honor roll
noun
: a roster of names of persons deserving honor
especially
: a list of students achieving academic distinction
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Kim said her son James, now 12 and in sixth grade at Bernardo Heights Middle School, recently made the honor roll.
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Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Slaughter graduated last spring with a degree in agricultural education and communication and was on the SEC’s academic honor roll his final four seasons.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Shade was also selected to the honor roll.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
Fohrenkam shot and killed Hill while Hill was walking to a bus stop just blocks from Minneapolis North High School, where Hill was a star quarterback and honor roll student.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Slaughter graduated last spring with a degree in agricultural education and communication and was on the SEC’s academic honor roll his final four seasons.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Shade was also selected to the honor roll.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
Fohrenkam shot and killed Hill while Hill was walking to a bus stop just blocks from Minneapolis North High School, where Hill was a star quarterback and honor roll student.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Honor roll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/honor%20roll. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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