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Wed May-26-10 12:20 PM
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Sanborn Regional Middle School in beautiful downtown Newton Junction, NH
The nearby town where we lived previously (Wilmington, Mass) had k-6 elementary schools and a pair of "intermediate" schools for 7th and 8th grade before heading to Wilmington High or Shawsheen Tech for high school.
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| -When was middle school invented? When I went to school, elementary was grade 1-6 |
raccoon |
May-26-10 09:29 AM |
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Middle School is Junior High. |
Iggo |
May-26-10 09:40 AM |
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The school in my town |
mycatfred |
May-26-10 09:43 AM |
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When the baby boom busted, 7th & 8th grade no longer filled the building |
Bossy Monkey |
May-26-10 10:01 AM |
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yeah, and your parents remember when junior high was invented and JH was usually grades 7-9 |
Gormy Cuss |
May-26-10 10:09 AM |
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We had such small schools that elementary was grades 1-8 and |
Arkansas Granny |
May-26-10 10:22 AM |
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That's how it was when I was in junior high (late 70s) |
Arugula Latte |
May-26-10 11:40 AM |
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I went to Catholic school... |
MiddleFingerMom |
May-26-10 12:13 PM |
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my elementary was K-8th |
Kali |
May-26-10 12:15 PM |
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We had it 1978-1981 |
SoxFan |
May-26-10 12:20 PM |
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Middle school is the same thing as junior high but the term is far more common now |
tonysam |
May-26-10 12:23 PM |
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my district had jr high (7-9) until the most recent schhol year |
fizzgig |
May-26-10 01:42 PM |
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I think middle school and junior high are the same thing. |
Drunken Irishman |
May-26-10 01:48 PM |
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we had a middle school |
nickinSTL |
May-26-10 02:37 PM |
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Whoa. Never heard of that last system you described. |
Arugula Latte |
May-27-10 12:03 PM |
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I would guess around the 50s or 60s. |
sakabatou |
May-26-10 02:40 PM |
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Middle school and junior high are NOT the same thing |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-26-10 02:47 PM |
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Don't think so... |
ElboRuum |
May-26-10 07:43 PM |
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We had a Jr. high here(7th & 8th grade) until sometime in the mid-late-90's. |
Blue Diadem |
May-26-10 03:04 PM |
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When I went it was K-8, then high school |
MrSlayer |
May-26-10 03:37 PM |
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No Catholic schooling for me |
ChazII |
May-26-10 05:55 PM |
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hmm, I went to Catholic school 1-6, Junior high 7-9 |
tigereye |
May-26-10 04:28 PM |
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That was my path too - exactly |
Richardo |
May-26-10 04:45 PM |
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When I was growing up, it was Elementary school 1-6, Jr. High |
Lindsey |
May-26-10 06:15 PM |
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hey how are you? |
tigereye |
May-27-10 11:37 AM |
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I went to junior high in the early seventies. |
Kat45 |
May-26-10 06:12 PM |
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Same here. |
Archae |
May-26-10 06:48 PM |
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1-6 primary (elementary) school, 7-9th JR HIGH, 10-12 high school |
carlyhippy |
May-26-10 08:13 PM |
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Middle school and junior high are not the same. |
femmocrat |
May-26-10 08:55 PM |
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Did they have history classes back then? |
Nuclear Unicorn |
May-27-10 11:58 AM |
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For me, Junior High was grades 7-9. |
Blue-Jay |
May-27-10 12:10 PM |
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