elementary school

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The kids in the study were just starting elementary school when they joined.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I attended a public elementary school in a small mill town in western Pennsylvania, and we had what we called “retention drills,” perhaps to make it sound less frightening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

They decided 8-year-old Briana should stay at the same elementary school, to keep her with her friends and teacher.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

One of them is Yenna Oh, an elementary school student in Paju city, near Seoul.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

All my friends in elementary school were Pakistani and Indian.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan