First recorded in 1825–35
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It is nowhere near a normal school day.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
Unified prohibits “the use of cellular phones, pagers, or any electronic signaling device by students on campus during normal school hours or school activities, excluding the students’ lunchtime or nutrition breaks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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
—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
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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