Definition of preschool
: of, relating to, or constituting the period in a child's life that ordinarily precedes attendance at elementary school
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When Eva and Erika start preschool this fall, their individualized education program, a document that specifies goals for special needs children based on an assessment, sets an aggressive timeline for integrating into the classroom.
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Fischer, now 35, went on to become a preschool teacher at the Friends Center in Center City.
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Families with incoming kindergarten students, new preschool students or students new to the district will receive a letter in the mail in early August with details on completing student information.
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The Multnomah County region used the money to create 192 preschool slots in programs run by 10 providers: seven in Portland and one each in Gresham, Lake Oswego and Fairview.
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She was recently hired as a preschool teacher with the Westville Little School — a school for three and four year olds — and intends to become the teacher that students will remember years after leaving her classroom.
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The 7-2 majority opinion, which Gorsuch joined, ruled that a policy denying a state grant to a Missouri church to resurface its preschool playground violates the church’s free exercise rights.
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High school sweethearts are cute — but high school sweethearts who were also preschool sweethearts trump just about everything on the sweetness scale.
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Missouri had refused to give Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia a grant to improve its preschool playground.
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First Known Use of preschool
1914
Definition of preschool
: a school for children usually younger than those attending elementary school or kindergarten : nursery school
Examples of preschool in a Sentence
children excited about starting preschool
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The nation’s highest court ruled today that a Lutheran preschool in Missouri has a religious freedom right to receive public funds.
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While in Bensenville, Ingram sought to engage with the broader community, helping to set up a preschool, an adult health care clinic and a foundation to help immigrant families purchase their own homes.
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The School Board chose to have kindergarten and preschool on the north end and the south end is a three-story for grades first through fifth graders and special programs.
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One $300 check had been made out to Yelen's daughter's preschool in Fallston, Williams noted.
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One of the misconceptions specific to us is that people think that this is a house converted to a preschool.
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In our preschool, our goal is to prepare the kids for kindergarten and have a positive school experience.
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Separately, Ms. Reynolds took public transit to drop her daughter off at preschool that morning and traveled to her job at a dollar store.
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Elaine Crary is principal of the school and Deb Abeel is the preschool director.
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First Known Use of preschool
circa 1925
PRESCHOOL Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of preschool for English Language Learners
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: relating to the time in a child's life when the child is old enough to talk and walk but is not ready to go to school
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playDefinition of preschool for English Language Learners
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: a school for very young children
PRESCHOOL Defined for Kids
Definition of preschool for Students
: relating to the time in a child's life that comes before attendance at school
Definition of preschool for Students
: a school for children usually under five years old who are too young for kindergarten
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