junior highs

Pre-high school institutions

Junior highs is the plural of junior high, short for junior high school—an American educational institution serving students typically between elementary school and high school, usually grades seven through nine.

The term has largely given way to middle school in many districts: Back in the eighties, most kids around here went to junior highs.

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emotional growth · peer relationships · middle schools · homeroom · identity formation · puberty · education · homework · report cards · backpacks · classroom · cafeteria · textbooks · extracurriculars · school dances · secondary school · conflict resolution · dress code

Opposites
educational level/grade progression

junior highshigh schools

Pre-college educational institutions

elementary schools · primary schools · preschools · kindergartens · grade schools

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G