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Recent Examples of kindergarten
The district operates 21 pre-kindergarten classrooms across 34 elementary schools and 13 classrooms at the Shawnee Mission Early Childhood Education Center — serving nearly 700 students total, according to district data.
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Investigators have not released details of the roles the three women played at the school, which has about 350 students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
Transitional kindergarten was rolled out to offer free care for all 4-year-olds.
—Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Nonpublic school enrollment is up 22% since the 2022-23 academic year — kindergarten enrollment, specifically, is up 36% — while public school enrollment has dropped 3%.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 3 Mar. 2026
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
Investigators have not released details of the roles the three women played at the school, which has about 350 students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
Transitional kindergarten was rolled out to offer free care for all 4-year-olds.
—Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Nonpublic school enrollment is up 22% since the 2022-23 academic year — kindergarten enrollment, specifically, is up 36% — while public school enrollment has dropped 3%.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
- school
- high school
- public school
- secondary school
- elementary school
- junior high school
- primary school
- middle school
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Rusadze didn’t attend fashion school, but grew up learning from local Georgian artisans, before launching Situationist in 2016.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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The hotel is also collaborating with government technical schools to develop a training program, contributing to educational advancement and offering a career path to residents.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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His son withdrew from high school.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Cheng has been involved in efforts to rethink high school graduation requirements in New York and the role of artificial intelligence in public education.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Monaca Maye Williamson, a long-time public school educator, was Adams’ sole challenger in this year’s primary.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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Even a great public school isn’t great for every student.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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The species name goes to David Rhys Jones, a secondary school physics teacher in Wales who taught the lead author.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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More than 200 million years after this creature last roamed what is now the United Kingdom, scientists have formally identified it as a new species — and named it after a secondary school physics teacher in Wales.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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In the past week, the Department of War bombed an elementary school for young girls.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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In early January, an Apopka mother heard reports of ICE raids near her daughter’s Orange County elementary school.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 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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Multiple vehicles were blocking the bus lane that day at the junior high school campus.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
14 Dec. 2025
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Among the dead are a primary school teacher and her son, a second-grade student, who were killed in their home, and an eighth-grader who also died with her mother, according to the city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Among the dead were a primary school teacher and her son, a second-grader, killed in their home; and an eighth-grader who also died with her mother, according to the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov.—
Susie Blann,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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All are very involved fathers, who spend most weeknights and weekends coaching kids’ sports, running to and from junior dance classes, attending middle school orchestra concerts, and supervising playdates at the nearby park.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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But the tactic starts to fall apart around middle school.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Kindergarten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindergarten. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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