elementary school

noun

Definition of elementary school

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

Examples of elementary school in a Sentence

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Two sisters from an elementary school of just six pupils on the small island of Nuwa in Ehime prefecture were among the dead. — NBC News, "81 people killed in torrential rains, landslides in western Japan," 8 July 2018 Katie Kausch said she was harassed online as an intern at MTV after writing a story about people who don't believe the Sandy Hook shooting that killed 26 at an elementary school really happened. — Tamara Lush, Fox News, "Handling online threats to journalists presents difficulties," 3 July 2018 Katie Kausch said she was harassed online as an intern at MTV after writing a story about people who don’t believe the Sandy Hook shooting that killed 26 at an elementary school really happened. — Tamara Lush, The Seattle Times, "Handling online threats to journalists presents difficulties," 3 July 2018 The unstable ground makes earthquakes more dangerous; during the destructive temblor on 19 September 2017, an elementary school collapsed in Tlalpan. — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, "Can this environmental engineer—now elected mayor—fix Mexico City?," 2 July 2018 Wochit A Pinal County man was arrested Monday on suspicion of selling methamphetamine near an elementary school in Arizona City, officials said. — Angela Forburger, azcentral, "Man suspected of selling meth near elementary school," 27 June 2018 Japanese lessons also will begin at Logger’s Run and West Boca; an elementary school in that track hasn’t been selected yet. — Lois K. Solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Schools ready to offer more foreign language classes," 26 June 2018 An elementary school in Richmond, Virginia that was named after a slave-holding Confederate general will now be named after the first black president of the United States. — Kim Quindlen, Teen Vogue, "Richmond, VA J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School to Be Renamed After Barack Obama," 19 June 2018 For his son, there is an elementary school down the street with a new running track and turf field, but retail options are still very limited. — Dominique Fong, WSJ, "China’s Ghost Towns Haunt Its Economy," 15 June 2018

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