secondary school

noun

|Updated on: 16 Aug 2018

Examples: secondary school in a Sentence

Definition of secondary school

: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses

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Examples of secondary school in a Sentence

a job that requires at least a secondary school education

Recent Examples of secondary school from the Web

The researchers could not find a single secondary school for girls open in areas of heavy Taliban influence.

— pamela constable, Washington Post, "The Taliban has successfully built a parallel state in many parts of Afghanistan, report says," 21 June 2018
The goal is to get them into state secondary school.

— The Economist, "Japan is finally starting to admit more foreign workers," 5 July 2018
Revoking the Obama-era guidance on affirmative action could affect elementary and secondary schools that have grappled with racial imbalances.

— nick anderson, Washington Post, "Trump administration moves to rescind Obama-era guidance on race in admissions," 3 July 2018
For the millions of students graduating from secondary school each year, selecting the right college can be a daunting task.

— jonathan sperling, Fortune, "Google Search Can Now Help You Choose a 4-Year College," 13 June 2018
The Miami-Dade Schools Police Department already has officers stationed in the district’s traditional secondary schools.

— johnny diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Miami Beach placing police officers at all schools in the city," 7 June 2018
Some were as young as eight, while others were in their last year of secondary school.

— rachel aviv, The New Yorker, "An Activist-Filmmaker Tackles Patriarchy in Pakistan," 6 Feb. 2016
These Obama-era memos encouraged elementary, secondary schools, and colleges to use race in efforts diversify their student bodies, and outlined how to do so within the law.

— adam harris, The Atlantic, "The Era of Affirmative Action May Not Last Much Longer," 3 July 2018
In all of 2017, there were 44 shootings in elementary and secondary schools, resulting in 25 deaths and 60 injuries.

— german lopez, Vox, "2018 has already outpaced 2017 in K-12 school shooting deaths," 25 May 2018

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