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For the same reason, Dr. Deschamps created a primary school for the participants’ children.
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Linnea Fehrm, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2024
The trio would go on to be a shining light for Dunblane, a community scarred by a deadly shooting in 1996 in which a gunman killed 16 children and their teacher at the local primary school.
—Ben Church, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
In 2010, approximately 65 percent of primary school children in the North were male and 35 percent were female.
—Isobel Coleman, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2014
Christelle Marie, a teacher at a nearby primary school who had brought her class, wept while telling me about growing up near Juno Beach.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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Linnea Fehrm, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2024
The trio would go on to be a shining light for Dunblane, a community scarred by a deadly shooting in 1996 in which a gunman killed 16 children and their teacher at the local primary school.
—Ben Church, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
In 2010, approximately 65 percent of primary school children in the North were male and 35 percent were female.
—Isobel Coleman, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2014
Christelle Marie, a teacher at a nearby primary school who had brought her class, wept while telling me about growing up near Juno Beach.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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“Primary school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primary%20school. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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