elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Photo: Dave Burk Tiara Hughes As early as elementary school, Tiara Hughes was drawing designs for buildings.
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
Mentors on elementary school levels prepare kids for high school while at the same time recognizing their influence by simply being themselves while striving to be the best versions of themselves.
—Brianti Downing, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
Two staff members are now administrators in charge at a Fort Smith elementary school in the wake of a mid-January incidents over photos showing what some parents say is improper restraint of a young student.
—Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Brooks, Georgetown, Kendall, McCarty, Owen and Springbrook elementary schools will have their floors – excluding their gyms – replaced.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
Mentors on elementary school levels prepare kids for high school while at the same time recognizing their influence by simply being themselves while striving to be the best versions of themselves.
—Brianti Downing, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
Two staff members are now administrators in charge at a Fort Smith elementary school in the wake of a mid-January incidents over photos showing what some parents say is improper restraint of a young student.
—Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Brooks, Georgetown, Kendall, McCarty, Owen and Springbrook elementary schools will have their floors – excluding their gyms – replaced.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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