high school

noun

Definition of high schoolnext
as in public school

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Recent Examples of high school Over the last five years, he's enjoyed the dad life at home, started to coach high school golf, and recently got the itch to pick up the clubs again, albeit in a different capacity. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 When John David Booty graduated high school early and enrolled at USC, his path was not a common one. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026 Still, there were fans wearing Caitlin Clark Iowa and Fever jerseys, as well as one in Bueckers’ high school jersey. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 On Friday, the Commerce sophomore broke a Georgia high school legend’s school record with a 99-yard run in his team’s 34-7 victory over Elbert County. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high school
  1. public school
  2. junior high school
  3. senior high school
  4. secondary school
  5. elementary school
  6. middle school
  7. common school
  8. primary school
Noun
  • New York City's public school students are scheduled return to the classroom next week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • New York — New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through 8th grade, part of a larger move to restrict classroom technology in the nation’s largest school district.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • From medicine to computer science After his kindergarten experience watching a brain surgery video, Alwakeel had little opportunity to pursue his medical dreams in elementary and junior high school.
    — Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Becerra was quiet and serious when Franco first met him in junior high school, but slowly warmed up to other students.
    — Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.
    — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of senior high school
Noun
  • Seventy percent of Gen Z women who started playing sports continued through the end of high or secondary school, compared with 62% of Baby Boomers.
    — Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • At an elementary school, Salomon picks up three trash bins full of cafeteria food refuse, including what appears to be leftover Sloppy Joe meat in a clear bag swarmed by flies.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Bush was visiting an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida, when Chief of Staff Andrew Card informed him that planes had struck the World Trade Center.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • His parents got divorced in middle school, and that forced him to find his independence.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • New York City's schools will ban elementary and middle school students from using generative AI tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday.
    — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of middle school
Noun
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of common school
Noun
  • In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The impact on schools is especially striking, says Marie Gorette Mutuyimana, a primary school teacher of 28 years who crosses the river twice every weekday to get to and from work.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of primary school

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