kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-dər-ˌgärt-nər 
ˈkin-də-,
-ˌgärd-
variants
or less commonly kindergartener
1
: a child attending or of an age to attend kindergarten
2
: a teacher at a kindergarten
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Since 2000, non-medical exemption rates for kindergartners have risen from 1% to 8.8%, according to state data.
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Isabel Funk, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024
According to The Washington Post, Miles is remembered as a kindergartner whose favorite colors were red and blue, who considered dinosaurs his favorite animals, and who loved watching a show about sea creatures.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Fewer American parents vaccinated their kindergartners as more sought exemptions from routine shots during the last school year, new data shows.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, data showed the percentage of kindergartners exempt from one or more vaccines increased to 3.3% for the 2023-24 school year, which equates to about 127,000 children exempt from vaccines required for school.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Isabel Funk, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2024
According to The Washington Post, Miles is remembered as a kindergartner whose favorite colors were red and blue, who considered dinosaurs his favorite animals, and who loved watching a show about sea creatures.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Fewer American parents vaccinated their kindergartners as more sought exemptions from routine shots during the last school year, new data shows.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, data showed the percentage of kindergartners exempt from one or more vaccines increased to 3.3% for the 2023-24 school year, which equates to about 127,000 children exempt from vaccines required for school.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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kindergartner
noun
kin·der·gart·ner
ˈkin-der-ˌgärt-nər
-ˌgärd-
: a kindergarten pupil
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