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Recent Examples of secondary school
The trend began slowly, in the nineteen-eighties, when secondary schools with big-time basketball programs—notably, Oak Hill Academy, in rural Virginia, the alma mater of Rod Strickland, Anthony, and Durant—began recruiting the country’s best players.
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
For example, enrollment in Catholic secondary schools in the United States was at just over one million students around the late 1960s and early 1970s, according to NCES data.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
The selective integration of Austin secondary schools was expanded.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Many of the most elite secondary schools in the U.S. were founded with the explicit purpose of preparing young students for study at Ivy League institutions.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
For example, enrollment in Catholic secondary schools in the United States was at just over one million students around the late 1960s and early 1970s, according to NCES data.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
The selective integration of Austin secondary schools was expanded.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Many of the most elite secondary schools in the U.S. were founded with the explicit purpose of preparing young students for study at Ivy League institutions.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
- elementary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- middle school
- grammar school
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Erin and her family had moved to Miami Beach in December from Chile, where her elementary school held a Mass in her honor.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
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The suspect arrested in the murder of an Arkansas couple in front of their children at Devil's Den State Park was an elementary school teacher who'd been placed on administrative leave at a school district two years ago for improper conduct.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Idaho Fairness in Women's Sports Act prohibits transgender women from participating in women's sports from the beginning of primary school to university.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
3 July 2025
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Some 36 government primary schools were shut down in the two academic years leading up to 2024 in Goa, India's smallest state, according to the local daily newspaper The Goan Everyday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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What makes Conner's career switch all the more surprising: His high school isn't in the rolling hills of rural Wisconsin.—
Mia Thurow,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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For most, this list will change over time, and often doesn’t start taking shape until high school.—
Robert Cole,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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As a mother of two boys in public schools and the product of public schools myself, this news was disturbing to say the least.—
Andrea Campbell,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Courier Journal sent questions about SB 181 to every public school district in the state, totaling about 230.—
Ruby Grisin,
The Courier-Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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Today Vineyard is an international body of churches, but at the time one of its only chapters met in Dad’s old junior high school.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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None has worked at a real paper before, but a couple of good sports tout their experience writing a junior high school term paper, and the other his social media posts from Twitter.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 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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Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Aug. 2025
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The project earned Rina an award as one of the top 30 middle school scientists in 2020 from the Society for Science, a Washington DC nonprofit.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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But what can’t be turned into banter is the fact that Dyer’s mother was responsible for cooking much of that food—at the very school young Geoff attended before grammar school.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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