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As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The first public school in the country, Boston Latin, was founded in Boston a year earlier; the state’s constitution required every town to establish grammar schools.
—Jenna Russell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
As a kid in Los Angeles’s Chatsworth neighborhood, growing up on a property that had once belonged to cowboy star Roy Rogers, Kilmer began studying acting in grammar school, already dreaming of emulating Hollywood’s eccentric nonpareil, Marlon Brando.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.
—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar school
- high school
- trade school
- public school
- junior high school
- elementary school
- middle school
- secondary school
- senior high school
Noun
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Conor Schroeder, 18, is a senior in his fifth year of high school who is striving to graduate.—
Ashley Schwartz-Lavares,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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LeBron James, who was a few days younger when the Cleveland Cavaliers selected him in 2003 out of high school.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Indiana University-Bloomington should not be turned into a trade school with Division One football and basketball.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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Meanwhile, their friends who didn’t go to college were enrolling in trade school or going directly to work in manufacturing, retail, hospitality, construction …basically everything else.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
5 July 2025
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The move sparked anxiety, confusion and intense pushback from public school districts and advocates nationwide.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
27 July 2025
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This year, state lawmakers approved a $8.5 billion bump for public schools, the first comprehensive increase in state funding for public schools since 2019.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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The Cups 4 Cancer fundraiser will be dedicated to Austin’s former junior high school teammate Dylan Krestan, who has battled Hodgkin lymphoma for the last several months.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The controversy in Loudoun County came the day after parents and residents clashed at a school board meeting in the Chicago area on Monday after a trans junior high school student won multiple events at a local track meet.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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The acquisition allows Rocketship to expand its network of elementary schools in Wisconsin and allows Carmen Schools to focus on middle and high school education.—
Mia Thurow,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Tentative plans also are in the works for Hope and Jefferson elementary schools.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Children in the Waukegan Park District’s Before and After School program (BASE) get an opportunity to form friendships with youngsters who are not in the same elementary school, but may become classmates in middle school and certainly in high school.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Finally, one of your suggestions is connect with other parents with similar mindsets on phones/social media before your kids get to middle school.—
Eileen Finan,
People.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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This is Heartlands Academy, a secondary school in Nechells, Birmingham, close to Spaghetti Junction and precisely two miles from Villa Park.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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The trend began slowly, in the nineteen-eighties, when secondary schools with big-time basketball programs—notably, Oak Hill Academy, in rural Virginia, the alma mater of Rod Strickland, Anthony, and Durant—began recruiting the country’s best players.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The couple moved to Long Prairie in 1963, where Everett continued his 35-year teaching career in both junior and senior high school science.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
20 Feb. 2024
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Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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“Grammar school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar%20school. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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