highschools

Secondary education buildings

Highschools is a nonstandard spelling of high schools, the educational institutions for students typically aged 14–18.

The two-word form is standard in American and British English: She teaches at the local high school.

The closed compound appears occasionally but is considered informal or an error in edited writing.

coming-of-age

adolescence

Teenage developmental stage

first love · rebellion · independence · self-discovery · awkwardness · insecurity · peer pressure · growing up · maturity · angst

academic

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

  • diplomaAcademic completion document
  • graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
  • GPACumulative academic score

transcripts · honors · AP classes · exams · credits · semesters · report cards · valedictorian · salutatorian · homework

social

prom

High school formal dance

dating · friendships · cafeteria · hallways · gossip · drama · peers · social hierarchy · crushes · breakups

extracurricular

football

Field sport with goals

choir · drama club · debate team · student council · athletics · varsity · JV · letterman · sports · theater

institutional

public

Available to all

  • privateRestricted to certain parties
  • charterFounding organizational document
  • magnetObject producing attractive field

boarding · parochial · district · enrollment · accreditation · administration · superintendent · funding · standardized testing · regulations

Opposites
educational level

highschoolselementary schools

Institutions for young learners

primary schools · grade schools · preschools · kindergartens · universities

formality of education

highschoolshomeschooling

Family-directed academic instruction

unschooling · self-education · autodidacticism · apprenticeships · tutoring

Family

high, school, schools, higher, highest, highly, height, heights, heighten

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