high school

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Recent Examples of high school Prior to The Bee, Smith covered high school sports at the Citrus Heights Sentinel. Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2025 Per Assembly Bill 101 passed in 2021, ethnic studies was supposed to be a graduation requirement for all California students in the class of 2030, who would be entering high school in 2026. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025 In high school, Patrick played baseball, basketball and football. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2025 Mueller, who transferred to South Elgin from Wheaton St. Francis at the semester break this winter, didn’t play football his first two years of high school, concentrating on basketball and track. Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for high school 
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Noun
  • Migrant children in Tennessee could soon face a major barrier to education as Republican lawmakers push a bill that would allow public schools to deny enrollment to undocumented students.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to allow public schools to deny enrollment for undocumented students, according to a Nashville TV station.
    Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The opinion was also discussed that the study course at the Litchfield junior high school is too heavy for children of that age.
    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.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The queen consort officially opened the Mulberry Academy London Dock, a secondary school that is part of the Mulberry Schools Trust family of schools.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025
  • On Monday, Fort Worth Independent School District confirmed to USA TODAY that it had been notified about a substitute teacher, implying the immigration law enforcement agency should visit one of its secondary schools.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Mentors on elementary school levels prepare kids for high school while at the same time recognizing their influence by simply being themselves while striving to be the best versions of themselves.
    Brianti Downing, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Photo: Dave Burk Tiara Hughes As early as elementary school, Tiara Hughes was drawing designs for buildings.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Someone who contributes to the 2034 World Series winner is currently a middle school student — heck, maybe your child will be the one leading the A’s to their first title in 45 years!
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The upheaval comes on the heels of a successful year, with the chorale launching the High Notes, a choir for middle school students in Pasadena and Altadena , as well as the Pasadena Choral Society.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • During a visit with primary school students in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, Melania Trump also promoted a USAID program that distributed more than 1.4 million textbooks to students.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Two 17-year-old boys, friends from primary school, stood arm in arm after bumping into each other at the vigil.
    Sarah Dean, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025

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