as in high school
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an educational institution that includes the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and often also the 9th grade
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Recent Examples of senior high school
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.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 May 2025
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
About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
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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Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 May 2025
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
About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior high school
- high school
- junior high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- grammar school
- middle school
- primary school
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Faces off the field gives a revealing look into the thoughts and lives of high school student-athletes from the Austin area.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Just before Christian started high school, Dietrich lost his job.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Lawmakers who advocated for the program said it was designed to give public school and homeschooled students an opportunity to switch to private education.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The bill also would have set the budget for vouchers in a line item separated from public school funding.—
Jeffrey S. Solochek,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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The species name goes to David Rhys Jones, a secondary school physics teacher in Wales who taught the lead author.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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The vaccination rates vary sharply, according to public records for the 2024-25 school year, including 100% fully vaccinated at the Tootin’ Hills elementary school in West Simsbury and 98% at the Noah Wallace and East Farms elementary schools in Farmington.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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Hegseth was asked for an update about the investigation into the deadly strike on the elementary school in Iran that occurred soon after the operation began.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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Meyers’ father, Michael, coached for 23 years at grammar schools and high schools on the South Side of Chicago.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2026
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The announcement Tuesday was accompanied by bagpipe music from the Chicago Stockyard Kitty Band, and a procession of St. Christina grammar school students.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Transportation is provided to away meets and back to the middle school.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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Pelz came into the program after going to a different middle school than the rest of his teammates.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Wunmi also developed a curious daily ritual of coming home every day after primary school, drinking cartons of long-life milk, and watching Annie.—
Kemi Alemoru,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2026
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Among the dead are a primary school teacher and her son, a second-grade student, who were killed in their home, and an eighth-grader who also died with her mother, according to the city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Senior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20high%20school. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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