senior high school

noun

: a school usually including grades 10 to 12

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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 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 The bond issue would have paid for: Classroom additions to the junior and senior high schools along with Spaulding Elementary School. Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024 After serving as Theater Director at Windham High School for a total of 12 years (staging 28 stage productions, 14 of which were musicals), Iovine retired in December of 2016 after 32 years as a junior and senior high school English/Journalism teacher and drama director. Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for senior high school 

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of senior high school was in 1909

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“Senior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senior%20high%20school. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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