open to being a mentor to anyone interested, from high school and college students to medical students and residents.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Thomas Noh is the CMO at Atomic Enrollment, a leading digital growth firm trusted by hundreds of tech bootcamps and trade schools.—
Tom Noh,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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According to a report by Validated Insights, as of 2023 there were 1.5 million students enrolled in trade schools across the United States.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 July 2025
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The move sparked anxiety, confusion and intense pushback from public school districts and advocates nationwide.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
27 July 2025
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This year, state lawmakers approved a $8.5 billion bump for public schools, the first comprehensive increase in state funding for public schools since 2019.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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The family lived in the Indianhead Lake Estates in Sherwood, where Sawaya started junior high school.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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The Cups 4 Cancer fundraiser will be dedicated to Austin’s former junior high school teammate Dylan Krestan, who has battled Hodgkin lymphoma for the last several months.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Tentative plans also are in the works for Hope and Jefferson elementary schools.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 July 2025
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The acquisition allows Rocketship to expand its network of elementary schools in Wisconsin and allows Carmen Schools to focus on middle and high school education.—
Mia Thurow,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Children in the Waukegan Park District’s Before and After School program (BASE) get an opportunity to form friendships with youngsters who are not in the same elementary school, but may become classmates in middle school and certainly in high school.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Finally, one of your suggestions is connect with other parents with similar mindsets on phones/social media before your kids get to middle school.—
Eileen Finan,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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This is Heartlands Academy, a secondary school in Nechells, Birmingham, close to Spaghetti Junction and precisely two miles from Villa Park.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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The trend began slowly, in the nineteen-eighties, when secondary schools with big-time basketball programs—notably, Oak Hill Academy, in rural Virginia, the alma mater of Rod Strickland, Anthony, and Durant—began recruiting the country’s best players.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2024
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar%20school. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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