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Recent Examples of high school
The season opener featured two of the oldest public high schools in Orange County, renewing the county’s longest rivalry.
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David Delgado, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
He was supposed to start his new job at his old high school on Aug. 1.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The 2025 high school football season rolls into Orlando on Friday night, where the Milton Eagles (GA) take on the First Academy Royals (FL) at Warden Stadium.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Coming out of high school, nobody else gave me a walk-on chance, just FIU.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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David Delgado, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
He was supposed to start his new job at his old high school on Aug. 1.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
The 2025 high school football season rolls into Orlando on Friday night, where the Milton Eagles (GA) take on the First Academy Royals (FL) at Warden Stadium.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Coming out of high school, nobody else gave me a walk-on chance, just FIU.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- middle school
- common school
- primary school
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The rankings only include traditional public schools, charter schools, and magnet schools that had a 12th-grade enrollment of 15 students or greater.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
19 Aug. 2025
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The principal is the education program’s administrator, the release noted, and is responsible for communicating with students’ public schools to help with transfers.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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Mayor Shiro Suzuki, along with members of the Nagasaki City Council, 16 junior high school students, and others, are in St. Paul to commemorate 70 years of partnership as sister cities.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
22 Aug. 2025
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University Junior High, jointly run by AISD and the University of Texas, was the first public junior high school in Austin to become racially integrated.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2024
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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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The cost of elementary and secondary school lunches rose 3.3% in May 2025 relative to May 2024, according to a consumer price index report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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The new tax law allows up to $10,000 in tax-free distributions this year from section 529 plans to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, including private schools and religious schools.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this year, a bear attacked a man in his 70s near an elementary school in Nasushiobara City, Japan’s public media organization NHK reported.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The arrest occurred days after the start of the school year, and a week after another parent — who an immigration judge had ordered deportation in absentia — was taken into custody by federal immigration agents outside an elementary school in Chula Vista during morning drop-off.—
Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Washington coached high school, middle school sports Washington coached middle school boys basketball in the Park Hill School District, according to a school district sports website.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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Holyoke man Scott McGinley, 55 — a middle school librarian in Longmeadow — has been charged with one count of distribution of child pornography.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Dec. 2024
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On July 25, Wood, a primary school teacher, shared the outtakes online—and the internet loved every second of it.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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Until 2023, teaching about Greenland was not a part of Danish primary school’s history curriculum.—
Morten Høi Jensen,
The Dial,
19 June 2025
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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