elementary school

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Recent Examples of elementary school An overnight fire at a shuttered Fort Worth elementary school took over 80 firefighters to contain, officials with the Fort Worth Fire Department said. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025 An elementary school teacher assistant is suing her Spartanburg County, South Carolina, district over what her lawsuit calls an unconstitutional social media policy. Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025 Chabot's son is in elementary school. Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025 Helleson was paired with his buddy since the nascent stages of elementary school, LaCombe, presumably with Helleson being the stay-at-home partner for the Ducks’ leading scorer from the blue line last year. Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for elementary school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementary school
Noun
  • Now almost an adult, Rehana has finished secondary school and is continuing her education.
    Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • According to Florida law, that includes police stations, prisons, polling places, elementary or secondary school buildings and locations where open carry is prohibited by federal law.
    Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On Friday afternoon, around 200 guests including local journalists, influencers, shopping mall representatives, VIP shoppers, 12 local primary school students and a living buddha witnessed the explosive work live.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
  • One in three primary school teachers were on strike nationwide, and nearly one in two walked off the job in Paris, the FSU-SNUipp union said.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The famed director, who played the instrument in his high school band, also resurfaced the talent for the score of Jaws decades later.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Paul Martinez has seen a lot of baseball, but the long-time high school coach couldn’t wait for Friday night’s Athletics game to start.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • More than $200 million for Michigan's universal school meals program that provides free breakfast and lunch for every PreK-12 public school student.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The bus was carrying both private and public school children, Ridgell said.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The words were handwritten in pencil by a junior high school student named Katie Hawkins in 1953.
    April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Police said the incident began with a physical altercation at a north-area junior high school, which officials did not name.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But what can’t be turned into banter is the fact that Dyer’s mother was responsible for cooking much of that food—at the very school young Geoff attended before grammar school.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • The facility was also home to a grammar school for orphans, choirboys and boys who lived on the hospital’s land.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • TikToker and books commentator Kenzie Deerin, who was introduced to the series in middle school, says the vampiric tale sparked her love for the fantasy romance genre.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Two senior high school students at the San Diego Unified School District encouraged their peers in a blog post to avoid participating in the challenge.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 May 2025
  • Nothing was normal about this all-star matchup, which pitted 99 of the South Bay’s best senior high school football players against each other on North and South teams.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025

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