Thesaurus results for MIDDLE SCHOOL

middle school

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as in high school

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Recent Examples of middle school The district’s middle schools are also below capacity, with space for more than 8,700 pupils and just 5,200 middle school students, according to the district. — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026 The minds of elementary and middle school students are more plastic and open to new things like learning a foreign language. — Doug Wojcieszak, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 Get Ready with Me Colorado Vicky, the deeply mentally unwell and obscure influencer who somehow made her way onto the algorithm of a middle school girl, is another classic role in Johnson’s wheelhouse. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2026 Middle school investigation Kitchens said police investigated two students who falsely reported that another student had a gun at the middle school. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle school

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Noun

The Emerging Filmmakers Program brings middle and high school students into screenings, discussions and workshops.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
In 2017, a 16-year-old student armed with a rifle, pistols and a small grenade opened fire at a high school in southern France, wounding three students and the principal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

As a Washington public school district and member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), Camas follows applicable state law and WIAA eligibility rules.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The Republican has long pushed to eliminate DEI policies and restrict LGBTQ+ student clubs across public school districts.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

Goldee’s was opened in 2020 by former junior high school classmates Jonny White, Jalen Heard and Lane Milne.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
From medicine to computer science After his kindergarten experience watching a brain surgery video, Alwakeel had little opportunity to pursue his medical dreams in elementary and junior high school.

— Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of junior high school

Noun

Library patron Betsie Hale did quilling years ago when her children were in grammar school, making Christmas ornaments on white paper with pearls or rhinestones for her kids to give away as presents.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of grammar school

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The February attack on a secondary school in the small town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades, leaving eight people dead, including six children, and dozens wounded.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Students carry out a blocking protest at the Cesar Baggio secondary school in Lille on September 29, 2026.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

Three children and a teacher were gunned down Thursday afternoon in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the 16-year-old suspect was fatally shot by an armed bystander, according to police.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Three young children and a teacher were killed Thursday afternoon in a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and a teenage suspect was fatally shot by a good Samaritan who pursued him.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of elementary school

Noun

The 529 accounts are meant to invest for qualified educational expenses, such as college tuition, trade school, and student loans, among other expenses.

— Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Financial literacy requirements need to be increased for high school graduation and admission to any American university as well as any trade school or enlistment in the United States military.

— Doug Wojcieszak, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 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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