elementary
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The local elementary school has noticeably fewer kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Osterberg courted Britain's middle and upper classes for her college, deciding most elementary school girls were "absolutely unfit to be trained... their muscles have been starved from babyhood".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Chicago Public Schools was among the first big-city school districts to restore daily recess in 2012, after many of its elementary schools did away with it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
By her own account, the 85-year-old, originally from New York, "flunked" every art class she ever took, from elementary school to high school.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Hard to get picked since Alan and his teammates have been winning championships since elementary school.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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