high school

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Recent Examples of high school Just a day after tens of thousands of Orange County residents were finally able to return to their homes after days of uncertainty due to a chemical tank crisis at a nearby aerospace facility, a group of high school seniors was able to walk the stage for their graduation on Wednesday. Lesley Marin, CBS News, 28 May 2026 Any student with a high school diploma is eligible. David Moin, Footwear News, 28 May 2026 Justman entered high school as a freshman the same season Monrael traded Taft red and white for Granada Hills green, gray and black. Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 28 May 2026 Similar-sized facilities around the country have hosted major high school and college tournaments as well as figure skating and other ice sports competitions. Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for high school
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Noun
  • In the late 1980s, about 70% of public school students and over 85% of teachers were white.
    David Blazar, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
  • Senate Bill 2427 will impact K-12 students at Illinois' roughly 850 public school districts starting with the 2027-2028 school year.
    Megan De Mar, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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
Noun
  • Nadal is also continuing to give back to the next generation of tennis stars with his Rafa Nadal Academy, which includes both a tennis academy and an accredited primary and secondary school.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Not only is Irish the Republic’s first official language, and compulsory from primary through to secondary school, it is required for entry into the civil service, and it is supported by its own radio station (Raidió na Gaeltachta) and TV station (TG4), and a range of promotional bodies.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Vais has coached a majority of Arvada West’s current seniors and a few of the Wildcats’ juniors, including his son Cooper, since that group was in elementary school.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
  • And Mario Thompson, an elementary school principal who has been intimately involved in all his daughters’ careers, is having to negotiate all this on the fly.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Court testimony shows that Hamawy met Adbel-Rahman in 1991 when Hamawy was in middle school.
    Philip Wang, Time, 3 June 2026
  • This year, students from 28 colleges and universities, 13 high schools, and one middle school from around the world participated.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 2 June 2026
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.
    Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The primary school also lost its fresh water after it was contaminated with lake water.
    Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026
  • Room to Read ambassador Charithra Chandran visits a primary school in Cape Town, South Africa.
    People Staff, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026

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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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