kindergarten

noun

Definition of kindergartennext
as in school

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Recent Examples of kindergarten This royal name appears in a few Shakespeare plays and would be right at home in a kindergarten classroom today. — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 24 Sep. 2026 Without transitional kindergarten, the districtwide enrollment decline would be almost 8% instead of 5%. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Employment for elementary and kindergarten teachers is projected to show little or no growth through 2035, even with 99,400 positions opening annually. — Kellie Lauth, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Boys enter kindergarten behind girls in terms of academic preparedness and in behavioral skills, such as the ability to socialize and regulate emotions. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 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
  • Critics note the change would mean the sun rises an hour later on winter mornings, leaving more children traveling to school and commuters, construction workers, farmers and others heading to work before daylight.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • And three, sometimes four, of those many waking hours are spent in the car — bouncing from home to school to her second or third job and home again — with music at full blast to drown out the babble of anxiety, most of it financial.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of school
Noun
  • Suspensions and expulsions are associated with negative outcomes, including lower educational achievement, decreased likelihood of graduating high school and depression.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • However, the rule doesn’t apply to college athletes from the high school class of 2022 who did not redshirt as freshmen.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Plantation resident Candice D’Angelo’s seventh-grader goes to a Catholic school, and her first- and fourth-graders attend a public school.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The offer came at a time when Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and many other public school districts in Florida, have closed or consolidated schools and are contemplating even more closures.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • Students carry out a blocking protest at the Cesar Baggio secondary school in Lille on September 29, 2026.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The killing took place last October at the secondary school in Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, defense attorney Kitson Foong said, per the Independent.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Then in 1989, an assailant attacked an elementary school in Stockton, California, using an assault rifle to kill five people and wound 29, prompting public outcry and calls to restrict such weapons.
    — Robert Spitzer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
  • One of Miami’s most prominent private high schools made an offer to buy an active elementary school site from Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 8 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
  • This week, as Spanish children across the country started their school year, the Reina Sofia primary school in Ceuta did its best to prepare for a normal first week, too – getting the front entrance clean and putting photos of teachers on the wall.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026
  • In each session, tutors also assist students with their homework assigned by their primary school.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • The Olathe Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously on Thursday night to close six schools in the district — five elementary schools and one middle school — after a lengthy discussion about financial woes and parent opposition.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • E’Mari, a Springfield middle school student, was among more than 800 students from numerous districts attending end of school year field trips at the resort, which frequently hosts such events for schools in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of middle school

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