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Recent Examples of elementary school
These diagnoses can often contribute to difficulties with learning to read in elementary school.
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Kelly Stuart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Like Jones, Busby became interested in twirling while in elementary school in Butler, Missouri.
—Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025
Beauty stores have been likened to elementary schools, as 10-year-olds run amok, some caught treating employees poorly or destroying displays.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
The new math policy aims to standardize math teaching in elementary schools ensuring all students meet minimum grade-level standards.
—Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2025
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Kelly Stuart, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
Like Jones, Busby became interested in twirling while in elementary school in Butler, Missouri.
—Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025
Beauty stores have been likened to elementary schools, as 10-year-olds run amok, some caught treating employees poorly or destroying displays.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
The new math policy aims to standardize math teaching in elementary schools ensuring all students meet minimum grade-level standards.
—Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 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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Starmer was commenting as Netflix agreed a deal to make Adolescence available to all secondary schools across the UK via the Into Film+ streaming service.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, the United States’ educational improvements slowed markedly as secondary schools struggled to boost performance and college tuition marched steadily higher.—
Matthew J. Slaughter,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Over time, dolphin teeth have allowed the villagers to pay for a new church, a sea wall and an extension to the local primary school.—
Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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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
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In a series regular role, Pietz will play Donna, the no-nonsense high school secretary.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The pair went to different Frisco high schools, but were both at Kuykendall Stadium on April 2 for a track meet, where the alleged stabbing occurred.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The bill also would divert $50 million from other state tax revenues and use them to maintain and improve public school facilities, aiming to provide an alternative to property tax levies that typically fund these repairs and updates.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2025
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The event — staged by Orlando Health and the Orlando Sports Foundation, which raises money to find cures for cancer — showcased top seniors from 15 Orange County public schools.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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Douglas Higgins spent a quarter-century in real estate management before returning to his roots in education and spending 16 years as the principal and assistant principal of elementary and junior high schools in Bloomingdale, Steger and Calumet City.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The series at the time focused on Hayley Mills, who played the title character, and her students at an Indianapolis junior high school.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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Part track meet, part grammar school fitness test, the combine is a vital cog in the NFL draft’s evaluation machine 🏃🏾♂️. March 10 — Free agent negotiating period begins.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Dammers belonged to a generation that was pushed to pass the notorious eleven-plus exam and get into one of the United Kingdom’s supposedly superior grammar schools.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Prizes will be awarded in four categories: elementary, middle schools, high schools and adult.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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The youngest boys, Kash and Kidman, ended up winning the middle school championship, continuing a streak that began a week earlier when Kager and Kinston helped Wisconsin Lutheran High School win a state championship.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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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
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About six companies specially recruit junior and senior high school students every fall, according to its website.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary%20school. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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