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According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, approximately 69% of high schools report difficulty filling physics positions, and 45% struggle with chemistry vacancies.
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Scott White, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
There will be a spirit event at 11 a.m. March 9, where attendees are asked to wear church-appropriate attire reflective of their favorite sports team, high schools, or Greek Life organizations, during service.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
The two sides negotiated an age eligibility rule that, as of 2006, requires players to be 19 years old and, for Americans, one year out of high school.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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Scott White, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
There will be a spirit event at 11 a.m. March 9, where attendees are asked to wear church-appropriate attire reflective of their favorite sports team, high schools, or Greek Life organizations, during service.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
The two sides negotiated an age eligibility rule that, as of 2006, requires players to be 19 years old and, for Americans, one year out of high school.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high school
- public school
- junior high school
- senior high school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- middle school
- common school
- primary school
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Many Mennonite families don’t send children to public schools.—
Carlos Nogueras Ramos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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In interviews with The News, parents have repeatedly expressed a desire to remain in the city, but a struggle to make ends meet while waiting for public school.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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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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Instead, the hardline Islamist group has done an about-face and banned women from going to university, closed secondary schools and beauty salons, and stopped women from working at NGOs, including at the United Nations.—
Salma Abdelaziz,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Historic buildings, elementary and secondary schools, manufacturing buildings, agricultural buildings and federal buildings can apply to be exempted.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2025
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The monthly goal is to give away about a thousand books, usually to elementary schools, middle schools and different children’s organizations, or to have students come into the bookstore and clear the shelves themselves.—
Shanzeh Ahmad,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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The club’s goal is to honor students at Barnard, Kate Sessions and Pacific Beach elementary schools and Crown Point Junior Music Academy.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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The system's junior high ranked first statewide among middle schools in overall ATLAS growth with a rate of 88.11%.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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By middle school, many kids’ interest in learning falls off a cliff.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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Project 2025 proposes that the government could support parents who choose to homeschool or put their kids in a religious primary school by providing Educational Savings Accounts and school vouchers.—
Alex Hinton,
The Conversation,
7 Feb. 2025
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The photographer’s first campaign under this new course showed a primary school class made up of a multiracial group of children.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
13 Jan. 2025
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“High school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20school. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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