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Recent Examples of elementary school
Federal prosecutors announced Friday that a former Northwest ISD elementary school teacher is charged with two counts of possession of child pornography.
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Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The war killed at last 3,000 people in Iran, including more than 165 people killed in a strike on an elementary school.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
The positions include 11 elementary school counselors, 17 exceptional service education counselors, 16 social workers, 21 clerical support assistants and 40 district management positions, according to a document provided by the school district.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Police were sent to the elementary school after receiving a call about an ongoing domestic dispute, according to a letter sent to Sunny Pointe families and obtained by The Star.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
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Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The war killed at last 3,000 people in Iran, including more than 165 people killed in a strike on an elementary school.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
The positions include 11 elementary school counselors, 17 exceptional service education counselors, 16 social workers, 21 clerical support assistants and 40 district management positions, according to a document provided by the school district.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
Police were sent to the elementary school after receiving a call about an ongoing domestic dispute, according to a letter sent to Sunny Pointe families and obtained by The Star.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementary school
- secondary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- grammar school
- middle school
- senior high school
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People stand at the courtyard of a secondary school where an assailant opened fire, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, April 15, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The secondary school was briefly placed on lockdown before the pursuit continued.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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These key distinctions make AI education more than a buzzword, highlighting the real-world difference between pupils learning career-ready technical skills versus efforts to force the nascent technology into primary school classrooms.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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Among the casualties of Operation Epic Fury’s first day were more than a hundred and seventy-five people, most of them little girls, at the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school, in the southern city of Minab.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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But these three high school students aren't arranging bouquets in a floral shop.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.—
OCVarsity sports staff,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Nurse Heidy Justiniano had not decided who to vote for while already in line outside a public school in Lima.—
Franklin Briceño,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Nurse Heidy Justiniano had not decided who to vote for while already in line outside a public school in Lima.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Years later, when his son was in junior high school, his teacher asked him to help his son with a history project.—
Edie Kasten,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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The arrest comes a day after an 11-year-old girl was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy inside her Bronx junior high school.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Meyers’ father, Michael, coached for 23 years at grammar schools and high schools on the South Side of Chicago.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2026
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Vargas points to a significant move made by the Los Angeles Unified School District last year, impacting all elementary and middle school campuses.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Rodriguez, whose family adopted Sibomana-Rodriguez when the teen was in middle school, then introduced him to the family sport.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Denver Post will present the April Heinrichs Award to an extraordinary senior high school girls soccer player from Colorado who’s also a star in the classroom and the community.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 Mar. 2026
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Principals could designate supervised areas where more senior high school students can briefly use their phones for multifactor authentication.—
Corinne Brion,
The Conversation,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary%20school. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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