high school

noun

Definition of high schoolnext
as in public school

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Recent Examples of high school Dieffenbach celebrated with the high school coach who first believed in his quarterback skills via Facetime after UCLA’s win. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Here’s the Week 8 schedule for Fort Worth-area high school football teams and schools in area districts. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026 In high school, Lee joined a group called the Stairway Literature Club. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 More than halfway through the high school football season, Robinson has the second-most receiving yards in the state, according to AJC Varsity research. — Mcclain Baxley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 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
  • As a Washington public school district and member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), Camas follows applicable state law and WIAA eligibility rules.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Republican has long pushed to eliminate DEI policies and restrict LGBTQ+ student clubs across public school districts.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • Goldee’s was opened in 2020 by former junior high school classmates Jonny White, Jalen Heard and Lane Milne.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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
  • Some primary and secondary school exams scheduled for those days were also postponed in Mauritius and on the nearby islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga, while international exams would go ahead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The February attack on a secondary school in the small town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades, leaving eight people dead, including six children, and dozens wounded.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Three children and a teacher were gunned down Thursday afternoon in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the 16-year-old suspect was fatally shot by an armed bystander, according to police.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Three young children and a teacher were killed Thursday afternoon in a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and a teenage suspect was fatally shot by a good Samaritan who pursued him.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • It was expanded to all secondary athletics, including middle school athletics, Friday.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Check out the grand prize winner for middle school, who talks about her dyslexia, and for high school, who discusses an important family memory.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Oct. 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
  • Her experience as a primary school music teacher reflected a wider lifelong love of music, and much of her work centred around this.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are legally prohibited from continuing their education beyond primary school.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of primary school

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