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Recent Examples of elementary school
An elementary school with an elaborate playground tells parents that outdoor exploration matters here.
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Big Think, 1 May 2026
Mary Janes remind me of my elementary school days, when looking fashion-forward wasn’t exactly a priority.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
One hundred forty-nine kids were enrolled at the elementary school.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 May 2026
An elementary school building opened in 2019 in Little Canada at 2925 Country Drive.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
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Big Think, 1 May 2026
Mary Janes remind me of my elementary school days, when looking fashion-forward wasn’t exactly a priority.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
One hundred forty-nine kids were enrolled at the elementary school.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 May 2026
An elementary school building opened in 2019 in Little Canada at 2925 Country Drive.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for elementary school
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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After completing secondary school, Keiko moved to the United States to attend Stony Brook University.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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The surviving children of Tumbler Ridge, meanwhile, attend classes in trailers, as their rural mining town’s empty secondary school awaits demolition.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
29 Apr. 2026
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Educational radio has been used in many countries for a wide range of subject areas including public health, rural development, literacy training, nutrition education, and in support of primary school education and instruction.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
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At Harlem Grown’s 134th Street Farm, Charles planted lavender and mustard seeds with primary school children and visited a chicken coop.—
Philip Marcelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Zamora supports giving middle and high school communities the option to have an officer on campus at least part-time.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Brown played tackle football in high school at Central Heights in Richmond, Kansas, about 15 miles from Ottawa, before becoming a record-setting linebacker for the program.—
PJ Green
April 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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Since then, the Department of Health has started the rulemaking process of repealing requirements for Hepatitis B, varicella (chicken pox), Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for public school attendance.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Crooms, a Seminole County public school, has had boys volleyball for 16 years but scored its first district title with its 1A District 5 final victory over Cornerstone.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Two days after the hearing a class of junior high school students unrolled a fifty-foot-long petition down the middle aisle of the city council chamber in nearby Baytown.—
Scott W. Stern,
The New York Review of Books,
13 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 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
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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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Work on the new middle school project will begin in just a few weeks.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Five middle school students are being hailed as heroes after jumping in to stop their school bus when their driver lost consciousness.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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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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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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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary%20school. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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