intermediate school

noun

1
2
: a school usually comprising grades four to six

Examples of intermediate school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Frey especially wants to see scores at the intermediate school improve, saying that the proficiency rates and school report card scores are significantly lower than the district's other schools. Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024 On the same token, there's a new principal at the intermediate school who's laser-focused on the data and making changes to reflect that. Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024 The second question approved $1.5 million in recurring funds to cover operational costs for the new intermediate school. Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024 Maui County said around 3:30 p.m. that the fire forced the closure of the Lahaina Bypass, a major road near the intermediate school also known as Highway 3000. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Richard Winton, Alexandra E. Petri and Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023 Among the classified personnel contracts approved for 2022-23 was that of Gigi Kuper-Lewis, who will serve as administrative assistant to the intermediate school principal. Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 21 July 2022 Right now, local intermediate school districts receive funding to administer the program for children at risk of low educational attainment. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2023 Once established, the assessment tools must be distributed to intermediate school districts — which frequently serve students who are deaf — other public schools and the Michigan School for the Deaf. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2023 Caddo Mills Independent School District has two elementary schools, a middle school, a high school and an intermediate school. Dallas News, 24 Oct. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of intermediate school was in 1842

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“Intermediate school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermediate%20school. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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