elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Now an apartment complex, the former elementary school is known for the dramatic scene in which Max, Dani and Allison tried (and failed) to burn the Sanderson sisters alive in the school's furnace.
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
An elementary school bus was involved in a collision on Ohio 125 at White Oak Road on Thursday, according to an email from West Clermont School Superintendent David Fultz.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
The principal of a Chicago elementary school that employs a teacher who appeared to mock the assassination of Charlie Kirk apparently portrayed the educator as a victim amid backlash over her behavior.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Two elementary schools cancelled Black History Month events, teachers at a middle school were told to remove posters of education activist Malala Yousafzai and painter Frida Kahlo and another school cancelled Holocaust Remembrance Day.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
An elementary school bus was involved in a collision on Ohio 125 at White Oak Road on Thursday, according to an email from West Clermont School Superintendent David Fultz.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
The principal of a Chicago elementary school that employs a teacher who appeared to mock the assassination of Charlie Kirk apparently portrayed the educator as a victim amid backlash over her behavior.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Two elementary schools cancelled Black History Month events, teachers at a middle school were told to remove posters of education activist Malala Yousafzai and painter Frida Kahlo and another school cancelled Holocaust Remembrance Day.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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