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middle school

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middle school
n.
A school at a level between elementary and high school, typically including grades five through eight.

middle school
n
(Social Science / Education) (in England and Wales) a school for children aged between 8 or 9 and 12 or 13 Compare first school
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Noun1.middle school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and collegemiddle school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"
academy - a secondary school (usually private)
trade school, vocational school - a secondary school teaching the skilled trades
high school, highschool, senior high, senior high school, high - a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"
junior high, junior high school - a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades
prep school, preparatory school - a private secondary school
public school - private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition
grammar school - a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
secondary modern school - a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
composite school, comprehensive school - a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
Translations
middle school nscuola media (per ragazzi dagli 8 o 9 anni ai 12 o 13 anni in Gran Bretagna e dagli 11 anni ai 14 anni negli Stati Uniti)


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In the United States, 88% of young adolescents experience a critical developmental milestone: the transition from elementary to middle school (National Middle School Association [NMSA] & National Association of Elementary School Principals [NAESP], 2002).
Among all these concerns dealing with maths is one of the most common fear that makes their progression from elementary to middle school a little bothersome.
Lanni has taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 30 years, most of those at Ralph Waldo Emerson Middle School in Westwood, where he is director of the Music Department.
 
 
 
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