: a school or part of a school for students between the ages of 14 and 18
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One student, in particular, was sent a pornographic deepfake of his upper school classmate on the communications app Discord, apparently in error.—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026 In February 2025, Treetops’ board of directors decided to move to a four-day schedule and close the upper school.—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2026 With this latest round of closures, the district also recommended three reconfigurations, including dropping the high school portion of the Henderson Inclusion School and moving grades pre-K to 8 to the current upper school building in 2027-28.—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 Dec. 2025 The mansion is now the focal point of its upper school campus housing many of its classrooms, offices, a library and meeting spaces.—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025 Moyal led the Viewpoint athletics department for over 30 years and grew the number of teams from six to 150 from fourth grade to the upper school.—Haley Sawyer, Daily News, 7 May 2025 Pembroke Hill School, virtual learning day for middle and upper school and classes canceled for lower school and early childhood program.—The Kansas City Star Staff, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025 Harvard-Westlake attempted for years to improve its parking situation for the upper school located on Coldwater Canyon Boulevard.—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025