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middle school

noun

  1. a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.


middle school

noun

  1. (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 8 or 9 and 12 or 13 Compare first school
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of middle school1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Perhaps they were too busy being mean girls in middle school to learn that “distrust in government†was baked into the United States, a nation founded on a rebellion against centralized, executive power.

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On its Instagram account, the school has marketed a middle school soccer club and an ice-skating field trip.

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A security officer forced an 11-year-old girl to duct-tape her mouth shut at a Pasadena middle school because she was talking too loud and giggling during a lunch break, according to the girl’s father.

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Osada and his son received a phone call from his daughter, who informed them that she was at a nearby middle school.

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A San Diego middle school agreed to expunge the suspension of a student who was accused of attending a football game in blackface in 2023.

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