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Recent Examples of secondary school
In 2023, the district voted him secondary school teacher of the year.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
The first day of school for elementary and secondary schools in the 2025-2026 school year is set for Aug. 14, 2025 and the last day of school is June 4, 2026.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the king and queen will be marking their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9—which William and Kate will likely celebrate with them privately—and George will be off to secondary school in September.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
This trend extends to essential sectors, with significant growth anticipated in healthcare and education, primarily nursing professionals and secondary school teachers.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
The first day of school for elementary and secondary schools in the 2025-2026 school year is set for Aug. 14, 2025 and the last day of school is June 4, 2026.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the king and queen will be marking their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9—which William and Kate will likely celebrate with them privately—and George will be off to secondary school in September.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
This trend extends to essential sectors, with significant growth anticipated in healthcare and education, primarily nursing professionals and secondary school teachers.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for secondary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secondary school
- elementary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- middle school
- grammar school
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Mentors on elementary school levels prepare kids for high school while at the same time recognizing their influence by simply being themselves while striving to be the best versions of themselves.—
Brianti Downing,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Photo: Dave Burk Tiara Hughes As early as elementary school, Tiara Hughes was drawing designs for buildings.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2025
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Fighters from Tel Rifaat have remained temporarily on duty, occupying a former Kurdish militia base in the primary school and guarding checkpoints on the edge of town.—
Carlotta Gall,
New York Times,
15 Dec. 2024
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Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, who uses only one name, also directed all primary schools to shift to online classes.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
15 Nov. 2024
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This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2025
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Prior to The Bee, Smith covered high school sports at the Citrus Heights Sentinel.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
31 Jan. 2025
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School Board members must remember that their constituents are not only public school students and their parents, but Broward taxpayers as well.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
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State officials reportedly pegged the total of the hurricane’s damage for western North Carolina public schools to be about $85 million.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Castaic Union School District closed all schools, while the William S. Hart Union High School District shut down multiple campuses, including Castaic, Valencia, and Rio Norte junior high schools, impacting 21,000 students in the Santa Clarita Valley.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Here's what's changing for next school year: West Corridor Ethel M. Taylor Academy will become a junior high school serving students in seventh and eighth grades.—
Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
11 Dec. 2024
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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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Someone who contributes to the 2034 World Series winner is currently a middle school student — heck, maybe your child will be the one leading the A’s to their first title in 45 years!—
Patrick Saunders,
The Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2025
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The upheaval comes on the heels of a successful year, with the chorale launching the High Notes, a choir for middle school students in Pasadena and Altadena , as well as the Pasadena Choral Society.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 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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“Secondary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secondary%20school. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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