upper school

noun

: a school or part of a school for students between the ages of 14 and 18

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This is just phase one of a multi-phase master plan to renovate, renew and replace several of the buildings on Country Day’s campus, including the upper school and the performing arts center. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025 Pembroke Hill School, virtual learning day for middle and upper school and classes canceled for lower school and early childhood program. The Kansas City Star Staff, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025 Harvard-Westlake attempted for years to improve its parking situation for the upper school located on Coldwater Canyon Boulevard. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025 More recently, the property has added other facilities and become self-contained with shops, a market, a hair salon, even the Windsor School for middle and upper school students, drawing various shareholders to take up full time residence in what was normally a second or third home. Laurie Werner, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 Most notably, the principal of the upper school was attacked and seriously injured by a 16-year-old student in 2021. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023 Bayshore just this week broke ground on a new upper school campus off Highway 13 in Daphne that is scheduled to open in the fall of 2024. Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 4 May 2023 From 1997 until retiring in 2018, Mr. Tracey was the director of the middle and upper school counseling program at The Park School. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2023 In a letter to the upper school community Tuesday, Head of School Stephanie Sibley said staff immediately notified police, the school system’s safety services, the school nurse, and the students’ families. Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023

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“Upper school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upper%20school. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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