(US) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school.
In junior high school our choir group sang “Everything’s Alright”. I enjoyed that musical. Still do. And the music 🎶 is such fantastic energy.
OMG…my junior high school’s yearbook has a shot of two wrestlers on a match…from behind…that said “Bottoms Up.” I’d forgotten about it until now…that picture and caption was appropriate but us girls were subjected to…
(US) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. It often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.
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(US) A student at a school that includes grades 6, 7 and 8; a preadolescent.
(US) A student at a school that includes grades 6, 7 and 8; a preadolescent.
A British English term for a primary school that caters to children roughly between the ages of seven and eleven — typically years three through six in the English school system. Junior school follows infant school and precedes secondary school, occupying the middle stretch of compulsory early education. While not slang in the traditional sense, it's a firmly regional term that confuses people used to American grade-school terminology and remains the everyday word British parents, teachers, and kids actually use.
A school providing primary education to children.
(Philippines) A secondary education school for grades 7–10 (a continuation of elementary school). It is succeeded by senior high school.
“In junior high school our choir group sang “Everything’s Alright”. I enjoyed that musical. Still do. And the music 🎶 is such fantastic energy.”
“OMG…my junior high school’s yearbook has a shot of two wrestlers on a match…from behind…that said “Bottoms Up.” I’d forgotten about it until now…that picture and caption was appropriate but us girls were subjected to the 2-finger test on our tank top straps🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️”
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