middle school

noun

: a school usually including grades five to eight or six to eight
middle schooler noun

Examples of middle school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Students are still trying to rebound from COVID-era learning setbacks and in many areas of America, most students in middle school are still not even reading at grade level. Ulrich Boser, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 On Monday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 14-year-old boy from Eastvale on suspicion of making undisclosed threats against students at a Jurupa Valley Unified School District middle school. Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024 In elementary school, pre-K to fifth graders usually stay in the same classroom with the same teacher all day, a big difference versus middle school where students move from class-to-class each period with a different teacher for every subject. Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024 In a pilot program at four California middle schools, Weisz tracked the effects of establishing empathy as a social norm among students. Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for middle school 

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Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of middle school was in 1870

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“Middle school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20school. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

middle school

noun
: a school usually including grades 5 to 8 or 6 to 8

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