elementary school
Americannoun
noun
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a former name for primary school
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Also called (in the US): grade school. grammar school. a state school in which instruction is given for the first six to eight years of a child's education
Etymology
Origin of elementary school
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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“I never supported the whole ‘hugs not bullets’ policy,” said Marisol Morales, 41, an assistant elementary school principal in the Pacific port city of Manzanillo.
From Los Angeles Times
She also cited the reports from Iran about a elementary school strike.
From BBC
Chait, a district parent, has served as an elementary school principal and regional administrator, among other roles.
From Los Angeles Times
“We are communicating with a cluster of schools, so all the other high schools, middle schools and elementary schools in the area, they’re doing the same thing.”
From Salon
“Remember the Times” stretches back to Riley’s childhood in Harlem, where the playground of his elementary school abutted the parking lot behind New York’s venerable Apollo Theater.
From Los Angeles Times
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