middle school

noun

: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler noun

Examples of middle school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Last question: The Anxious Generation focuses on smartphones, especially during middle school. Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR, 14 Apr. 2024 Arlington will serve as a STEM middle school program. Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Apr. 2024 But while a middle school horse girl would have tied a ribbon at the tip of the braid, Zendaya's white ribbon bow is artfully tied around the base, framing the star's face and giving her a low-key kind of white tiara. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2024 Other projects include renovating choir rooms at Howard, Wester and Worley middle schools, along with adding orchestra space at several others. Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024 If approved, the referendum would have built a new sixth- through eighth-grade middle school and renovated the district's elementary schools to create more space for 4-year-old kindergarten programs. Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024 Childress Klein Properties and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are working on the joint Cato Trails project that includes a middle school, 211 townhomes, 24 single-family homes and 682 apartments. Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024 The whole thing should sting your brain with the cumulative sadism of a middle school talent show, a GOP campaign event and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Chris Richards, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024 The son of a Chinese father and a white Jewish mother, Leong had struggled in middle school with his identity, feeling on the outside of popular social cliques. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20school. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

middle school

noun
: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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