First recorded in 1825–35
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As one slide at a meeting for parents said: “We feel confident about allowing a return to normal school operations, giving discretion to site administrators to pivot should conditions change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
The legislation also allowed space for professional development for teachers within a normal school day.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Because I was a television actor, I wasn't being considered for films, so after a season would end, I'd just go back to my normal school.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023
"We are a completely normal school," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2023
—Did you talk to the counselors there about returning to normal school activities, including basketball?
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
The international team of co-authors also includes researchers from Monash University and the Museums Victoria Research Institute in Australia; the Benemérita Normal School of Coahuila in Mexico and the Smithsonian Institution.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
Once she graduated from high school, Mabovitch attended Milwaukee Normal School and trained to become a teacher.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 12, 2023
Heck, 200 years ago, when the first Normal School — the two-year seminary for educating teachers — opened in Vermont in 1823, parents who cared more about work than their kids was a hot topic.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023
The brick hall named for McMullen was finished in 1935 and was the first structure at what was then Eastern Montana Normal School.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Also, Nollie had things to talk about: the year before she had started Normal School.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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