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Recent Examples of middle school
Last year, a middle school in suburban Boston had 23 sets of twins in its graduating class, though that’s still far shy of the record for most multiples in the same academic class.
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Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The new subdivision would be laid out with two-story townhouses closest to adjacent single-family houses and three-story rowhouses closest to the middle school.
—Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
Since taking office in 2022, the Adams administration has increased the number of Gifted & Talented programs in elementary schools and reinstated selective admissions policies in middle schools.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
The worry about social skills was particularly acute for those whose kids were in middle school during the pandemic.
—Charley Locke, Vox, 16 June 2025
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Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The new subdivision would be laid out with two-story townhouses closest to adjacent single-family houses and three-story rowhouses closest to the middle school.
—Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
Since taking office in 2022, the Adams administration has increased the number of Gifted & Talented programs in elementary schools and reinstated selective admissions policies in middle schools.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
The worry about social skills was particularly acute for those whose kids were in middle school during the pandemic.
—Charley Locke, Vox, 16 June 2025
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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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The after-school program paid 15 high school juniors and seniors from across the county to attend get togethers at OCMA biweekly to learn about curatorial practice and all facets of arts administration.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Clayton’s competitiveness and toughness developed as a high school football star, along with his clutch play on college basketball’s biggest stage continued to elevate his NBA stock.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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An overwhelming majority of public school parents (71%) support such a requirement.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2025
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Only 7% of public school students are in charter schools.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
18 June 2025
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The controversy in Loudoun County came the day after parents and residents clashed at a school board meeting in the Chicago area on Monday after a trans junior high school student won multiple events at a local track meet.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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Students at Evanston Academy, which would turn into the district's junior high school for the east corridor, would go to Frederick Douglass instead.—
Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
9 Dec. 2024
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In 1966, the school was moved to Breightmet, maintaining its status as a grammar school.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The settlement boasted both a high school and a grammar school – yet the lecture hall of the complex was only unearthed this past March.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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In some cases, the similarities between the Ivy League and prestigious secondary schools are not coincidental, but the result of deep historical ties.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The most recent ruled that Maine’s tuition assistance to parents in districts lacking public secondary schools can be used at religious institutions.—
Charles J. Russo,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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The screening is currently targeted at students in the first and fourth grades of elementary school, and the first levels of middle and high school.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington said cursive is still taught in its elementary schools and it’s also taught in neighboring River Forest schools, said Superintendent Kevin Trezak. Lake Station Community Schools, doesn’t teach it, said Superintendent Tom Cripliver.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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Most trade schools are for-profit, and both trade schools and the broader for-profit higher education sector—which has a history marred by fraud, abuse and controversy—seem poised to thrive under Trump and a Republican Congress.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Undergraduates are said to have ever more pre-professional orientations at the expense of the liberal arts; one professor ruefully described the place as the world’s most élite trade school.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2024
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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