primary school
noun
1
: a school usually including the first three grades of elementary school but sometimes also including kindergarten
Examples of primary school in a Sentence
She goes to primary school.
Recent Examples on the Web
Growing in Bruges, one of your favorite things to do as a kid in primary school is to compete with your bike going as fast as possible in the streets and zigzagging between tourists.
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 June 2024
The issue is worse in primary school than in secondary school, with 79% of teachers spending their money helping students or schools buy items.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
In 1975 researchers at the City University of New York looked at school records for 161 primary school students at a school that was 220 feet from an elevated subway, with trains hurtling by every 4.5 minutes.
—Joanne Silberner, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
The Millennium Development Goal that drives us is universal access to primary school education.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2014
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 June 2024
The issue is worse in primary school than in secondary school, with 79% of teachers spending their money helping students or schools buy items.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
In 1975 researchers at the City University of New York looked at school records for 161 primary school students at a school that was 220 feet from an elevated subway, with trains hurtling by every 4.5 minutes.
—Joanne Silberner, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
The Millennium Development Goal that drives us is universal access to primary school education.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2014
See all Example Sentences for primary school
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primary%20school. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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