high school

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Recent Examples of high school The group provides an opportunity for high school students from across the Charlotte area to participate in advocacy and civic engagement. Diamy Wang, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026 Cannes has quietly become the creator economy's high school, the one week the world's best get pushed into the same hallways. Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 The day after graduating from high school, Monson de Kansky left on a train from Atlanta to study ballet under Elizabeth Anderson-Ivantzova in New York City. Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Jackson established himself as the lead guard for Piper High School, earning 5A first-team all-state honors as a senior and ending his high school career as the Pirates’ all-time leading scorer. Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for high school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high school
Noun
  • Both public school districts continue to outperform the state of Florida average testing marks for most academic subject and skill tests.
    Austin Horn July 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Amanda Davidson and her family moved to Overland Park a few years ago due to the area’s strong public school system.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
  • Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.
    Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • According to the law, officers generally cannot arrest someone under SB 4 at a public or private primary or secondary school.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • At 16, Elizabeth had just written her Basic Education Certificate Examination, an important academic milestone for junior secondary school students in Ghana seeking to advance to higher education.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • He was charged with possession of child pornography in 2018 and hosted his campaign kickoff in front of an elementary school.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Despite her typically sweet and rule-following ways, Weeks got called to her elementary school principal’s office after getting in the face of a boy who picked on her best friend, according to Kristen Weeks.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Whereas John Wooden or Dean Smith may have figured out how to make it today, Bob Knight would be lucky to keep a job as a gym teacher at a middle school in Homeless, Ohio.
    Mac Engel June 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
  • An announcement over the intercom of the middle school Anderson and her sister, Cassie, attended changed that.
    Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.
    Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Said Oulhadj, 62, a primary school principal in a mountain village, wanted to run with the independent Thagmats (Fraternity) party but was banned.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Maureen Groppe Idaho’s law prohibits transgender women and girls from playing on female teams from primary school through college, including both intramural sports and competitive, elite teams.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026

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