elementary school
noun
: a school including usually the first four to the first eight grades and often a kindergarten
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Pugh, who has been teaching elementary school students for the last 10 years, believes these stresses are much harder for teachers in districts that don’t offer enough support for instructors and students who may be struggling with issues that cause behavioral problems.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
In the area of Buffalo where the boy was struck, remote trains run near dozens of houses, a neighborhood park and an elementary school.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 27 May 2024
For over three decades, students at an elementary school in Iowa were able to examine a mural that renowned artist Keith Haring had painted on the wall of their library.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
By the time Hansen was in elementary school, in the ’70s, both products were ubiquitous.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
In the area of Buffalo where the boy was struck, remote trains run near dozens of houses, a neighborhood park and an elementary school.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 27 May 2024
For over three decades, students at an elementary school in Iowa were able to examine a mural that renowned artist Keith Haring had painted on the wall of their library.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
By the time Hansen was in elementary school, in the ’70s, both products were ubiquitous.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
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“Elementary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elementary%20school. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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