primary school

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Recent Examples of primary school The public transit system that primary school students rely on is the same one that parents, employees, medical patients and college graduates rely on. Holly Arnold, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2025 Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia. Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025 At least one year of free and compulsory early childhood education results in a 12 percent point improvement in primary school graduation rates in low- and middle-income countries. Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 In his early 20s, Norwegian director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel held a variety of roles at a primary school, including substitute teaching, leading afterschool programs and working with children with disabilities. Abigail Lee, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for primary school
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Noun
  • The committee also pushed back on Lamont over the Education Cost Sharing grant, the main funding program to support local elementary and secondary school operating expenses.
    Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
  • The four-part series, which explores complex issues such as toxic masculinity and the dangers of online radicalization, is set to be made freely accessible to secondary school pupils through a partnership between Netflix and the Into Film+ streaming service.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The season of state testing has recently passed for elementary school students in Texas, and all eyes are set on the countdown to summer vacation, which begins May 23 in the Fort Worth Independent School District.
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2025
  • In the broiling heat of downtown Tampa, a group of elementary school children wander into their wonderland.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • For the first time during the 2025-26 school year, all high school students will be in a pathway.
    Lena Miano, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
  • In the 2021 draft, the Angels attempted to shore up an organizational weakness by drafting all pitchers, all but one of the 21 from college rather than high school and thus closer to the majors.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Missouri lawmakers passed a bill earlier this week requiring public schools to ban cellphone use during the school day.
    Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
  • And today, the Qatar Foundation funds programs for American public schools through its U.S. branch.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Baker’s 14-year-old daughter and Todd’s 14-year-old son were both in the junior high school class that Evans was teaching at the time, the mothers said.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
  • Isabel’s dedication to her craft is evident in her commitment to vocal training in both classical voice and musical theatre, having worked with her current voice teacher since junior high school.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.
    Richard Stengel, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The hard data on serious bullying incidents, overall high school and middle school grade point averages, student mental health referrals, and suspensions due to cellphone use tells a more complete story.
    Christopher J. Ferguson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
  • Daniela Piña Barajas, a kindergarten teacher in San Jose, and her husband, Jose Piña, a middle school sports coach, attend Mass regularly at the San Jose cathedral.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 9 May 2025

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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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