as in secondary school
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Recent Examples of elementary school
In 2023, two adults harassed a 9-year-old child at an elementary school track meet.
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Megan Gandy,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
According to a Facebook page created in his memory, Igbinijesu attended elementary school in Acworth before moving to Nigeria.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommend 150 minutes of PE per week in elementary school and 225 minutes of PE per week for middle school and high school.
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Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Stella and Estere graduated from elementary school in June 2023.
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Emy Lacroix,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for elementary school
Megan Gandy,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
According to a Facebook page created in his memory, Igbinijesu attended elementary school in Acworth before moving to Nigeria.
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Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommend 150 minutes of PE per week in elementary school and 225 minutes of PE per week for middle school and high school.
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Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 July 2026
Stella and Estere graduated from elementary school in June 2023.
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Emy Lacroix,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
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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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According to the law, officers generally cannot arrest someone under SB 4 at a public or private primary or secondary school.
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At 16, Elizabeth had just written her Basic Education Certificate Examination, an important academic milestone for junior secondary school students in Ghana seeking to advance to higher education.
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Said Oulhadj, 62, a primary school principal in a mountain village, wanted to run with the independent Thagmats (Fraternity) party but was banned.
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Maureen Groppe Idaho’s law prohibits transgender women and girls from playing on female teams from primary school through college, including both intramural sports and competitive, elite teams.
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The approach of the 250th anniversary has brought up complicated feelings for Galvan, 18, and Olivia Suarez, both of whom just finished high school in Long Beach, California.
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Elle is in high school when her parents relocated to Seattle, and the first season follows her attempts to find a path in the Pacific Northwest, helped along by her mother’s guidance.
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Both public school districts continue to outperform the state of Florida average testing marks for most academic subject and skill tests.
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Amanda Davidson and her family moved to Overland Park a few years ago due to the area’s strong public school system.
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Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.
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Families can enter the junior high school through the bus turnaround on North Conejo Avenue near the gym.
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Can states ban transgender kids from playing sports in grammar school, when boys and girls routinely play on the same teams?
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He was born in New York and grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, starting his grammar school’s first newspaper before writing a humor column for the newspaper while a student at Morristown High School.
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Whereas John Wooden or Dean Smith may have figured out how to make it today, Bob Knight would be lucky to keep a job as a gym teacher at a middle school in Homeless, Ohio.
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An announcement over the intercom of the middle school Anderson and her sister, Cassie, attended changed that.
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This would be required for elementary, junior and senior high schools.
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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.
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elementary%20school. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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