as in high school
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an educational institution that includes the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades and often also the 9th grade
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Recent Examples of senior high school
In 2005, an American teenager, Natalee Holloway, disappeared on a senior high school class trip to Aruba.
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Christine Hauser, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
The senior high school building suffered significant damage, so students at the senior high level had to attend classes for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year and the start of the current school year at the school arena and at East Arkansas Community College Technical Center, Russell said.
—Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023
Freshman and sophomore high school girls were also more likely to make a suicide plan and attempt suicide compared to senior high school girls, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2023
The 2024 Alabama football recruiting class hasn’t even started games in its players’ senior high school seasons.
—Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
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Christine Hauser, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
The senior high school building suffered significant damage, so students at the senior high level had to attend classes for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year and the start of the current school year at the school arena and at East Arkansas Community College Technical Center, Russell said.
—Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023
Freshman and sophomore high school girls were also more likely to make a suicide plan and attempt suicide compared to senior high school girls, according to the CDC.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2023
The 2024 Alabama football recruiting class hasn’t even started games in its players’ senior high school seasons.
—Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 24 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior high school
- high school
- junior high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- grammar school
- middle school
- primary school
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The property was once envisioned as the site of a high school but now sits vacant.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The organization, created in 2002 after four students at a Jefferson County high school died by suicide in a nine-month period, is branching out beyond the Front Range.Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kids at Evanston Academy, which would turn into the district's junior high school for the east corridor, would then go to Frederick Douglass instead.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
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Correa is a longtime Orange County resident, growing up in Anaheim public schools.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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But for most of his career, Walz worked as a public school teacher and football coach, the type of middle-income job that doesn't lend itself to building a large nest egg.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
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All twelve of Gaza’s universities, and some eighty-five per cent of its primary and secondary schools, have been irrevocably damaged.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Bureau of Indian Education funds 183 elementary and secondary schools and residential facilities across the nation.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Cosby began her career as a teacher in an IPS elementary school and is program chair and professor of education at the Ivy Tech Community College campus in Indianapolis.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kids in elementary school needs a focus on reassurance, McWilliams Barndt said.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Upon graduating from Harvard, John Adams became a grammar school teacher.Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
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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.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
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That vision includes several middle schools and a more efficient transportation system.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
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Prince George's County schools in Maryland are installing vape detectors in the bathrooms of all its high schools and some middle schools, a representative tells Axios.Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since then, it has been relocated to a nearby primary school.UNICEF USA, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Kingston Golden Pils, a fresh take on the European Pils named after Holland’s hometown; Edge Hill Hazy IPA, a New-England style hoppy named after Holland’s primary school; and Noon Wheat, a nod to Tom’s beloved schnauzer of the same name.Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Senior high school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior%20high%20school. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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