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Recent Examples of elementary school
The school would be the first new elementary school in Star in almost 50 years, and the district’s first since Pleasant View Elementary opened in Meridian in 2020.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025
At Apex Legends Global Series Year 4, the teams are housed in a massive rectangular structure that resembles a high-tech take on elementary school cubbies.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
New Mexico officials also said people may have been exposed at a grocery store, an elementary school, a church, Nor-Lea Hospital and a Walgreens in Hobbs.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Soon the boys were enrolling at Pasadena Unified elementary schools — and all three would eventually attend Muir.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025
At Apex Legends Global Series Year 4, the teams are housed in a massive rectangular structure that resembles a high-tech take on elementary school cubbies.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
New Mexico officials also said people may have been exposed at a grocery store, an elementary school, a church, Nor-Lea Hospital and a Walgreens in Hobbs.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Soon the boys were enrolling at Pasadena Unified elementary schools — and all three would eventually attend Muir.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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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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Instead, the hardline Islamist group has done an about-face and banned women from going to university, closed secondary schools and beauty salons, and stopped women from working at NGOs, including at the United Nations.—
Salma Abdelaziz,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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Historic buildings, elementary and secondary schools, manufacturing buildings, agricultural buildings and federal buildings can apply to be exempted.—
Christine Condon,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Putnam County Charter School System said in a statement on Facebook that Janet was a primary school teacher.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Benedict School was closed after a successful term and the primary school will be closed for a month or so. Joseph Nachbar of St. Benedict is busy putting up ice.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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None of that hairy high school fake this, do what we're told.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Frost was very much a man of letters, a classicist and, alongside his future wife, Elinor, a co-valedictorian of his high school, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Federal funding made up 18% of Texas' public school budget for the 2021-2022 school year, compared with 23% in Mississippi — the highest in the nation — and just 7% in New York, the lowest, per USA Facts.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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There’s also pressure from City Hall to help address funding woes within the city’s public school system amid tense contract negotiations with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s closest political ally, the Chicago Teachers Union.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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While days were spent instructing junior high school students in the Washington area, Flack's nights coalesced around her budding music career.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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The opinion was also discussed that the study course at the Litchfield junior high school is too heavy for children of that age.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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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 🏃🏾♂️. March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Dammers belonged to a generation that was pushed to pass the notorious eleven-plus exam and get into one of the United Kingdom’s supposedly superior grammar schools.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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The system's junior high ranked first statewide among middle schools in overall ATLAS growth with a rate of 88.11%.—
Lena Miano,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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By middle school, many kids’ interest in learning falls off a cliff.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary%20school. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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