elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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The monthly goal is to give away about a thousand books, usually to elementary schools, middle schools and different children’s organizations, or to have students come into the bookstore and clear the shelves themselves.
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Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
The club’s goal is to honor students at Barnard, Kate Sessions and Pacific Beach elementary schools and Crown Point Junior Music Academy.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Last year, 122 elementary schools across the country enrolled no new students.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Prairie Park Elementary, 2711 Kensington Road, is one of ten elementary schools in Lawrence Unified School District 497.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025
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Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
The club’s goal is to honor students at Barnard, Kate Sessions and Pacific Beach elementary schools and Crown Point Junior Music Academy.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Last year, 122 elementary schools across the country enrolled no new students.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Prairie Park Elementary, 2711 Kensington Road, is one of ten elementary schools in Lawrence Unified School District 497.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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