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kindergarten

[kin-der-gahr-tn, -dn] / ˈkɪn dərˌgɑr tn, -dn /
NOUN
daycare
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NOUN
preschool
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There are just under a million designated English learners in California schools — roughly 1 in 6 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The rate for the MMR vaccines for children entering kindergarten is in the low 80s, still below herd immunity.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

The school, which offers transitional kindergarten through eighth grade, enrolled 421 students last year, and 54 experienced homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

This year, Oklahoma doubled its requirement for elementary students to 40 minutes of recess a day, while Pennsylvania recently began requiring 30 minutes for students in full-day kindergarten through fifth grade.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Josie had time to remember changing Max’s name tag, all those years ago in kindergarten when she told him it’d be easier to go by “Max” than “Maximilian.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

"Prolonged air-raid alerts affect not only people's safety, but also the operation of businesses, logistics, transportation, schools, kindergartens," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Crimeans say basic services like kindergartens, trash collection and ATMs have stopped functioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Getting vaccinated against hepatitis A has never been required as a condition of entry to California’s kindergartens or child-care centers, however.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025

She used the knowledge she had gained teaching at kindergartens in Germany to make education enjoyable and approachable for her students.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

Their son’s application to several kindergartens met with quick rejections, unaccompanied by explanations.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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