as in elementary school
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Recent Examples of secondary school
The measure sponsored by Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, called for restricting participation in girls sports at the elementary and secondary school levels to biological females as determined by genetics and reproductive organs.
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2025
And every year, 23 million more girls are completing secondary school compared to a decade ago.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article A collection of student artwork from seven Poway Unified School District secondary schools is on display at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts through March 2.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The committee also pushed back on Lamont over the Education Cost Sharing grant, the main funding program to support local elementary and secondary school operating expenses.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2025
And every year, 23 million more girls are completing secondary school compared to a decade ago.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article A collection of student artwork from seven Poway Unified School District secondary schools is on display at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts through March 2.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The committee also pushed back on Lamont over the Education Cost Sharing grant, the main funding program to support local elementary and secondary school operating expenses.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
- elementary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- middle school
- grammar school
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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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As the World Economic Forum's The Future of Jobs and Skills report estimated back in 2016, 65 percent of children entering primary school that year were expected to work in job types that did not yet exist—and the experts consulted believe that many of them still do not.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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London has 525 near primary schools, far more than any other city in the ranking.—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes.com,
15 May 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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Read about the nominees and cast your vote for the 2024-25 Star-Telegram high school sports schools of the year.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
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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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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When Natalia was in middle school, her life flipped upside down.—
Megan Greenwell,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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Chronic absenteeism also surged in elementary schools, from 18% to 28%, and in middle schools, from 18% to 31%.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 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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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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