elementary school

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Recent Examples of elementary school The system, which is used nationwide at the university, high school, and elementary school levels for online exams and teacher communication, has been restored, but cybersecurity teams are continuing to investigate the situation. Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 9 May 2026 Her career was in education, teaching children in kindergarten and elementary school. Andre Mouchard, Daily News, 9 May 2026 Now, the next Folsom Plan Area elementary school will be at 14886 Grand Prairie Road in the Folsom Plan Area’s east side. Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026 Mary Harris Elementary will become an early learning center that serves students in pre-K through second grade, while Jackie Carden Elementary becomes an upper elementary school serving students in third through fifth grade. Lina Ruiz may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 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
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Those margins are substantial at the elite high school level.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Those of us who paid attention in high school social studies know that only Congress can declare war.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • In December 2019, school district officials sent documentation of Agan’s firing, along with details of their investigation, to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California’s educator licensing agency, as state law requires for public school teachers who resign or are fired for misconduct.
    Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
  • This school year alone, the TEA reports that Texas saw 75,000 fewer public school students.
    Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • An upcoming rally at a Chino Hills junior high school celebrating America's 250th birthday is creating some confusion and tension among parents.
    Zach Boetto, CBS News, 8 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
  • His younger sister in middle school plays, too.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • How Agan Returned to the Classroom As the state considered the matter, Agan applied for a job at a Sacramento middle school about an hour away from Rodriguez High in May 2020.
    Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 18 May. 2026.

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