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Recent Examples of secondary school
According to the World Bank, when girls cannot complete secondary school, the global economy misses out on $15-30 trillion in productivity earnings each year.
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Erin Spencer Sairam, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.
—The Know, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
He was suspended and sent to a secondary school until May 7.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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Erin Spencer Sairam, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.
—The Know, Denver Post, 1 June 2025
Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
He was suspended and sent to a secondary school until May 7.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 15 May 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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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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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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According to the World Economic Forum, 65% of today’s primary school kids will work in jobs that don’t yet exist.—
Margie Warrell,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The number of children entering primary school in 2023 reached the highest level in over two decades, according to Wind Information, before dropping in 2024, the year her son enrolled.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
21 June 2025
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Ojas Sanghi started his climate activism in high school joining the Arizona Youth Climate Coalition, and is now one of its leaders.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
6 July 2025
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Graham graduated from high school with a 5.0 GPA and went on to study English at UCLA.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Lockhart: Connecticut’s 2025 legislative session brought major wins for public schools: historic investments in special education via a $30 million Special Education Expansion and Development grant and $40 million Excess Cost Grant annually.—
Question & Answer,
Hartford Courant,
30 June 2025
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Supporters said the proposal would expand education options for families across the country, offering alternatives to students in areas with lower-performing public schools.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 June 2025
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The Cups 4 Cancer fundraiser will be dedicated to Austin’s former junior high school teammate Dylan Krestan, who has battled Hodgkin lymphoma for the last several months.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 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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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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That’s right: Gosling is leading the feature as a middle school biology teacher who travels to space to save the universe.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
30 June 2025
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Ryan Gosling is a middle school teacher who is tasked with a mission somehow more impossible than getting his students to care, well, about anything, in the first trailer for Project Hail Mary.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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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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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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