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#Adolescence #Educational stages #High schools and secondary schools #School terminology #School types #Youth

1 In ________, many state secondary schools name themselves high schools.

2 High school prepares the pupil for the Bagrut examination, which is required to continue to ________ institution and to be accepted for most jobs.

3 In ________, the term "high school" isn't often used to describe schools; nevertheless, the term encompasses grades 9 to 11.

4 All academic classes offered in these schools are classified as honors, ________, or Advanced Placement.

5 "College" is another term often used in the North Island and for ________ and, unlike the United States, does not refer to a university.

6 The school certificate takes place at Year 10, followed by the ________ (HSC) in Year 12.

7 Unlike most ________, high schools in South Korea are neither free nor compulsory.

8 Traditionally "prep schools" in North America were usually private institutions, though most medium or large public (state) school districts now offer ________ for advanced students.

9 Senior ________ is a very popular activity amongst graduating students.

10 In ________ and some areas in Suffolk, Somerset, Staffordshire and Worcestershire there still exists a three-tier education system comprising of First, Middle and High school.

šŸ’” Interesting Facts

  • current NFL player Terrance Knighton received only two scholarship offers coming out of high school?
  • Sports Illustrated described high school player Kevin Laue as "the most exciting player in basketball" because of his playing skill with only one hand?
  • Will Harvey created his first commercial computer game when he was only 15 and still in high school?
  • girls in Poland wear red lingerie underneath their dresses during a studniĆ³wka (high school ball)?
  • the 2004 Dean v. Utica U.S. federal case expanded the First Amendment rights of high school journalists, which had been limited by the Supreme Court's 1988 Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier ruling?
  • though students spend their entire high school career at Tech Valley High School in New York's Capital District, their diploma comes from their home school district?
  • the film Dangerous Minds was based on the true story by the high school teacher Louanne Johnson, My Posse Don't Do Homework?
  • Ossie Brown, a criminal defense lawyer and former district attorney in Baton Rouge, composed his high school alma mater?
  • Murray Raney, who developed the Raney nickel catalyst, did not attend high school?
  • Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets American college basketball player Thaddeus Young (pictured) was a McDonald's All-American and graduated from high school with a 4.3 grade point average?
  • Colorado Rep. Stella Garza-Hicks dropped out of high school in the ninth grade?
  • Matthew Vassar's Springside estate (pictured), Andrew Jackson Downing's only extant work, has been a proposed site for a cemetery, high school and condominiums?
  • John "Bam" Carney, a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, became well-known in his district through his work as a high school basketball coach?
  • Katie Sierra was accused of treason and suspended from high school in October 2001 for attempting to start an anarchist club?
  • John Pittenger, former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, was the first legislator to regularly employ high school seniors as legislative pages in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives?
  • architect, former partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and founder of Lucien Lagrange Architects, Lucien Lagrange was a high school dropout?
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