elementary

Example Sentences

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Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Tuesday, the Department of Education went even further, spinning off some of the agency’s largest responsibilities to other federal departments — including much of the administration of elementary and high school funding.

From Los Angeles Times

The district's elementary school building, which is plagued by aging plumbing, uneven floors and a cracked foundation, is around 70 years old.

From Salon

So when people asked what I did at the elementary school pickup, if anybody ever wanted to know, I might say "I'm a writer," because I did write, because I was writing educational textbooks.

From Salon

Zardin, who identifies as nonbinary and transmasculine, said they were regularly beaten up in elementary and middle school by students who called them “gross” and a “Satanist.”

From Washington Post