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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
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.
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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
The senior high school building suffered significant damage, so students at the senior high level had to attend classes for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year and the start of the current school year at the school arena and at East Arkansas Community College Technical Center, Russell said.
—Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023
Freshman and sophomore high school girls were also more likely to make a suicide plan and attempt suicide compared to senior high school girls, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2023
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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
The senior high school building suffered significant damage, so students at the senior high level had to attend classes for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year and the start of the current school year at the school arena and at East Arkansas Community College Technical Center, Russell said.
—Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023
Freshman and sophomore high school girls were also more likely to make a suicide plan and attempt suicide compared to senior high school girls, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Apr. 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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Are high schools in Nebraska just not developing players who can make the jump to the modern Big Ten in comparison to other areas of the country?Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Everyone, from high school dropouts to Ph.D.s, goes to the supermarket.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Republican party and wealthy interests pulled this recall move on Gavin during the pandemic, capitalizing on frustration over public schools being closed.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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The state also banned six artificial food dyes from public schools.Anna Halkidis, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025
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The status quo of early morning bells in secondary schools—and somewhat later bells in elementary schools—is biologically backwards.Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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The series was based on the 2018 novel by Sally Rooney and starred Daisy Edgar-Jones and Mescal as a couple from secondary school to their undergraduate years in college.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
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Video from Fox 11 News showed the elementary school engulfed in flames.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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There are several elementary schools in our neighborhood and there was an enormous community effort to evacuate the children safely.Katcy Stephan, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Peruvian President Pedro Castillo all attended local grammar schools, high schools, and colleges.Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2022
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Loading your audio article Three men have been sentenced for their roles in the 2018 shooting death of a youth football coach in the parking lot of a middle school in south New Jersey, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae announced Saturday.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Our officer did not play football past middle school.Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025
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Students ages 8 to 14 from San Ildefonso, a primary school that dates back more than 500 years, revealed the winners by singing the numbers and the corresponding prize amounts, which are drawn from wooden balls.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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After Karen agreed, Brenda enrolled Nicole in a local primary school.Nicole Briese, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Senior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20high%20school. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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