kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-dər-ˌgärt-nər 
ˈkin-də-,
-ˌgärd-
variants
or less commonly kindergartener
1
: a child attending or of an age to attend kindergarten
2
: a teacher at a kindergarten
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The kids missing the most amount of school may surprise you: kindergarteners
Nearby, gathered on the learning rug in teacher Diana Dickey’s classroom, the kindergartners aren’t cheering: They’ve just been told one of their classmates is absent.
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Cory Turner, NPR, 14 June 2024
Last fall, the Journal Sentinel reported that Wisconsin kindergartners had one of the lowest rates of vaccination in the country against measles, partly driven by a rise in kindergartners getting exemptions from state vaccine requirements.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
But in Broward County, Florida, just 91.7% of kindergartners are fully vaccinated, part of a trend of falling vaccination rates nationwide.
—Joel Mathis, theweek, 27 Feb. 2024
Developmental experts, and even Lopez, agree with the change, as Connecticut joins the majority of other states that require kindergartners to be 5.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2024
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Cory Turner, NPR, 14 June 2024
Last fall, the Journal Sentinel reported that Wisconsin kindergartners had one of the lowest rates of vaccination in the country against measles, partly driven by a rise in kindergartners getting exemptions from state vaccine requirements.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
But in Broward County, Florida, just 91.7% of kindergartners are fully vaccinated, part of a trend of falling vaccination rates nationwide.
—Joel Mathis, theweek, 27 Feb. 2024
Developmental experts, and even Lopez, agree with the change, as Connecticut joins the majority of other states that require kindergartners to be 5.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2024
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kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-der-ˌgärt-nər
-ˌgärd-
: a kindergarten pupil
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