as in high school
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an educational institution that includes the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and often also the 9th grade
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Recent Examples of senior high school
At Wayne Local Schools, Shelby Herlihy is the new assistant principal at the junior/senior high school and Kevin Wright is the new director of student services and special education.
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Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
The bond issue would have paid for: Classroom additions to the junior and senior high schools along with Spaulding Elementary School.
—Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
After serving as Theater Director at Windham High School for a total of 12 years (staging 28 stage productions, 14 of which were musicals), Iovine retired in December of 2016 after 32 years as a junior and senior high school English/Journalism teacher and drama director.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022
In 2005, an American teenager, Natalee Holloway, disappeared on a senior high school class trip to Aruba.
—Christine Hauser, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
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Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
The bond issue would have paid for: Classroom additions to the junior and senior high schools along with Spaulding Elementary School.
—Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
After serving as Theater Director at Windham High School for a total of 12 years (staging 28 stage productions, 14 of which were musicals), Iovine retired in December of 2016 after 32 years as a junior and senior high school English/Journalism teacher and drama director.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022
In 2005, an American teenager, Natalee Holloway, disappeared on a senior high school class trip to Aruba.
—Christine Hauser, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior high school
- high school
- junior high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- grammar school
- middle school
- primary school
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Before attending Princeton, Blackburn was a standout high school student chosen as one of 2,500 students for the National Merit Scholarship in 2019, according to WAVE.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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In high school in Idaho, Loveland was all-everything.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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And in a third incident, Sobel said, a junior high school student in Weston found two swastikas in his football locker.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
26 Feb. 2025
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But then in junior high school my world was rocked by one man: Bobby Caldwell.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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That drop has stabilized in recent years, according to the National Catholic Educational Association, as the pandemic brought broader shifts in enrollment away from traditional public schooling (though most kids still attend public schools).—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The tax credits are off-limits to public school students, while the grants went predominantly to this group.—
Audrey Dutton,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2025
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In France and Switzerland, secondary schools are beginning to use Beekee devices to give students digital access without exposing them fully to the internet during class.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
19 Apr. 2025
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Jaz Johnson, a 23-year-old from Brighton, is a pastoral officer (a British cross between a social worker, guidance counselor, and student support staff) at a local secondary school.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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When Randy Dunn was in elementary school in the Kansas City School District, he was placed in a class for academically gifted students.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2025
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Even though Dina was only in elementary school at the time, Peter pulled out a pen and started scribbling numbers and equations on a napkin.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 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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As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In the Coachella Valley, a team of middle school girls is helping keep escaramuza alive Las Valentinas del Valle de Coachella are a group of middle and elementary schoolers who are taking on the sport of escaramuza — an essential component of Mexico’s national sport of charrería, or Mexican rodeo.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Size 4 is another size suitable for youth ages but in the 10- to 14-year-old range, as this size is commonly used in middle school and some high school leagues.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The primary school layout also has an endearing charm, as each office was once a classroom for kids.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The primary school layout also has an endearing charm, as each office was once a classroom for kids.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Senior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20high%20school. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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