secondary school
noun
: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses
Examples of secondary school in a Sentence
a job that requires at least a secondary school education
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The committee also pushed back on Lamont over the Education Cost Sharing grant, the main funding program to support local elementary and secondary school operating expenses.
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Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
The four-part series, which explores complex issues such as toxic masculinity and the dangers of online radicalization, is set to be made freely accessible to secondary school pupils through a partnership between Netflix and the Into Film+ streaming service.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 8 May 2025
From 2016 through 2023, a total of 117 educators died by suicide, mostly primary and secondary school teachers.
—Taylor Cox, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
This global ambition extends to education, with the National Theatre Collection now available in 90% of U.K. state secondary schools and expanding to 200 schools in New York City, with plans to reach more U.S. schools over the next three years.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
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Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
The four-part series, which explores complex issues such as toxic masculinity and the dangers of online radicalization, is set to be made freely accessible to secondary school pupils through a partnership between Netflix and the Into Film+ streaming service.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 8 May 2025
From 2016 through 2023, a total of 117 educators died by suicide, mostly primary and secondary school teachers.
—Taylor Cox, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
This global ambition extends to education, with the National Theatre Collection now available in 90% of U.K. state secondary schools and expanding to 200 schools in New York City, with plans to reach more U.S. schools over the next three years.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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