upper-school

noun

a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.

Origin:
1620–30

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upper school

—n
	the senior pupils in a secondary school, usually those in the fourth and fifth years and above

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"... much less time should be given to school, and much more to domestic employments, especially in the wealthier classes. A little girl may begin, at five or six years of age, to assist her mother: and, if properly trained, by the time she is ten, she can render essential aid. From this time, until she is fourteen or fifteen, it should be the principal object of her education to secure a strong and healthy constitution, and a thorough practical knowledge of all kinds of domestic employments. During this period, though some attention ought to be paid to intellectual culture, it ought to be made altogether secondary in importance."

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