Education in the USA
Across
- 4. A term for a 4-year school that only offers Bachelor's degrees. Commonly used by Americans in conversation.
- 6. ________ school in America starts when you're 14 years old.
- 7. As a senior, you get your own _______ _____ and can usually paint it for the year.
- 10. Freshmen in high school often jokingly are called this by upperclassmen.
- 12. The term for juniors and seniors.
- 14. The term for the monocolor "dress" worn by all graduating students.
- 15. Many students stay at school until 5 or 6 PM on weekdays for club meetings or sport practices, which are also known as this:
- 18. The Pledge of ____________ is typically said at the beginning of every school day in the USA.
- 19. In America, attending this 4-year school costs anywhere from 2 160 758 CZK to 5 220 576 CZK on average.
- 20. The age you are when you graduate high school in the USA.
Down
- 1. A formal dance in the fall that all classes can attend.
- 2. You're in _______ school when you're in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade.
- 3. A type of school that is "in between" public and private schools, because it has public funding but independent admininstrators.
- 5. You need to obtain a ______ of recommendation from at least one of your teachers if you want to go to college.
- 8. GPA stands for this. (4.0 is a good GPA.)
- 9. A formal dance in the spring that underclassmen can only attend if they're invited by an upperclassman
- 11. The final year of high school is known as ______ year.
- 13. The term for the hat thrown in the air by students who graduate.
- 16. In American high schools, students make their own.
- 17. The term for freshmen and sophomores.