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Recent Examples of middle school
The 18 schools are primarily elementary and middle schools, and the decision to close them was made to make up for revenue loss from declining enrollment.
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2025
The district had just added a pool, auditorium, fieldhouse and 10 classrooms to the middle school and high school.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
As a high school and middle school teacher in Galveston, Texas, Jorge has brought students to Space Camp, as well as attended Space Academy for Educators herself.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 May 2025
Samir, who has known Billie at least since middle school, needs a job (and to get the water heater fixed) and is flummoxed by simple interactions.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2025
The district had just added a pool, auditorium, fieldhouse and 10 classrooms to the middle school and high school.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
As a high school and middle school teacher in Galveston, Texas, Jorge has brought students to Space Camp, as well as attended Space Academy for Educators herself.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 31 May 2025
Samir, who has known Billie at least since middle school, needs a job (and to get the water heater fixed) and is flummoxed by simple interactions.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- grammar school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- trade school
- senior high school
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One of the all-time great high school players in Southern California, Greenwood and teammate Roy Hamilton were among the final players recruited by legendary UCLA coach John Wooden.—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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While crossing a street near a local high school, a driver turning right on red didn’t see her.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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By then, Valdes and her brothers were attending public schools in West Palm Beach, a right undocumented children have because of a supreme court ruling which passed narrowly in the early ‘80s.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
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Two of the least powerful groups threatened by the current climate of repression are public school teachers and their students, children who may never even realize what they have been kept from learning.—
Jane S. Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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That was March 2, 2013 when Great Valley lost by six points to Abington High School during his junior high school season.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Baker’s 14-year-old daughter and Todd’s 14-year-old son were both in the junior high school class that Evans was teaching at the time, the mothers said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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In 1966, the school was moved to Breightmet, maintaining its status as a grammar school.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The settlement boasted both a high school and a grammar school – yet the lecture hall of the complex was only unearthed this past March.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The following year, Hardin was charged for a 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher based on DNA taken following his murder conviction.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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Leff taught samba music to students at an elementary school.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2025
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Baker plans to use that money to go trade school become a master auto mechanic and eventually open his own shop.—
Steve Hartman,
CBS News,
6 June 2025
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About 70% of the Maine East grads have been accepted into two- and four-year colleges, as well as trade schools, according to District 207 spokeswoman Kimberly Thevenin.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
5 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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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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