secondary school

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Recent Examples of secondary school The cost of elementary and secondary school lunches rose 3.3% in May 2025 relative to May 2024, according to a consumer price index report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025 The new tax law allows up to $10,000 in tax-free distributions this year from section 529 plans to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, including private schools and religious schools. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025 According to recent Panorama surveys, students – especially in secondary schools – report feeling disconnected from their learning. Michael Maguire, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025 He was involved with IEEE Canada’s Teacher-in-Service Program, an initiative that aims to improve elementary and secondary school technical education by offering teachers lesson plans and training workshops. IEEE Spectrum, 4 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for secondary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
Noun
  • One challenge from last year was raising her younger kids, one in elementary school and two in middle school, while balancing a full-time job.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Recognizing the potential of his religious pupils, Kamp set up a chess team at an elementary school near the Collective’s setup in Tonto Village.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On Friday afternoon, around 200 guests including local journalists, influencers, shopping mall representatives, VIP shoppers, 12 local primary school students and a living buddha witnessed the explosive work live.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
  • One in three primary school teachers were on strike nationwide, and nearly one in two walked off the job in Paris, the FSU-SNUipp union said.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All kinds of high school sports events and the monster that was covering college recruiting.
    Nicole Young, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The former five-star recruit played some quarterback in high school and showed off his nice arm by throwing an accurate ball backward to Styles while getting hit.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • More than $200 million for Michigan's universal school meals program that provides free breakfast and lunch for every PreK-12 public school student.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The bus was carrying both private and public school children, Ridgell said.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953.
    April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • TikToker and books commentator Kenzie Deerin, who was introduced to the series in middle school, says the vampiric tale sparked her love for the fantasy romance genre.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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