Thesaurus results for PRIMARY SCHOOL

primary school

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as in secondary school

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Recent Examples of primary school According to a new study of children’s reading habits in the UK and Ireland, most boys are still reading primary school level books (in Europe, primary school is the rough equivalent of elementary school in the US). — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 1 July 2026 Local councillor Carsten Brokelmann said that the city operates a daycare facility and a primary school in the immediate vicinity of where the shooting happened. — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 My 5-year-old daughter will start primary school in Italy this September. — Cassandra Tresl, CNBC, 27 June 2026 Tomoko Nagane, the primary school principal in Hashikami, in Aomori prefecture, told NHK that classes were canceled for the day and that all children returned home safely. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for primary school

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In early February, a Canadian 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar shot and killed five students at Tumbler Ridge secondary school before turning the gun on herself.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026
In September, the future king will head off to secondary school at Eton College, his father Prince William’s alma mater.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 July 2026

Definition of secondary school

Noun

Dumarce in 2019 was arrested by the Sacramento Police Department on suspicion of exposing himself to and then attempting to kidnap a 13-year-old girl outside of a Meadowview elementary school, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Smith eventually received a master’s degree in education and taught music to elementary school students in New York City before retiring in the 2000s.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of elementary school

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The hearing comes about two years after the attack at the high school, the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Valdosta is the newest school to join a multimillion-dollar trend accelerating across Georgia high school football programs.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of high school

Noun

The growth comes at a time when public school enrollment in South Florida has seen a sharp decline.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Chris Affleck graduated from Harvard, pursued a career as a public school teacher, and taught literacy classes in Mississippi, the obituary shared.

— Mason Leib, ABC News, 24 July 2026

Definition of public school

Noun

The two remaining students already were of junior high school age and were in the midst of attending middle school in neighboring districts as part of an agreement that McAuley leaders reached with District 33 in the late 1980s.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

Definition of junior high school

Noun

Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of common school

Noun

This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
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

Definition of senior high school

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But now the Orange County School Board is poised to ban e-bikes and e-scooters from elementary and middle school campuses and allow them only at high schools, and only if the student has a driver’s license.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
For example, Pines Collegiate Academy (41%) will be in its second year of a transition from a middle school to a 6-12, while Silver Shores STEAM Academy in Miramar (45%) is in the middle of a transition from an elementary school to a K-8.

— Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2026

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