JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

junior high school

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Recent Examples of junior high school Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym. — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 May 2026 The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam. — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 Brown, a junior high school teacher at the time, worked at the local level across San Diego County, leading efforts to desegregate housing and jobs in communities such as El Cajon and La Mesa. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2026 Examples include Mamaw Mentorship, a group in Central Appalachia to bring older women and girls in junior high school together to learn from each other. — Michael Clinton, Time, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for junior high school

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Noun

Every Georgia high school football program will try to make history this season, but only a handful can hit century win marks this season.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Through six years of middle and high school, girls undergo rigorous academic training.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of 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

Before the Taliban returned to power five years ago — on August 15, 2021 — Mubariz remembered his public school as friendly and relatively open.

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
With that money, the foundation offered to train 82 Orange County public school teachers for free.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
In 2014, Boko Haram took almost three hundred girls from a secondary school in Chibok; the whereabouts of some ninety are still unknown.

— Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

Bullying and assault allegations In 2018, according to court documents, while still in elementary school, Austin Metcalf and his brother were accused of bullying and assaulting a female, which led to Austin Metcalf's arrest.

— J.D. Miles, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Parker also has three children, two of whom are in elementary school.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of elementary school

Noun

Hansen said she is honored and excited for the opportunity to take on the new role of middle school principal.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Werner also says that as students move into upper elementary and middle school, those journals can transition into paper planners and eventually digital tools like Google Calendar or MyStudyLife.

— Adrienne Farr, Parents, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of middle school

Noun

Many students can get federal financial aid for trade school, but eligibility depends on both the student and the school or program.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
When participants come into the program, some want to finish a trade school, like HVAC or beauty school, while others may want to improve their grades.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026

Definition of trade school

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