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Recent Examples of high school
The list included 11 local high school seniors, with 10 attending Poway Unified campuses and another living within the district’s boundaries.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Orlando Sentinel Cypress Creek High students urge school board to save their IB program
The IB program, which helps students earn college credit in high school, will be phased out because of a drop in student interest, but those enrolled now tout its benefits.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
The two met and instantly clicked at a pool party hosted by one of Patton's high school friends, per the Miami Herald.
—EW.com, 11 June 2025
Right now, students are donning their caps and gowns and graduating from high schools all over the country.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 June 2025
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Orlando Sentinel Cypress Creek High students urge school board to save their IB program
The IB program, which helps students earn college credit in high school, will be phased out because of a drop in student interest, but those enrolled now tout its benefits.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
The two met and instantly clicked at a pool party hosted by one of Patton's high school friends, per the Miami Herald.
—EW.com, 11 June 2025
Right now, students are donning their caps and gowns and graduating from high schools all over the country.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 June 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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By then, Valdes and her brothers were attending public schools in West Palm Beach, a right undocumented children have because of a supreme court ruling which passed narrowly in the early ‘80s.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
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Two of the least powerful groups threatened by the current climate of repression are public school teachers and their students, children who may never even realize what they have been kept from learning.—
Jane S. Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Baker’s 14-year-old daughter and Todd’s 14-year-old son were both in the junior high school class that Evans was teaching at the time, the mothers said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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Isabel’s dedication to her craft is evident in her commitment to vocal training in both classical voice and musical theatre, having worked with her current voice teacher since junior high school.—
Heide Janssen,
Orange County Register,
16 Mar. 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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In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The following year, Hardin was charged for a 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher based on DNA taken following his murder conviction.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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Leff taught samba music to students at an elementary school.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2025
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Chronic absenteeism also surged in elementary schools (18% to 28%) and middle schools (18% to 31%).—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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In 2023, when the federal government floated the idea of banning the sale of sugary chocolate milk in elementary and middle schools, many parents flooded the government with complaints.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
5 June 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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As the World Economic Forum's The Future of Jobs and Skills report estimated back in 2016, 65 percent of children entering primary school that year were expected to work in job types that did not yet exist—and the experts consulted believe that many of them still do not.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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London has 525 near primary schools, far more than any other city in the ranking.—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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