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Recent Examples of grammar school
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.
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James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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
Upon graduating from Harvard, John Adams became a grammar school teacher.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
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James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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
Upon graduating from Harvard, John Adams became a grammar school teacher.
—Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar school
- high school
- trade school
- public school
- junior high school
- elementary school
- middle school
- secondary school
- senior high school
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State lawmakers want to slash in half funding for Advanced Placement, dual enrollment and other college-level high school classes, a move that would cost Florida’s public schools millions of dollars.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
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Allen was born in Reading, Penn., and attended the Pasadena Playhouse on a scholarship after graduating high school.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Blue Line, which was completed in 2018 and stops less than a mile from the trade school, runs from the Pineville area northeast to UNC Charlotte.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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Britten, who was known by family and friends as Von, worked part time as a busboy at Red Lobster in Matteson and had recently been accepted into a trade school.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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The bill also would divert $50 million from other state tax revenues and use them to maintain and improve public school facilities, aiming to provide an alternative to property tax levies that typically fund these repairs and updates.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2025
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The event — staged by Orlando Health and the Orlando Sports Foundation, which raises money to find cures for cancer — showcased top seniors from 15 Orange County public schools.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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Douglas Higgins spent a quarter-century in real estate management before returning to his roots in education and spending 16 years as the principal and assistant principal of elementary and junior high schools in Bloomingdale, Steger and Calumet City.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Bear in mind that my knowledge of and exposure to computers before this was minimal, and my exposure to PCs had been nearly nil—I'd played Oregon Trail on an Apple IIe in elementary school, and the few computers that were in my classrooms or computer labs at the time were Macs.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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Students at Big Bear Valley elementary schools made the final decision on the new names from a list of 30 names, per tradition.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Prizes will be awarded in four categories: elementary, middle schools, high schools and adult.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The youngest boys, Kash and Kidman, ended up winning the middle school championship, continuing a streak that began a week earlier when Kager and Kinston helped Wisconsin Lutheran High School win a state championship.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Starmer was commenting as Netflix agreed a deal to make Adolescence available to all secondary schools across the UK via the Into Film+ streaming service.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the United States’ educational improvements slowed markedly as secondary schools struggled to boost performance and college tuition marched steadily higher.—
Matthew J. Slaughter,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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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
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar%20school. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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