high school

noun

Definition of high schoolnext
as in public school

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Recent Examples of high school Years went by before her son was reclassified in seventh grade and her daughter as a freshman in high school. — Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 In the southern Alpes-Maritimes region, police arrested 10 high school students on Monday on allegations of setting fires, throwing projectiles and committing other violent acts that injured two students, the regional government said. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Village officials confirmed the Oak Park Fire Department and Police Department have both responded to the parking garage at the high school in the 500 block of Washington Blvd. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors say Balat, a high school senior, threw the first bomb and then another fed to him by Kayumi. — Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 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
  • More than 100 developers, attorneys and professionals crowded into a conference room in downtown Miami to hear from Rigg, top public school officials at Broward and Palm Beach counties and other private school and real estate professionals.
    — Austin Horn October 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Public school officials and advocates generally have no objection to the portion of the program that benefits public school students.
    — Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 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
  • Students carry out a blocking protest at the Cesar Baggio secondary school in Lille on September 29, 2026.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The killing took place last October at the secondary school in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, defense attorney Kitson Foong said, per the Independent.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Brossard, 43, worked in education as an elementary school teacher and served on school site councils and district advisory committees.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • As an elementary school student, Selwynn Howard would sometimes accompany his father to Lawson State Junior College, where his dad taught chemistry.
    — Rebecca McCarthy, AJC.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • This school year, Mayor Mamdani paused the use of AI for elementary and middle school students, and provided grade-appropriate bans or guidance on screen time.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The Restler-Williams plan does nothing to fix the city’s nearly 1,600 other public schools, where most eighth-graders cannot do middle school math and one-third of students are chronically absent.
    — Wai Wah Chin, Washington Post, 25 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
  • This week, as Spanish children across the country started their school year, the Reina Sofia primary school in Ceuta did its best to prepare for a normal first week, too – getting the front entrance clean and putting photos of teachers on the wall.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026
  • In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of primary school

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