senior high school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of senior high school
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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As grades become more important to adolescents and teens in junior and senior high school, many parents also include academic considerations in their sick day decision.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024
In 2014, a department of the U.K. government published a study of history and English papers produced by online-essay writing services for senior high school students.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2022
Children are entitled to an education from "kindergarten to senior high school" according to China's State Council, but this doesn't always happen.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2022
The Lower Kuskokwim School District is hoping to gain a little time by demolishing just the junior and senior high school wings of the existing K-12 building this spring.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2022
During those war years I went to three different schools—a kindergarten and the equivalents of your junior and senior high school.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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