secondary school

noun

: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses

Examples of secondary school in a Sentence

a job that requires at least a secondary school education
Recent Examples on the Web The new rules prevent tobacco and e-cigarette retailers from being within 1,000 feet of an elementary or secondary school, library, day care center, park or playground, and within 500 feet of another tobacco or e-cigarette retailer, or a premises that holds a cigarette and tobacco license. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2024 In Afghanistan, the situation is particularly dire as de facto authorities have prohibited girls from attending secondary schools and universities beyond age 12. Keeley Teslik, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 In a December email, Ellis said that this school year the district's secondary schools have implemented cellphhone lockers to enforce district policies related to cellphone usage. Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024 Critical Race Theory has not been taught in our primary and secondary schools. Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024 In 2022, there were more than 1,300 reported hate crimes at schools and college campuses -- 890 of which happened at secondary schools that year, the FBI found. Luke Barr, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2024 Hate crimes that occurred at schools most frequently occurred at elementary and secondary schools, the report found, and were most commonly motivated by anti-Black hate. Robert Legare, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024 Scotland, for example, introduced routine immunization in schools in 2008, and close to 90% of students in their fourth year of secondary school (equivalent to 10th grade in the U.S.) in the 2022-2023 school year had received at least one dose of the vaccine. Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 25 Jan. 2024 Thousands of elementary and secondary schools remained closed across the country on Monday as industrial workers prepared to down tools for a few hours. Peter Laca, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of secondary school was in 1835

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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondary%20school. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

secondary school

noun
: a school for students above elementary or grammar school level and below college level

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