as in nursery
a school for children who are generally less than five years old
attends pre-K
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Recent Examples of pre-K
The program rewards pre-K to 6th grade students who meet reading goals with Reading Award Certificates for a free, one-topping Personal Pan Pizza.
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Having owner Mark Iacono’s number. 21. K-12 SCHOOL With a mass of Hollywood celebs raising families in Brooklyn, competition for exclusive private schools has become cutthroat — nowhere more than at the nepo-baby magnet that is Saint Ann’s, the Harvard-Westlake of the East (for pre-K and up).
—Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2024
In elementary school, pre-K to fifth graders usually stay in the same classroom with the same teacher all day, a big difference versus middle school where students move from class-to-class each period with a different teacher for every subject.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
In the last couple of years, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the state of California have affirmed their commitment to climate education for all students, pre-K through 12th grade.
—Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
Having owner Mark Iacono’s number. 21. K-12 SCHOOL With a mass of Hollywood celebs raising families in Brooklyn, competition for exclusive private schools has become cutthroat — nowhere more than at the nepo-baby magnet that is Saint Ann’s, the Harvard-Westlake of the East (for pre-K and up).
—Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2024
In elementary school, pre-K to fifth graders usually stay in the same classroom with the same teacher all day, a big difference versus middle school where students move from class-to-class each period with a different teacher for every subject.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
In the last couple of years, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Los Angeles County Office of Education and the state of California have affirmed their commitment to climate education for all students, pre-K through 12th grade.
—Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pre-K
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Offshore is one of the world’s largest underwater nurseries that use mineral accretion technology, or MAT, a weak electrical current that causes limestone to collect on frames, which encourages coral to grow up to three times faster.Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
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Karen worked as a nurse, while Geoff was a fitter While Liam was growing up in Wolverhampton, Karen worked as a nursery nurse, and Geoff was a fitter, someone who puts together or installs machinery.Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Conversely, as preschools suffer, the senior care industry is thriving in China’s aging population crisis.Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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Parents should stay involved from preschool to 12th grade, at varying levels.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
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The state board decided Bronson’s case about a week before Wendy Novak, another school system parent, filed an appeal July 30 with the state on the school board’s decision to reject two books about different kinds of families from the prekindergarten and kindergarten curriculum.Lizzy Alspach, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
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In 2022, the Hawaii legislature approved $200 million in spending for new prekindergarten classrooms, part of a broader goal championed by Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke to offer universal pre-K for three- and four-year-olds in the state by 2032.Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2024
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“Pre-K.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pre-K. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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