elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Another task involved answering elementary school questions with a giant pencil, and the final showdown was over a Plinko-esque game with specialized chips.
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Students at a California elementary school are banding together to raise awareness and money to save the bald eagle hunting area at San Bernardino National Forest's Big Bear Valley, home of the viral bald eagles Jackie and Shadow.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Parents say the controversy and pain caused by use of confinement boxes in the district's elementary schools has been heightened and complicated by the fact that some school employees involved in the practice are members of the Akwesasne Mohawk tribal community.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 14 May 2026
There's a hospital, a police station, an elementary school, and a middle school nearby.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 14 May 2026
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Students at a California elementary school are banding together to raise awareness and money to save the bald eagle hunting area at San Bernardino National Forest's Big Bear Valley, home of the viral bald eagles Jackie and Shadow.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 14 May 2026
Parents say the controversy and pain caused by use of confinement boxes in the district's elementary schools has been heightened and complicated by the fact that some school employees involved in the practice are members of the Akwesasne Mohawk tribal community.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 14 May 2026
There's a hospital, a police station, an elementary school, and a middle school nearby.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 14 May 2026
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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