Thesaurus results for MIDDLE SCHOOL

middle school

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Definition of middle school

as in high school

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Recent Examples of middle school As middle school student at Challenger School’s Strawberry Park campus in West San Jose, Goli had to participate in a science fair. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 During middle school, students begin to focus on establishing their identity, peer belonging and rapidly developing impulse-control systems. — Elizabeth Dowdell, The Conversation, 6 July 2026 An Indiana substitute teacher accused of sending nude images of herself to a 14-year-old middle school student was sentenced to two years in jail. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 My daughter is entering middle school and the most important back-to-school preparation that’s needed can’t be purchased in a store. — Adrienne Farr, Parents, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle school

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Push for rehabilitation Wilson's public defender, Donna D'Alessio, said her client had changed his ways and had been making progress behind bars in achieving his high school diploma.

— Julie Hanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
During his senior year of high school on the Puyallup Reservation, Gerald Dillon traded much of his academic coursework for career training.

— Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

This study addresses the research gap by asking public school principals to share information about their in-service learning opportunities, including the frequency of those opportunities, their subject matter, and their usefulness.

— Mac Murray, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
In a 2025 national survey of sixth- through 12th-grade public school teachers, 43% reported used these kinds of apps regularly, while another 27% had tested or experimented with them.

— Brett DeJager, The Conversation, 10 July 2026

Definition of public school

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Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
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

Definition of junior high school

Noun

Can states ban transgender kids from playing sports in grammar school, when boys and girls routinely play on the same teams?

— Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026
He was born in New York and grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, starting his grammar school’s first newspaper before writing a humor column for the newspaper while a student at Morristown High School.

— Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 15 June 2026

Definition of grammar school

Noun

The students, who were taking their secondary school leaving examinations when they were attacked and abducted, are between 15 and 18 years old.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
As William revealed earlier this year, George has already started boarding—good preparation for what is to come at secondary school.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 June 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

Annemarie Cortez, the principal at an elementary school in Corona, California, told me that many administrators are instructing teachers not to assign full books; they’re supposed to be running discrete reading drills with short excerpts.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus — a choir of elementary school students based in Staten Island, New York — will also perform, the last joined by Coldplay.

— Staff And Wire Reports, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026

Definition of elementary school

Noun

Certified workers in the trades, of which there is a significant shortage, can make $100K/year a few years out of trade school, for example.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Citing capacity concerns, Sabold has advice for anyone considering a trade school like his.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 July 2026

Definition of trade 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

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