# School in the USA

Going to high school in the United States of America is a little different than here in the Netherlands.

Is it just like the movies? Do they actually sing and dance like in High School Musical? Sadly they do not but they do go to school in a yellow schoolbus and they also play sports for their school instead of a club, like we do.

Here you start high school from the age of 12 and depending on your level of academics you wil study till the age of 16, 17 or 18. In the USA you start high school at the age of 14. Before that you go to middle school which is two years. Then they go on to start freshman year of high school, then sophomore year, junior year, followed by senior year. Every student follows the same level and programme. For most students Prom is the highlight of their high school career.

Watch the video below and answer the following question.

High school highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MILPY1bPVY