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Recent Examples of kindergarten
Stone questioned whether i-Ready could be taken out of kindergarten through second grade classrooms or whether parents could opt out of the program.
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Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
The kids who don’t get that early education — those who begin school in kindergarten and haven’t built (English) reading skills at home — are more likely to start at a disadvantage.
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Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
From the first day of kindergarten, Louis wanted to be my friend.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
With the younger students in transitional kindergarten programs, Robles instructed them to create a flat rocket with squares containing the letters of their name.
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Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for kindergarten
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
The kids who don’t get that early education — those who begin school in kindergarten and haven’t built (English) reading skills at home — are more likely to start at a disadvantage.
—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
From the first day of kindergarten, Louis wanted to be my friend.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
With the younger students in transitional kindergarten programs, Robles instructed them to create a flat rocket with squares containing the letters of their name.
—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for kindergarten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
- school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- junior high school
- primary school
- middle school
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That proposal drew opposition from unions and associations representing teachers and school employees.
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The academy’s director and owner Leslie Novoa told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Monday night that the child was an 18-month-old boy who attended the school.
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The approach of the 250th anniversary has brought up complicated feelings for Galvan, 18, and Olivia Suarez, both of whom just finished high school in Long Beach, California.
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Elle is in high school when her parents relocated to Seattle, and the first season follows her attempts to find a path in the Pacific Northwest, helped along by her mother’s guidance.
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The two companies violated the law by repeatedly giving cash stipends and personal travel rewards to public school employees — primarily teachers — for organizing school trips and recruiting students for the trips, according to the State Ethics Commission.
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Cothiere and Hill are both active public school teachers.
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According to the law, officers generally cannot arrest someone under SB 4 at a public or private primary or secondary school.
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At 16, Elizabeth had just written her Basic Education Certificate Examination, an important academic milestone for junior secondary school students in Ghana seeking to advance to higher education.
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The required reading list will take effect beginning with the 2030-31 school year for elementary school students.
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The rollout will be staggered, starting with elementary school students in 2030.
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Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
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The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.
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My 5-year-old daughter will start primary school in Italy this September.
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Tomoko Nagane, the primary school principal in Hashikami, in Aomori prefecture, told NHK that classes were canceled for the day and that all children returned home safely.
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Whereas John Wooden or Dean Smith may have figured out how to make it today, Bob Knight would be lucky to keep a job as a gym teacher at a middle school in Homeless, Ohio.
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An announcement over the intercom of the middle school Anderson and her sister, Cassie, attended changed that.
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“Kindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergarten. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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