elementary school

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Recent Examples of elementary school The suit also contains a wide range of claims of misconduct by the district and staff dating back to CFR’s elementary school years. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 The day after the recorded incident, a letter was sent out to families of students who attend the elementary school, according to WLKY. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 Each will feature an elementary school speaker and one from a middle or high school. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026 On May 15, 1986, the body of 22-year-old Roberta Walls was discovered in a field behind an elementary school, police said. Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for elementary school
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Noun
  • Not only is Irish the Republic’s first official language, and compulsory from primary through to secondary school, it is required for entry into the civil service, and it is supported by its own radio station (Raidió na Gaeltachta) and TV station (TG4), and a range of promotional bodies.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 May 2026
  • After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • The development currently includes around 900 homes, a primary school, office space, a community centre and more than 40 local businesses.
    Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
  • Pinea Matoshi, who plays Dua with a vulnerable yet understated intensity, was discovered during a search through every primary school and high school in Prishtina, Kosova, Basholli’s hometown.
    Roberto Prieto, Variety, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • On Wednesday, May 20, The Substance actor, 72, filed a petition to end his $13,750 monthly child support payments to his ex-wife Kimberly Buffington for his 18-year-old twins Thomas and Zoe following their high school graduation, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • One frigid, gray day last winter, Halverson received word from his district network that ICE agents were in Fridley and would possibly come by the high school and middle school.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • At least 19 states have laws banning transgender girls and women from using girls’ and women’s bathrooms at public school, and in some cases, other government facilities, private schools or public places.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 May 2026
  • During the first half of this school year, New York City public school suspension rates dropped.
    Jennifer Weber, Washington Post, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • The beginning of Operation Homecoming, the return of POWs, was scheduled for the same night as the junior high school’s Valentine’s Day dance, Saturday, February 10, 1973, just a few weeks after the official signing of the Paris Peace Accords, ending America’s military involvement in Vietnam.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • Next year, the city’s junior high school campuses will have a more restrictive policy that includes limiting cellphone use during lunch.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • The son of a minor industrialist in Karachi, Naqvi studied at a British-style grammar school and then the London School of Economics, before working at Amex and Arthur Andersen, the accounting firm that would later be destroyed in the Enron scandal.
    Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • After the school board decided not to appeal, the students returned to the grammar school.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One frigid, gray day last winter, Halverson received word from his district network that ICE agents were in Fridley and would possibly come by the high school and middle school.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • The report said 70% of those students fell below middle school levels.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Yet running in a pro race in Europe after that senior high school season in 2004, Rupp came up more than 36 seconds off of Chapa’s time.
    Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026

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