elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Jones owes the families $1.5 billion for spreading false conspiracies that the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., never happened; his followers then harassed and threatened them for years.
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Tovia Smith, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024
An elementary school in Princetown, Devon, was paying £15,200 (around $19,700) a year in rent, the investigation found, while the Duchy of Cornwall charged the Ministry of Defence to rent land, even though the king is commander in chief of the Armed Forces.
—Jack Royston, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Rising Stars at Carthage: This would become an elementary school for kids in kindergarten to fourth grade.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
Video shows that an elementary school in the Oklahoma City metro area sustained major damage.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Tovia Smith, NPR, 19 Nov. 2024
An elementary school in Princetown, Devon, was paying £15,200 (around $19,700) a year in rent, the investigation found, while the Duchy of Cornwall charged the Ministry of Defence to rent land, even though the king is commander in chief of the Armed Forces.
—Jack Royston, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Rising Stars at Carthage: This would become an elementary school for kids in kindergarten to fourth grade.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
Video shows that an elementary school in the Oklahoma City metro area sustained major damage.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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