secondary school
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As Stewart was finishing secondary school, Dormand encouraged the 14-year-old to consider drama school and a career as an actor, but he demurred, saying people like him didn’t become professional actors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Perched on a low wall alongside friends, 18-year-old Abdel rattled off the problems that drove him to protest in his final year of secondary school in the eastern suburb of Bagnolet.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Student Will Seward, 19, started going to the gym when he was at secondary school because he wanted to "get stronger and build up his physique".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Reading gains were modest in elementary school and nearly zero in secondary school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He urged her father to allow Elizabeth to attend Troy Female Seminary, a secondary school founded by Emma Willard in 1821.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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