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Recent Examples of grammar school
The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools.
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Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine 🏃🏾♂️.
March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine 🏃🏾♂️.
March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar school
- high school
- trade school
- public school
- junior high school
- elementary school
- middle school
- secondary school
- senior high school
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LeBron James, who was a few days younger when the Cleveland Cavaliers selected him in 2003 out of high school.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Conor Schroeder, 18, is a senior in his fifth year of high school who is striving to graduate.—
Ashley Schwartz-Lavares,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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Indiana University-Bloomington should not be turned into a trade school with Division One football and basketball.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Meanwhile, their friends who didn’t go to college were enrolling in trade school or going directly to work in manufacturing, retail, hospitality, construction …basically everything else.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
5 July 2025
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Yet, 80 percent of public school teachers are white, and less than 2 percent are Black men.—
Sonari Glinton,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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At least 13 Tennessee counties saw books removed from public school libraries from December 2023 to January 2025, marking the highest number of book removals the state has seen since the passage of the Age Appropriate Materials Act in 2022.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
14 July 2025
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The Cups 4 Cancer fundraiser will be dedicated to Austin’s former junior high school teammate Dylan Krestan, who has battled Hodgkin lymphoma for the last several months.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The controversy in Loudoun County came the day after parents and residents clashed at a school board meeting in the Chicago area on Monday after a trans junior high school student won multiple events at a local track meet.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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Edge United Methodist Church, 441 S. Main Ave., Groveland, will have its annual Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to noon July 14-18 for kids in elementary school.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 July 2025
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After Carpenter’s exit, Yolanda Cargile stepped into the role of Hickman Mills superintendent, closing two elementary schools during her tenure and leaving with little warning February 2020 to become superintendent of the Center School District.—
Ilana Arougheti
July 9,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2025
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But many of the strongest math students take algebra in middle school, so high schools don’t get credit for those students’ algebra scores.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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The prioritization of middle school career exploration in multiple accountability systems reflects its clear importance in the state.—
Matt Gandal,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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For example, enrollment in Catholic secondary schools in the United States was at just over one million students around the late 1960s and early 1970s, according to NCES data.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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The selective integration of Austin secondary schools was expanded.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2024
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar%20school. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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