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high school 
a secondary school having four or five grades, the number of grades and the nature of the curriculum varying from province to province.
See also: collegiate institute
- 1849 The proposition we understand, to purchase two lots from the Odd Fellows, was entertained, by the Council, and a High School is to be erected thereon immediately.
- 1889 The Educational system of Ontario is one of the best in the world. It consists of Public Schools, High Schools and the University, an organic whole, each part fused into the other.
- 1955 Even this year there are young Corner Brook ladies, graduates from High School, who have had to go elsewhere for training in secretarial work.
- 1962 It is true that some high schools of good quality are now being called "Secondary Schools," but this indicates that they have classes in technical and commercial subjects under the same roof as those in academic (now called arts and science) subjects.
- 1849 The proposition we understand, to purchase two lots from the Odd Fellows, was entertained, by the Council, and a High School is to be erected thereon immediately.