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Recent Examples of junior high school
While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
France saw a similar disconnect in 2020, when French junior high school teacher Samuel Paty was murdered by an Islamist extremist, after showing images of the prophet in class.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
Evanston Academy will turn into a junior high school for seventh and eighth graders who previously attended Withrow.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.
—Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
France saw a similar disconnect in 2020, when French junior high school teacher Samuel Paty was murdered by an Islamist extremist, after showing images of the prophet in class.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
Evanston Academy will turn into a junior high school for seventh and eighth graders who previously attended Withrow.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.
—Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for junior high school
- high school
- senior high school
- public school
- secondary school
- grammar school
- elementary school
- middle school
- trade school
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Before attending Princeton, Blackburn was a standout high school student chosen as one of 2,500 students for the National Merit Scholarship in 2019, according to WAVE.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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In high school in Idaho, Loveland was all-everything.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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That drop has stabilized in recent years, according to the National Catholic Educational Association, as the pandemic brought broader shifts in enrollment away from traditional public schooling (though most kids still attend public schools).—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Any board member who’s solely worried about re-election and winning a popularity contest with voters should step down and let others take their place who can make sound fiscal decisions, while striving to improve the education of all public school students.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2025
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Even Princess Catherine was bullied at a secondary school.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
16 Apr. 2025
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The district will also close two secondary schools: West Middle School and the Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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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
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Seizing everyday literacy opportunities matters, because strong reading in elementary school is a powerful predictor of long-term success.—
Maya Payne Smart, Contributor,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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Even though Dina was only in elementary school at the time, Peter pulled out a pen and started scribbling numbers and equations on a napkin.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Size 4 is another size suitable for youth ages but in the 10- to 14-year-old range, as this size is commonly used in middle school and some high school leagues.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the Coachella Valley, a team of middle school girls is helping keep escaramuza alive Las Valentinas del Valle de Coachella are a group of middle and elementary schoolers who are taking on the sport of escaramuza — an essential component of Mexico’s national sport of charrería, or Mexican rodeo.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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In exchange for their volunteer service, members receive modest living stipends and money for college or trade school expenses.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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The national scholarship is paid directly to the American college, vocational, technical or trade school of the winner’s choice within five years after high school graduation.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Junior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junior%20high%20school. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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