Ortaokulda iken Tom Mary'ye çok fena tutuldu.
- Tom had a crush on Mary when he was in junior high school.
Ben bir ortaokul öğrencisiyim.
- I'm a junior high school student.
In California the term originally used was intermediate high school, later shortened to intermediate school, but the term junior high school is rapidly supplanting the others.
In junior high school, Tom was a better student than Mary was.
- In junior high school, Tom was a better student than Mary.
Tom was a junior high school student the first time I met him.
- Tom was a junior high school student when I first met him.