as in secondary school
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Recent Examples of elementary school
Communities throughout Germany are also facing pressure to expand after-school programs for elementary school students, to ease burdens on working parents.
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Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
Yet that was a time when elementary school students would've been hard pressed to recognize their congressman.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
How about adding an extra year of elementary school for these students?
—Michael J. Petrilli, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In fact, research shows that reading books to your child as an infant can boost vocabulary and reading skills years later—long before the start of elementary school.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 Oct. 2024
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Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
Yet that was a time when elementary school students would've been hard pressed to recognize their congressman.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
How about adding an extra year of elementary school for these students?
—Michael J. Petrilli, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In fact, research shows that reading books to your child as an infant can boost vocabulary and reading skills years later—long before the start of elementary school.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for elementary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementary school
- secondary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- grammar school
- middle school
- senior high school
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All twelve of Gaza’s universities, and some eighty-five per cent of its primary and secondary schools, have been irrevocably damaged.Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The Bureau of Indian Education funds 183 elementary and secondary schools and residential facilities across the nation.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Since then, it has been relocated to a nearby primary school.UNICEF USA, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Kingston Golden Pils, a fresh take on the European Pils named after Holland’s hometown; Edge Hill Hazy IPA, a New-England style hoppy named after Holland’s primary school; and Noon Wheat, a nod to Tom’s beloved schnauzer of the same name.Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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The property was once envisioned as the site of a high school but now sits vacant.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The organization, created in 2002 after four students at a Jefferson County high school died by suicide in a nine-month period, is branching out beyond the Front Range.Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Correa is a longtime Orange County resident, growing up in Anaheim public schools.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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But for most of his career, Walz worked as a public school teacher and football coach, the type of middle-income job that doesn't lend itself to building a large nest egg.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kids at Evanston Academy, which would turn into the district's junior high school for the east corridor, would then go to Frederick Douglass instead.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
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Upon graduating from Harvard, John Adams became a grammar school teacher.Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
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Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine.Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
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That vision includes several middle schools and a more efficient transportation system.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
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Prince George's County schools in Maryland are installing vape detectors in the bathrooms of all its high schools and some middle schools, a representative tells Axios.Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At Wayne Local Schools, Shelby Herlihy is the new assistant principal at the junior/senior high school and Kevin Wright is the new director of student services and special education.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary%20school. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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