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Definition: Elementary School |
Elementary SchoolNoun1. A school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Census | A school inclusive of kindergarten through either the eighth or ninth grade, or the first through either the eighth or ninth grade. It can include both elementary and intermediate or middle schools. Related terms: High school. (references) |
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Synonyms: Elementary SchoolSynonyms: grade school (n), grammar school (n), primary school (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Elementary School |
| English words defined with "elementary school": advanced ♦ elementary education ♦ first grade ♦ Gymnasium ♦ lycee, lyceum ♦ middle school ♦ normal school ♦ preschool ♦ secondary education, secondary school ♦ teachers college. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "elementary school": ATTENDANCE CLERK ♦ CONSULTANT, EDUCATION ♦ director, evaluation and research ♦ Educational attainment, EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST ♦ primary school enrollment, primary school enrollment,female, primary school enrollment,male ♦ School enrollment, Show-And-Tell ♦ TEACHER AIDE II, teacher aide, clerical, TEACHER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TEACHER, EMOTIONALLY IMPAIRED, TEACHER, HEARING IMPAIRED, TEACHER, HOME, TEACHER, LEARNING DISABLED, TEACHER, PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED, TEACHER, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, Type of school. (references) |
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Screenplays | This is a charity event at an elementary school. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) | |
Movie/TV Titles | I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Students at an elementary school in Des Moines, Iowa, plant a tree during Arbor Day celebrations.Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Elbert Wells, NRCS Project Leader, Delaware Estuary Program, and students from the Hartranft Elementary School in Philadelphia, PA, collect seed heads from marigolds for next year's flowers. The students plant, maintain, and harvest flowers and vegetables.Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | Elbert Wells, NRCS, Project Leader, Delaware Estuary Program and students from the Hartranft Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania discuss soil quality in a garden the students built themselves.Credit: USDA. |  | Children at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. enjoy the school lunch program.Credit: USDA. |
 | Students at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. reaches for a pancake at the breakfast meal.Credit: USDA. |  | A student at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. with a nutritious school lunch. .Credit: USDA. |
 | A food service worker at John Adams Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. .Credit: USDA. |  | Alexander Bagay (l) and Joseph Kee read a story together in the library of the Ganado Navajo Reservation elementary School in AZ.Credit: USDA. |
 | Jacksonville Elementary School students given an environmental education lesson.Credit: Tim Haller. |  | Table Rock hike: Jeanne Klein teaches an elementary school class on the Upper Table Rock.Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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Health | Given the importance of childhood sun exposure to subsequent risk of developing melanoma, as well as the fact that childhood lifestyle behaviors often persist into adulthood, educational programs beginning in elementary school should be a major focus of these campaigns. (references) | |
Business | It is widely read and understood, since English language instruction is required in Taiwan's public schools and begins in the third grade of elementary school. (references) | |
Toddler (approximately 3 - 5 years old) is the most active category in the children's wear because parents can choose what they like their kids to wear. On the other hand, the market for elementary school boys (age 9 year old and up) is the weakest. (references) | ||
Children | Vanuatu | Few children advance beyond elementary school. (references) |
Jamaica | The Educational Act stipulates that all children between 6 and 11 years of age must attend elementary school. (references) | |
Marshall Islands | It is estimated that up to 20 percent of elementary school age children do not attend school on a regular basis. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Turkmenistan | Following remarks by President Niyazov on September 2000, in which he criticized an elementary school history textbook for its portrayal of Turkmen history, all copies of the book were recalled from schools and most were destroyed. (references) |
Economic History | Syria | The first international "Shweifat" elementary school is now offering instruction. (references) |
Taiwan | A 9-year public educational system has been in effect since 1979. Six years of elementary school and 3 years of junior high are compulsory for all children. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Taiwan | According to Council of Aboriginal Affairs' statistics, only about 70 percent of Aborigine children complete elementary school. (references) |
Minorities | Latvia | However, under the revised Education Law, the Government continued to implement a bilingual education program at the elementary school level. (references) |
Slovak Republic | In addition to earlier budgetary allocations for the Roma minority, the Cabinet allocated $4 million (SK 200 million) for social housing construction and $1.5 million (SK 72 million) from Cabinet reserves to complete an elementary school in the Lunik 9 settlement. (references) | |
Political Economy | PARAGUAY | The Labor Code prohibits work by children under 12 years of age, and all children are required to attend elementary school. (references) |
Women | Oman | Whereas in 1970 no schools existed for girls, the most recent figures available from the Ministry of Education in 1999 report an enrollment rate of nearly 90 percent for all girls eligible for elementary school. (references) |
Worker Rights | China | In March an explosion at an elementary school in Jiangxi Province killed 42 persons, most of them school children. (references) |
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Expressions using "elementary school": elementary school principal ♦ elementary school student ♦ elementary school teacher. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
elementary school | 1,047 |
elementary school teacher | 58 |
private elementary school | 38 |
lesson plan for elementary school | 37 |
elementary school journal | 33 |
elementary school ranking | 31 |
california elementary school | 30 |
florida elementary school | 26 |
elementary school grant | 25 |
elementary school library | 21 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "elementary school"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | underskole (grade school, junior school, primary school, primary section), primaertrin (grade school, junior school, primary school, primary section), primaerskole (grade school, junior school, primary school, primary section), forskole (grade school, junior school, primary school, primary section). (various references) | |
Dutch | lagere school (grade school, grammar school, junior school, primary school, primary section), basisschool (grade school, grammar school, junior school, primary school, primary section). (various references) | |
Finnish | peruskoulun ala-aste (grade school, junior school, primary school, primary section). (various references) | |
French | enseignement élémentaire, classe élémentaire, école primaire, école élémentaire. (various references) | |
German | grundschule (grade school, junior school, primary school, primary section). (various references) | |
Greek | δημοτικό σχολείο (grade school, junior school, primary school, primary section). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בית ספר יסו"י (primary school). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elemi iskola (common school, grade school, primary school), általános iskola (common school, grade school). (various references) | |
Indonesian | maktab (Quranic elementary school). (various references) | |
Italian | scuola elementare (grade school, junior school, primary school, primary section). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 小学 (primary school), 国民学 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうがっ"う (primary school), "くみ"がっ"う. (various references) | |
Manx | bun-scoill (primary school). (various references) | |
Norwegian | grunnskole. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elementaryay oolschay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | escola elementar, partícula elementar (elementary particle, fundamental particle). (various references) | |
Romanian | şcoalã elementarã (primary school). (various references) | |
Russian | начальный школа. (various references) | |
Spanish | escuela primaria (common school, grade school, grammar school, primary school). (various references) | |
Swedish | grundskola (grade school). (various references) | |
Turkish | ilkokul (grade school, grades, junior school, primary school), ilk ve orta okul. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lude, ludum. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-l-l-m-n-o-o-r-s-t-y" | |
-4 letters: chanterelles. | |
-5 letters: chanterelle, cholesterol, enterocoels, heartsomely, honeyeaters, loathsomely, melanocytes, monocrystal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 65 6D 65 6E 74 61 72 79 53 63 68 6F 6F 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01010011 01100011 01101000 01101111 01101111 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l e m e n t a r y   S c h o o l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 0061 0072 0079 0053 0063 0068 006F 006F 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397871797180866784912536974818178 |
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