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primary school

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Recent Examples of primary school In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The impact on schools is especially striking, says Marie Gorette Mutuyimana, a primary school teacher of 28 years who crosses the river twice every weekday to get to and from work. — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026 Years earlier, Luwi had fought to change the name of his children’s primary school to Gajdusek Memorial Community School. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Any students attending primary school in either district won't be able to use their phones, while high school students will face restrictions. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for primary school

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Tan-Gillespie ultimately stayed with the chain throughout secondary school, later rising to assistant general manager.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Some primary and secondary school exams scheduled for those days were also postponed in Mauritius and on the nearby islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga, while international exams would go ahead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of secondary school

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As just one example, the war in Iran began with a strike on an elementary school, killing more than 100 children.

— Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
The incoming principal for the new elementary school, Maleena Guandique, currently runs Success Academy’s very first school, Harlem 1.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of elementary school

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Santa Margarita’s domination in high school girls golf continued Monday, with the Eagles winning the Southern Section Division 1 team title by four strokes over Orange Lutheran at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
That's how 17-year-old high school senior Alex Zaret described the college admissions process, during a tour of the Skidmore College campus — the fourth school Zaret had visited, with another half-dozen to go.

— Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

Teachers work longer hours, too, and are often less experienced than their traditional public school counterparts.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
The records, which contained academic and disability information for 1,849 public school students, were sent to Scott Larson in late October.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

Parents received a message asking them to pick up their children from the junior high school.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026
In a bittersweet essay, Dolores’ daughter Juanita once recalled how her mother forgot to pick her up from junior high school.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of junior high school

Noun

Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of common 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

Noun

District and state social studies curriculum requirements often feature middle school civics courses, and math-civics concepts align well with middle school math standards.

— Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
The two have worked together since Phifer was in middle school, building a partnership that extends far beyond the classroom.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of middle school

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