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Recent Examples of elementary school
The shooting happened less than two years after a shooter killed three children and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville.
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Alex Sundby, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025
Wednesday’s shooting comes nearly two years after a shooter opened fire at a Nashville private elementary school and killed six people, including three children.
—Kristin M. Hall and Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The significance of playing on a day designed to celebrate the birthday of the man who spearheaded the civil rights movement during the 1960s is not lost on Sellers, who first learned of him and his wife in elementary school in Ohio.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2025
That includes Katie and John Zach, whose four oldest children attend a Catholic elementary school in Lincoln.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
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Alex Sundby, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025
Wednesday’s shooting comes nearly two years after a shooter opened fire at a Nashville private elementary school and killed six people, including three children.
—Kristin M. Hall and Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The significance of playing on a day designed to celebrate the birthday of the man who spearheaded the civil rights movement during the 1960s is not lost on Sellers, who first learned of him and his wife in elementary school in Ohio.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2025
That includes Katie and John Zach, whose four oldest children attend a Catholic elementary school in Lincoln.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elementary school
- secondary school
- primary school
- high school
- public school
- junior high school
- grammar school
- middle school
- senior high school
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In 2023, the district voted him secondary school teacher of the year.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2025
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The first day of school for elementary and secondary schools in the 2025-2026 school year is set for Aug. 14, 2025 and the last day of school is June 4, 2026.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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Kingston Golden Pils, a fresh take on the European Pils named after Holland’s hometown; Edge Hill Hazy IPA, a New-England style hoppy named after Holland’s primary school; and Noon Wheat, a nod to Tom’s beloved schnauzer of the same name.—
Tim Chan,
Variety,
16 Dec. 2024
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What’s more, the breadth of different projects financed by NMTC results in job creation across a variety of fields—bringing opportunities to healthcare providers, daycare and primary school teachers, factory workers and more.—
Vince Toye,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
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For example, my teenage son is senior in high school.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Winning is something both girls are accustomed to in high school.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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The surge in immigrants arriving in Colorado last year softened the enrollment decline in the state’s public schools, which for years have been losing students — and funding — as birth rates fall across the nation.—
Jessica Seaman,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Republican party and wealthy interests pulled this recall move on Gavin during the pandemic, capitalizing on frustration over public schools being closed.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Students as young as 12 at the nearby junior high school also have been issued tickets.—
Jodi S. Cohen,
ProPublica,
25 Nov. 2024
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But being in your early thirties and playing yourself as a junior high school student and then surrounding yourself with age-appropriate actors who are actually going through that hellish rite of passage brings a whole new layer of cringe and humor.—
Jennifer M. Wood,
WIRED,
5 Nov. 2024
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In 1715, Franklin’s money-conscious father removed his young son from the Boston grammar school that might have led to a college education and sent him to learn writing and arithmetic in preparation for a printing apprenticeship.—
James Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 Dec. 2024
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Peruvian President Pedro Castillo all attended local grammar schools, high schools, and colleges.—
Christopher Sabatini,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Aug. 2022
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No one in the group is a stranger—a handful of them are the surfer and skater boys that so many of us had crushes on in middle school.—
Emma Marie Jenkinson,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2025
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This year’s finalists include two U.S. History high school teachers, a teacher of appliance and refrigeration repair at a technical school and a middle school orchestra teacher.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Nov. 2024
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Our education should include practical lifetime skills such as a general financial class in junior or senior high school, civics, and unadulterated American history.—
Madeleine Parrish,
The Arizona Republic,
8 Oct. 2024
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary%20school. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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