kindergarten

noun

Definition of kindergartennext
as in school

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Recent Examples of kindergarten West Ada School District The West Ada School District came in sixth place on Niche’s list of the top Idaho school districts serving kindergarten through 12th grade. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2026 Kwilasz said that one concerning future trend is the kindergarten enrollment was down to 349 students this year. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026 The Colorado Ski Country USA Kids Ski Passport offers kindergarten through sixth-grade students 76 days of skiing for $76. — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Ethan Russell, who runs a commercial film production company with his brother in Dumbo, moved into a three-bedroom, two-bath at Union Channel with his wife and kindergarten-age daughter last June. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kindergarten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindergarten
  1. school
  2. high school
  3. public school
  4. secondary school
  5. elementary school
  6. junior high school
  7. primary school
  8. middle school
Noun
  • The cosmonauts plonked down on November 19th, 1965 in the Midlands market town of Rugby, a cultural backwater best known for the sport, the school, and wartime poet Rupert Brooke, in that order.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • In Indiana, emergency-response professionals helped expand Stop the Bleed training in schools, and the state’s Secured School Safety Grant program now offers funding for school bleeding-control programs and kits.
    — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of school
Noun
  • Southern California is full of future college and NFL officials starting out as high school officials.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Sierra’s mother, Mercedes Pedraza, testified that Sierra wasn’t the same after the accident and had frequent tantrums, refused to follow rules and ultimately dropped out of high school.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • As a Washington public school district and member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), Camas follows applicable state law and WIAA eligibility rules.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Republican has long pushed to eliminate DEI policies and restrict LGBTQ+ student clubs across public school districts.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • Some primary and secondary school exams scheduled for those days were also postponed in Mauritius and on the nearby islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga, while international exams would go ahead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The February attack on a secondary school in the small town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades, leaving eight people dead, including six children, and dozens wounded.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Three children and a teacher were gunned down Thursday afternoon in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the 16-year-old suspect was fatally shot by an armed bystander, according to police.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Three young children and a teacher were killed Thursday afternoon in a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and a teenage suspect was fatally shot by a good Samaritan who pursued him.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Goldee’s was opened in 2020 by former junior high school classmates Jonny White, Jalen Heard and Lane Milne.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
  • From medicine to computer science After his kindergarten experience watching a brain surgery video, Alwakeel had little opportunity to pursue his medical dreams in elementary and junior high school.
    — Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • Her experience as a primary school music teacher reflected a wider lifelong love of music, and much of her work centred around this.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are legally prohibited from continuing their education beyond primary school.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • It was expanded to all secondary athletics, including middle school athletics, Friday.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Check out the grand prize winner for middle school, who talks about her dyslexia, and for high school, who discusses an important family memory.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of middle school

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