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
During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
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.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
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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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
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.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
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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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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Marco Cenabre, for example, teaches literature at New Haven Academy, a public high school in New Haven.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Knox’s were detained after the brawl at the high school dissipated last year.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Obviously, those people failed their junior high school math class.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2025
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Wang Le, Zichen and Haoyue's computer skills teacher at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Affiliated Primary School, a public school, said that the Ministry of Education has enacted a new framework.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
27 Jan. 2026
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Candidates for public office, including mayor, City Council, and public school boards, often run unopposed in elections after receiving a Caucus endorsement.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Prince George is also facing another major change, as he is set to turn 13 on July 22 and begin his secondary school career in the fall.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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These groups provide financial help to elementary and secondary school students from low- and middle-income families.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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One month after Amber’s murder, Williams visited her daughter’s elementary school classmates.—
Emily Krauser,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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New Elementary School on Park Road CMS is constructing a new 45-classroom elementary school to serve students in Sedgefield and Dilworth, replacing Dilworth Elementary.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Collier won a place at a grammar school and then at Oxford.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
19 Nov. 2025
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At the same time, across the border, the Illinois governor delivered an address asking federal officials to suspend operations through the holiday weekend after their agents deployed tear gas and interrupted a Chicago grammar school’s Halloween festivities.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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In middle school at Imagine International Academy, Swavay was quiet and dreamed of playing basketball.—
DeAsia Paige,
AJC.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Beyond just growing some of the mangroves , students at New River have banded together to try and drum up community support for the project, particularly the members of the middle school’s Eco-Sharks club, overseen by Grisel Berrios, the school’s STEM teacher.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Partnering with the Irish Department of Education, the commission asked primary school students to document the folklore in their own communities.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
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After leaving his post-graduate engineering job, Nye kicked off a career in comedy before landing a pilot that would land him in primary school classrooms for years to come.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Senior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20high%20school. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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