elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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The screening is currently targeted at students in the first and fourth grades of elementary school, and the first levels of middle and high school.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington said cursive is still taught in its elementary schools and it’s also taught in neighboring River Forest schools, said Superintendent Kevin Trezak.
Lake Station Community Schools, doesn’t teach it, said Superintendent Tom Cripliver.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Filling the room were parents, students and teachers from campuses across the district, though mainly from De Zavala and Briscoe elementary schools.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
At elementary school, Ponge, a nine-year-old girl, tries her best to play soccer with the boys who won’t pass her the ball.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington said cursive is still taught in its elementary schools and it’s also taught in neighboring River Forest schools, said Superintendent Kevin Trezak.
Lake Station Community Schools, doesn’t teach it, said Superintendent Tom Cripliver.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Filling the room were parents, students and teachers from campuses across the district, though mainly from De Zavala and Briscoe elementary schools.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
At elementary school, Ponge, a nine-year-old girl, tries her best to play soccer with the boys who won’t pass her the ball.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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