honor roll
noun
: a roster of names of persons deserving honor
especially
: a list of students achieving academic distinction
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This year the honor roll student founded The Curious Kid Collective, a community initiative that promotes literacy and creative exploration for children through storytelling and art, and was a recipient of the Fashion Scholarship Fund’s Virgil Abloh Post-Modern scholarship.
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Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
As a memorial grew in the hours after the killing, his parents described him as a child who made his school’s honor roll and had an easy aptitude for multiplication tables.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
At Georgia Southern, the all-region high school standout, who played defensive end and offensive guard, was an honor roll student.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
The outlet reported that students at Thornwood High School gathered on the school’s football field for a memorial this week, releasing balloons and sharing stories about Holden, who was an honor roll student in addition to his success on the court.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
As a memorial grew in the hours after the killing, his parents described him as a child who made his school’s honor roll and had an easy aptitude for multiplication tables.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
At Georgia Southern, the all-region high school standout, who played defensive end and offensive guard, was an honor roll student.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
The outlet reported that students at Thornwood High School gathered on the school’s football field for a memorial this week, releasing balloons and sharing stories about Holden, who was an honor roll student in addition to his success on the court.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Honor roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honor%20roll. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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