middle school

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Recent Examples of middle school The trio played together in middle school together, and that chemistry has helped this team jell quickly. Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a crash involving a school bus in Tennessee that killed two middle school students. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026 The school went on lockdown as the investigation continued and students were transported to a nearby middle school to be reunited with their parents, Reynolds said. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026 Two students were killed and others were injured after a middle school bus taking them on a field trip crashed in Tennessee on Friday, officials said. Phil Helsel, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle school
Noun
  • Seals and Crofts were native Texans who had known each other since high school and played together in various groups before becoming a duo, Seals & Crofts, in the late 1960s.
    Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • An over-the-top hazing event involving members of a high school baseball team is under investigation in southeastern North Carolina, according to deputies.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This year, more than 2,600 OCPS students left public school to use those scholarships, also called vouchers, according to Step Up For Students, which administers most of Florida’s scholarships.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • My father was a public school teacher.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.
    Edie Kasten, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Meyers’ father, Michael, coached for 23 years at grammar schools and high schools on the South Side of Chicago.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The announcement Tuesday was accompanied by bagpipe music from the Chicago Stockyard Kitty Band, and a procession of St. Christina grammar school students.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But the stakes of state legislation that would create new hurdles for immigrant children to attend elementary and secondary school would arguably be much higher.
    William McCorkle, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
  • United Teachers Los Angeles represents more than 30,000 classroom teachers, psychologists, attendance counselors, guidance counselors, nurses and secondary school librarians.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In August, fast-growing Star will welcome around 600 students to a new elementary school on North Pollard Lane.
    Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Cajon Valley is a growing elementary school district serving nearly 18,000 students, among them many refugees and recent immigrants.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Once a student grew up, the account holding that starting contribution and any additional funds their family contributed could have been used to help pay for education after high school, including college or trade school.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The young teen was thinking about going to a trade school to learn about becoming a mechanic.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.
    The Denver Post, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Principals could designate supervised areas where more senior high school students can briefly use their phones for multifactor authentication.
    Corinne Brion, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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