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The opinion was also discussed that the study course at the Litchfield junior high school is too heavy for children of that age.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Evanston Academy will turn into a junior high school for seventh and eighth graders who previously attended Withrow.
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Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
The Castaic Union School District closed all schools, while the William S. Hart Union High School District shut down multiple campuses, including Castaic, Valencia, and Rio Norte junior high schools, impacting 21,000 students in the Santa Clarita Valley.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Here's what's changing for next school year: West Corridor
Ethel M. Taylor Academy will become a junior high school serving students in seventh and eighth grades.
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Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of junior high school was
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“Junior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20high%20school. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.
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junior high school
noun
: a school usually including the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades
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