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Recent Examples of grammar school
The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
In 1966, the school was moved to Breightmet, maintaining its status as a grammar school.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 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
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.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
In 1966, the school was moved to Breightmet, maintaining its status as a grammar school.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 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
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.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 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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Attendance is free with proceeds benefiting the Artisan Alliance at Wishing Spring scholarship, which offers continuing support to high school students who pursue the arts in college.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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The town’s only high school was for whites only, forcing Black students to travel to Fort Worth to go to school.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, a study earlier this summer from the American Staffing Association found one in three Americans would advise high school graduates to go to trade school over college—a push which was highest among baby boomer respondents.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Chad Phillip, an instructor at Fred’s Appliance Academy, a trade school in Ohio, has seen the average age of his classes drop considerably in recent years.—
Marquise Francis,
NBC news,
20 Sep. 2025
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Cutting federal funding In a move that affects public school students across the country, the department has slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding for a variety of programs, including for mental health professionals and for training and supporting new teachers.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Every spring, California public school students in third through eighth grade, as well as 11th-graders, take comprehensive, end-of-year standardized tests in English language arts and math as part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953.—
April White,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Sep. 2025
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Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rauw Teaches Salsa Classes In a new episode of Celebrity Substitute, Rauw Alejandro visited elementary school PS 96 in Harlem, New York, to teach students the history, sounds, and moves of salsa music.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
11 Oct. 2025
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Current research indicates several health benefits of elementary school run club programs.—
Cyril A. Reinicke,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Newsom, flanked by first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and state lawmakers, signed the measure at a middle school in Los Angeles.—
Sophie Austin,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Her vision led to a private, Muslim school system with nearly 40 schools across the country, serving elementary and middle school-aged children.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Girls were notably banned from secondary school the next month, meaning that online education became one of the last avenues of hope.—
Zahra Nader,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sulaiman was in his third year of the Madrasah Tsanawiyah, or secondary school.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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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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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar%20school. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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