high school

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Recent Examples of high school Bremen Associate Principal Matt Meany is taking the mantel as the high school’s new leader. Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 Eligibility could soon be restricted to the five years that start upon high school graduation or an athlete’s 19th birthday, whichever happens first. Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Toward the end of high school, Burick realized that college wouldn’t be the right environment for him. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026 Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Ocvarsity Sports Staff, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high school
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Noun
  • Since then, the Department of Health has started the rulemaking process of repealing requirements for Hepatitis B, varicella (chicken pox), Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for public school attendance.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Crooms, a Seminole County public school, has had boys volleyball for 16 years but scored its first district title with its 1A District 5 final victory over Cornerstone.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Two days after the hearing a class of junior high school students unrolled a fifty-foot-long petition down the middle aisle of the city council chamber in nearby Baytown.
    Scott W. Stern, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.
    Edie Kasten, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.
    The Denver Post, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
  • The surviving children of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, attend classes in trailers, as their rural mining town’s empty secondary school awaits demolition.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Smaller children from a nearby elementary school were availing themselves of climbers, slides, and beams.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Calling for the accountability of the war crimes that have been committed through our military action against Venezuela and Iran, specifically regarding double taps and the bombing of Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school.
    Kevin Fixler May 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Work on the new middle school project will begin in just a few weeks.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Five middle school students are being hailed as heroes after jumping in to stop their school bus when their driver lost consciousness.
    Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025: Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences New College Teachers College Design and the Arts Health Solutions Public Service and Community Solutions Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Educational radio has been used in many countries for a wide range of subject areas including public health, rural development, literacy training, nutrition education, and in support of primary school education and instruction.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026
  • At Harlem Grown’s 134th Street Farm, Charles planted lavender and mustard seeds with primary school children and visited a chicken coop.
    Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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