principal's office
School authority's room
The principal's office is the administrative center of a school, where the principal works.
It's where students are sent for disciplinary matters, making it synonymous with being in trouble: He got sent to the principal's office for fighting.
The phrase carries connotations of childhood anxiety and authority figures.
- detentionTemporary official holding
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- in troubleFacing difficulty or punishment
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
summons · waiting · waiting room · anxiety · chairs · secretary · intercom · tardy · expelled · punishment · nervous · reprimand · authority · desk · parents · called · behavior · school rules
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- school facilitiesclassroom, gymnasium, cafeteria, auditorium, library
- office roomsreception, mailroom, human resources, registrar, financial aid
- schoolsprimary school, school, college, academy, high school
- truancytruancy, skipping class, skipping school, cutting class, cutting school
principal's officeplayground
Children's outdoor recreation space
recess · gymnasium · safe space · student lounge · cafeteria
principal's officerecess
Pause in activity
playground · field trip · awards ceremony · summer vacation · pep rally
principal, office, principals, principally, principality, offices, officer, officers, official