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Recent Examples of middle school
Colin Gray received texts from his younger daughter saying her middle school was on lockdown.
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Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
In 2014, the state’s then-governor, Republican John Kasich, signed an education reform bill making Ohio one of the only states that required CTE courses for middle school students.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
How Her Story Inspired New Doc Our daughter was in middle school by then, where kids threw around anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech and wore Make America Great Again t-shirts.
—Abi Maxwell, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
By the numbers: DMPS' 38 elementary and 12 middle schools are projected to be around 65% of capacity in the 2027-28 school year; high schools are expected to be at about 86%.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
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Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
In 2014, the state’s then-governor, Republican John Kasich, signed an education reform bill making Ohio one of the only states that required CTE courses for middle school students.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
How Her Story Inspired New Doc Our daughter was in middle school by then, where kids threw around anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech and wore Make America Great Again t-shirts.
—Abi Maxwell, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
By the numbers: DMPS' 38 elementary and 12 middle schools are projected to be around 65% of capacity in the 2027-28 school year; high schools are expected to be at about 86%.
—Jason Clayworth, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- grammar school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- trade school
- senior high school
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The property was once envisioned as the site of a high school but now sits vacant.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The organization, created in 2002 after four students at a Jefferson County high school died by suicide in a nine-month period, is branching out beyond the Front Range.Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Correa is a longtime Orange County resident, growing up in Anaheim public schools.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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But for most of his career, Walz worked as a public school teacher and football coach, the type of middle-income job that doesn't lend itself to building a large nest egg.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 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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Kids at Evanston Academy, which would turn into the district's junior high school for the east corridor, would then go to Frederick Douglass instead.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
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Upon graduating from Harvard, John Adams became a grammar school teacher.Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
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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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All twelve of Gaza’s universities, and some eighty-five per cent of its primary and secondary schools, have been irrevocably damaged.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Bureau of Indian Education funds 183 elementary and secondary schools and residential facilities across the nation.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Cosby began her career as a teacher in an IPS elementary school and is program chair and professor of education at the Ivy Tech Community College campus in Indianapolis.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kids in elementary school needs a focus on reassurance, McWilliams Barndt said.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The electronics retailer, which employs 1,750, including 200 part-timers, runs its own training program, works with trade schools to find workers and also receives applicants by referral.DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Students who went to trade school had little chance for upward mobility, says Jeff Strohl, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, citing past research.Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
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Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At Wayne Local Schools, Shelby Herlihy is the new assistant principal at the junior/senior high school and Kevin Wright is the new director of student services and special education.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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