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Recent Examples of middle school
In San Diego, a middle school was recently thrust into local controversy because of a transgender student using the girls' locker room.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
The middle school has struggled academically for years, receiving failure ratings every year that state education officials have awarded them.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
The Pasadena middle school had welcomed Villegas as a 12-year-old from Mexico.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Additionally, there are six to eight elementary schools being considered for potential replacements or new construction compared to a maximum of three middle schools and one high school.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
The middle school has struggled academically for years, receiving failure ratings every year that state education officials have awarded them.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
The Pasadena middle school had welcomed Villegas as a 12-year-old from Mexico.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Additionally, there are six to eight elementary schools being considered for potential replacements or new construction compared to a maximum of three middle schools and one high school.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025
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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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None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Many Mennonite families don’t send children to public schools.—
Carlos Nogueras Ramos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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In interviews with The News, parents have repeatedly expressed a desire to remain in the city, but a struggle to make ends meet while waiting for public school.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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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
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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 🏃🏾♂️. March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Dammers belonged to a generation that was pushed to pass the notorious eleven-plus exam and get into one of the United Kingdom’s supposedly superior grammar schools.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Instead, the hardline Islamist group has done an about-face and banned women from going to university, closed secondary schools and beauty salons, and stopped women from working at NGOs, including at the United Nations.—
Salma Abdelaziz,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Historic buildings, elementary and secondary schools, manufacturing buildings, agricultural buildings and federal buildings can apply to be exempted.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2025
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The monthly goal is to give away about a thousand books, usually to elementary schools, middle schools and different children’s organizations, or to have students come into the bookstore and clear the shelves themselves.—
Shanzeh Ahmad,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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The club’s goal is to honor students at Barnard, Kate Sessions and Pacific Beach elementary schools and Crown Point Junior Music Academy.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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The National College Rainbow Fund will provide $2,500 each to 200 students throughout California, to be used for public or private nonprofit undergraduate schools, community college or trade schools.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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Alternative pathways, such as apprenticeships, trade schools, or stackable credentials, can provide valuable skills and real-world experience without the time and cost of a traditional degree.—
Dr. Aviva Legatt,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 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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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middle%20school. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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