elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Officials have pointed to the success of the Mason, a full-inclusion elementary school that has served the community for decades.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Conifer High School, Evergreen and West Jefferson middle schools, and Elk Creek, Marshdale, Parmalee and West Jefferson elementary schools were operating on a two-hour delay on Friday.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
After the Uvalde elementary school shooting in 2022, the third-deadliest school shooting in American history, Smith & Wesson stocks surged 7% while Sturm Ruger & Company jumped 4%, the New York Times reported.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Like the pizza squares in elementary school.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Conifer High School, Evergreen and West Jefferson middle schools, and Elk Creek, Marshdale, Parmalee and West Jefferson elementary schools were operating on a two-hour delay on Friday.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
After the Uvalde elementary school shooting in 2022, the third-deadliest school shooting in American history, Smith & Wesson stocks surged 7% while Sturm Ruger & Company jumped 4%, the New York Times reported.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Like the pizza squares in elementary school.
—Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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