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normal school
normal schoolnoun(formerly) a school offering a two-year course and certification to high school graduates preparing to be teachers, especially elementary-school teachers.
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Normal School
Normal Schoolnoun(in France, and formerly England, the US, and Canada) a school or institution for training teachers
normal school
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of normal school
First recorded in 1825–35
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“These assemblies have ended up creating a disruption to normal school activities and has also left many students feeling unsafe and unwelcome.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
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
She said she was grateful to her parents for treating all three children equally and "putting us through education in a normal school because they believe in equality".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023
Probably Miss Myrt herself had never darkened the door of the normal school, or even been to Terre Haute.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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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
But after they graduated from seventh grade, Colored children who wanted to continue their education had to leave home to attend the Petersburg Normal School for Negroes.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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