elementary school

noun

|Updated on: 15 Jul 2018

Definition of elementary school

: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten

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Recent Examples of elementary school from the Web

The group has conducted the 4th Grade Bicycle Education Program in all of the South Windsor elementary schools.

— quoron walker, Courant Community, "Captain John Bissell Trail Officially Designated," 10 July 2018
By Kelsey Grey The Jalil family makes up a third of the stabbing victims from the Saturday night attack at the apartment complex just off State Street, three-fourths of a mile northwest of the elementary school.

— maria l. la ganga, idahostatesman, "She's 6, 'a bright, happy little girl.' Stabbed in Boise. Her brother and mother too.," 2 July 2018
Next to the old elementary school stands a modern structure: the Lieu de Mémoire, or Place of Memory.

— lucian perkins, Smithsonian, "This French Town Has Welcomed Refugees for 400 Years," 27 June 2018
The last elementary school built in the district was West Clay, finished in 2006.

— faith e. pinho, Indianapolis Star, "Carmel school board votes for two new elementary schools, to parents' frustration," 25 June 2018
Three days per week, Mark would take young Luke to the nearby elementary school.

— vince ellis, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Pistons' Luke Kennard was groomed to be NBA player — by his dad," 17 June 2018
Ryley, a local Boy Scout, donated a blue handmade cabinet stocked with books to the elementary school last month.

— emily bloch, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Local Boy Scout builds book den for elementary school," 12 June 2018
The elementary school has been the scene of ongoing springtime vandalism, as has the adjacent Harry J. McDonald Center.

— matt tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, "Police make arrest in Eagle River vandalism spree," 7 June 2018
Anyone who recognizes Kershaw at Bandito’s is more likely to remember him from elementary school than ask for an autograph.

— stephanie apstein, SI.com, "The Control Pitcher: As Free Agency Looms, Will Clayton Kershaw Win It All in L.A.?," 30 May 2018

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