kindergarten

noun

Definition of kindergartennext
as in school

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Recent Examples of kindergarten Texas does not keep track of student to teacher ratios after fourth grade, so most of the reassignments are expected to impact teachers of kindergarten to fourth grade. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026 The Imagination Library, which sends free books to children from birth until kindergarten, was inspired by Parton’s father, who never learned to read or write. — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Many have seen sharp declines in vaccination rates—kindergarten MMR vaccinations in Idaho, for instance, has seen a drop of 15 percentage points in the past decade. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026 Students use laptops and touch screens as early as kindergarten. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 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 school did not mention Stephens or specify a reason for the change in its announcement.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The increasing chances of being taken, whether one is in a church, mosque, school, on a trip to the capital Abuja or resting at home, is a grim reality that should not be the case given Tinubu’s firm campaign pledges.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of school
Noun
  • Frodin has a year left in high school and doesn’t know her plans after that.
    — Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Here is the schedule and scoreboard for Week 3 games for Orlando area high school football teams.
    — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Traditional public school enrollment in the district is down from 352,000 in 2006-07 to about 217,000 to start this year.
    — Austin Horn August 29, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Both are overwhelmingly nonwhite, neither a traditional neighborhood public school.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In 2014, Boko Haram took almost three hundred girls from a secondary school in Chibok; the whereabouts of some ninety are still unknown.
    — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • One elementary school counselor will split time between the four elementary schools to work on these initiatives.
    — Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Virginia school shooting Police responded to a reported shooting at an elementary school in Virginia on Wednesday morning, local and federal officials said.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Becerra was quiet and serious when Franco first met him in junior high school, but slowly warmed up to other students.
    — Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • So the Sephora Performance Center might as well be a junior high school gym.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of junior high school
Noun
  • The impact on schools is especially striking, says Marie Gorette Mutuyimana, a primary school teacher of 28 years who crosses the river twice every weekday to get to and from work.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The group’s harsh interpretation of Islamic rule excludes girls and women, who make up half of Afghanistan’s estimated 50 million people, from any meaningful education or employment opportunity, beyond primary school.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • The additional restrictions at these school districts come a few months after the school district and police department in Rocklin banned Class 2 and Class 3 e-bikes on elementary and middle school campuses.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Jena Johnson’s daughter can expect one heckuva wedding after lottery officials said the Chatham County middle school teacher won a $10 million jackpot on a North Carolina scratch-off ticket.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of middle school

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