Definition of high school
: a school especially in the U.S. usually including grades 9–12 or 10–12
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Their goal: to push the district to end animal dissection in science classes at Highland Park and Deerfield high schools.
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On Thursday President Trump met with residents of Santa Fe, Texas, including family members of students killed in the shooting at the town’s high school last month.
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President Trump spent more than an hour with people who lost family members and the survivors of the May 18 shooting at a Texas high school that left 10 dead and more than a dozen wounded.
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The beloved educator helped open theater departments at Kempner and Clements high schools.
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His son teaches history at a high school in Michigan, and his daughter works for a specialty wood mill company in New York City.
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Revenue beat expectations, despite the company’s move to end sales of assault-style rifles in February after a shooting at a Florida high school.
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Sionna Brenn, a senior at a Houston-area high school, was working her shift at a Starbucks on Wednesday when Charlie Jabaley popped up out of a dumpster with balloons.
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Rumors that a gunman intended to attack a North Carolina high school on Tuesday prompted one 16-year-old boy to try and save his fellow students.
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First Known Use of high school
15th century
Origin and Etymology of high school
translation of French haute école
HIGH SCHOOL Defined for Kids
high school
Definition of high school for Students
: a school usually including the ninth to twelfth or tenth to twelfth grades
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