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Recent Examples of middle school
Corey Gardenhour was superintendent for a small district in East Tennessee for five years, and is now a middle school principal.
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Austin Horn
june 16, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath in a statement on Tuesday highlighted the improvements seen in middle school reading and said it could be connected to a statewide ban on cell phone use during the school day.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
Under current District 65 policies, elementary and middle school students are not allowed to use cellphones in classrooms and are expected to keep them in lockers or cubbies during the school day.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Bobo, an artist and San Pablo middle school teacher, had come to the lounge after hanging out in downtown Oakland with friends.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
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Austin Horn
june 16, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath in a statement on Tuesday highlighted the improvements seen in middle school reading and said it could be connected to a statewide ban on cell phone use during the school day.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
Under current District 65 policies, elementary and middle school students are not allowed to use cellphones in classrooms and are expected to keep them in lockers or cubbies during the school day.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
Bobo, an artist and San Pablo middle school teacher, had come to the lounge after hanging out in downtown Oakland with friends.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- grammar school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- trade school
- senior high school
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Academy and elite club teams essentially robbed prep soccer of its best players by forcing them to choose between their high school teams and elite club programs, demanding a year-round commitment and banning participation in other sports.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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The city's birth rate peaked in 2005, meaning those babies have already graduated high school.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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The two companies violated the law by repeatedly giving cash stipends and personal travel rewards to public school employees — primarily teachers — for organizing school trips and recruiting students for the trips, according to the State Ethics Commission.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
23 June 2026
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Cothiere and Hill are both active public school teachers.—
Austin Horn,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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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
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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,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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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
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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,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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At 16, Elizabeth had just written her Basic Education Certificate Examination, an important academic milestone for junior secondary school students in Ghana seeking to advance to higher education.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The couple has decided where the 12-year-old royal will attend secondary school.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
16 June 2026
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One such report is on an investigation into the strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed more than 165 people on the first day of the war, most of them children.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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In 2015, the actress joked to People that her husband had more cachet with their daughter’s peers than her when Charlotte was in elementary school.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
20 June 2026
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More than 90% of the children in the student advocate program were accepted into college, trade school or the military after graduating high school, according to program records.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 June 2026
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With only about a month left before graduation, eligible high school seniors across Los Angeles County still have time to claim scholarship funding worth up to $1,500 to pay for college, trade school or other education expenses.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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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
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