SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Synonyms: 30 Similar Words

senior high school

noun

as in high school

US 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 The former five-star prospect missed his entire senior high school season and freshman college season due to a torn ACL, reinjuring the same knee that had already been surgically repaired. — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026 Principals could designate supervised areas where more senior high school students can briefly use their phones for multifactor authentication. — Corinne Brion, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for senior high school

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Noun

The Emerging Filmmakers Program brings middle and high school students into screenings, discussions and workshops.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
In 2017, a 16-year-old student armed with a rifle, pistols and a small grenade opened fire at a high school in southern France, wounding three students and the principal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

Goldee’s was opened in 2020 by former junior high school classmates Jonny White, Jalen Heard and Lane Milne.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
From medicine to computer science After his kindergarten experience watching a brain surgery video, Alwakeel had little opportunity to pursue his medical dreams in elementary and junior high school.

— Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of junior high school

Noun

As a Washington public school district and member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), Camas follows applicable state law and WIAA eligibility rules.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The Republican has long pushed to eliminate DEI policies and restrict LGBTQ+ student clubs across public school districts.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

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
The February attack on a secondary school in the small town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades, leaving eight people dead, including six children, and dozens wounded.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

Three children and a teacher were gunned down Thursday afternoon in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the 16-year-old suspect was fatally shot by an armed bystander, according to police.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Three young children and a teacher were killed Thursday afternoon in a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and a teenage suspect was fatally shot by a good Samaritan who pursued him.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of elementary school

Noun

Library patron Betsie Hale did quilling years ago when her children were in grammar school, making Christmas ornaments on white paper with pearls or rhinestones for her kids to give away as presents.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Lowden and Smith were grammar school classmates and later served time together in Wethersfield.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of grammar school

Noun

It was expanded to all secondary athletics, including middle school athletics, Friday.

— Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Check out the grand prize winner for middle school, who talks about her dyslexia, and for high school, who discusses an important family memory.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of middle school

Noun

Her experience as a primary school music teacher reflected a wider lifelong love of music, and much of her work centred around this.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026
Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are legally prohibited from continuing their education beyond primary school.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of primary school

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