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Recent Examples of middle school
Bobo, a beloved teacher at a San Pablo middle school and artist, was simply caught in the crossfire, authorities said.
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
As part of the Super Sunday festivities, Nate Umagat, outreach and recruitment counselor at CSUF, spoke to a group of younger members of congregation, most of whom were in high school and middle school.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
The district’s last remaining middle school bus routes were cut in 2020 due to declining ridership.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
The two met as children and remained friends throughout middle school and high school.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
As part of the Super Sunday festivities, Nate Umagat, outreach and recruitment counselor at CSUF, spoke to a group of younger members of congregation, most of whom were in high school and middle school.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
The district’s last remaining middle school bus routes were cut in 2020 due to declining ridership.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
The two met as children and remained friends throughout middle school and high school.
—Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 6 Mar. 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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This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Senate Education and Youth Committee meets to discuss House Bill 1284, which would require local school boards to award high school diplomas to students who are diagnosed with a terminal condition.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Our homeschool differs from the local public school, including the fact that our kids are eating while studying, children of different ages learn alongside one another, and there are no standardized tests.—
Nicholas Tampio,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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But since 79% of applicants are already in private school, the extent of the impact on public school funding may be limited.—
Lacey Beasley,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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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
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Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2025
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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
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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
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The species name goes to David Rhys Jones, a secondary school physics teacher in Wales who taught the lead author.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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More than 200 million years after this creature last roamed what is now the United Kingdom, scientists have formally identified it as a new species — and named it after a secondary school physics teacher in Wales.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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In the past week, the Department of War bombed an elementary school for young girls.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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In early January, an Apopka mother heard reports of ICE raids near her daughter’s Orange County elementary school.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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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
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Griffin, who plans to attend a trade school to study welding or HVAC repair, said the hands-on experience piqued his interest.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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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
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The former five-star prospect missed his entire senior high school season and freshman college season due to a torn ACL, reinjuring the same knee that had already been surgically repaired.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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