junior high school

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Recent Examples of junior high school Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name. Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Students returned to District 148’s 10 early childhood, elementary and junior high schools last week. Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025 Today Vineyard is an international body of churches, but at the time one of its only chapters met in Dad’s old junior high school. Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025 None has worked at a real paper before, but a couple of good sports tout their experience writing a junior high school term paper, and the other his social media posts from Twitter. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for junior high school
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Noun
  • Acuff won a high school state championship at the Breslin Center in 2023.
    Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
  • After a dedication ceremony at his former high school, Dak Prescott said losing Kneeland left him with a heavy heart.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Married to a public school teacher and dad to two daughters.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Also annually, a third element is $300,000 to each of 13 state public school collegiate athletic departments.
    Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Prince George is also facing another major change, as he is set to turn 13 on July 22 and begin his secondary school career in the fall.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • These groups provide financial help to elementary and secondary school students from low- and middle-income families.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • At the same time, across the border, the Illinois governor delivered an address asking federal officials to suspend operations through the holiday weekend after their agents deployed tear gas and interrupted a Chicago grammar school’s Halloween festivities.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Jukes dabbled in basketball in grammar school before deciding to concentrate on volleyball.
    Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Younger children in prekindergarten and elementary school had the highest rates of both infection and illness on average.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Montclair parents found that most elementary school students can handle a distance of 3-5 miles, and the group travels at a speed of around 6 miles per hour so the younger kids can keep up.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In 2007, McKeller released her first book, Math Doesn’t Suck, demystifying concepts like fractions, decimals, percents, and algebra for girls in middle school.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As of her gubernatorial win, Sherrill and Hedberg's younger son, Ike, is a sophomore at Montclair High School, while Marit is in middle school at Montclair Kimberley Academy.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Aside from trade school, students can also pursue apprenticeships, career-training programs, boot camps, industry certifications, and occupational licenses.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
  • After that, Wadsworth went to a trade school in Arizona before relocating to Charlotte and finding a home in NASCAR.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Dec. 2025

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