junior high

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But Burke allegedly drove to Lake Elsinore and paid a junior high school student $1,000 to give her a new phone so they could stay in touch, according to the document filed Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

In junior high, I immediately auditioned for school plays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

And then he talked about Greenland, teasing his remarks as if he were standing on a junior high school stage introducing an eighth-grade production of “We’re No Angels.”

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

As a junior high kid, the game was a refuge, a creative tool where I could envision characters, worlds and fantastical scenarios.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

I went out to the kitchen and called the junior high to let them know I wouldn’t be coming anytime that day, and I got a pot of coffee brewing.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant