An elementary school, grade school, or primary school was a type of educational institution for young children. Typically such a school conducted grades one through five or six, with students then graduating onward to attend a secondary school.
History and specifics[]
In the 1950s, Roberta Lincoln had a friend in grade school whose last name was Jetter. (TOS - Strange New Worlds 10 short story: "Time Line")
One of Charles Tucker III's grade school teachers fixated on him having stolen a pencil and wouldn't let him go on a field trip, even though he didn't do it. (ENT episode: "A Night in Sickbay")
23rd century[]
Computer operation was taught early on in grade school. (FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Officer's Manual) Every Earth child in grade school knew about the Tyrannosaurus rex. (TOS novel: First Frontier)
Governor Kodos read chosen passages of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet in primary school. (DSC novel: Drastic Measures)
Amanda Grayson taught at a grade school before she married Sarek. (TOS - Crucible novel: The Fire and the Rose)
In the 2230s, Leonard McCoy performed as Prince Charming in second grade. (TOS novelization: The Wrath of Khan)
At Hikaru Sulu's elementary school, class bully Eric Monroe repeated fourth and fifth grades. (TOS - Strange New Worlds VIII short story: "Don't Call Me Tiny")
Pavel Chekov played soccer in primary school. His coach was a former Starfleet security officer who inspired him to consider a space career. (TOS novel: Legacy)
Spock's aunt Kathleen Fitzhugh met her future husband Alex Fitzhugh in grade school. (TOS - Strange New Worlds III short story: "Family Matters")
Captain John Harriman read about James T. Kirk's exploits in grade school. (TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek Generations)
24th century[]
Jean-Luc Picard learned about Bajoran history in fifth grade. (TNG episode: "Ensign Ro")
Lazarus' daughter on Bajor learned about Earth's mythological Lazarus in grade school. (DS9 - Strange New Worlds 10 short story: "Reborn")
In the 2340s, Amoret saved a confiscated page from Gulliver's Travels that she found during recess at her elementary school on the planet Rampart. It inspired her for the rest of her life. (TNG novel: Gulliver's Fugitives)
In primary school, Kathryn Janeway memorized a quote from T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men. In 2344, in fourth grade, her friend Mary O'Connell became captain of their school's Parrises Squares team. (VOY novels: The Farther Shore, Mosaic)
In 2347, Julian Bashir exhibited learning disabilities in first grade. (DS9 episode: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume")
In the 2350s, Harry Kim and Tom Paris memorized the Friendship 1 recorded greeting in third grade. (VOY episode: "Friendship One")
In the 2360s, the USS Enterprise-D operated a primary school. Captain Picard met its science fair winners in 2368. (TNG episodes: "The Naked Now", "Lonely Among Us", "New Ground", "Disaster")
In 2368, Seven of Nine's aunt Irene Hansen taught an Earth history class at a grade school. After taking a trip to Europe, she found herself excited to tell the students new stories. (VOY - Strange New Worlds V short story: "Final Entry")
From 2369 to 2371, Keiko O'Brien operated a school on the Promenade of Deep Space 9. (DS9 episodes: "Emissary", "A Man Alone", "The House of Quark")
Agnes Jurati owned a cat while in grade school. (PIC episode: "Assimilation")
Alternate realities[]
First Splinter timeline[]
In 2377, Domenica Corsi, Carol Abramowitz, and Rennan Konya were taken to three different grade schools to see how Federation Day was celebrated in Federation City on Mirada. (SCE eBook: The Cleanup)
In 2379, a bomber set fire to a primary school on Delta Sigma IV. Will Riker joined in rescuing the students, while Kyle Riker stopped the arsonist. (TNG - A Time to... novel: A Time to Hate)
In 2385, Rebecca Jae Sisko skipped third grade in the school she attended aboard the USS Robinson. In fourth grade, she and her friend Elent Dorson were assigned to write a report on any domesticated animal they chose. (ST - The Fall novel: Revelation and Dust)
Kelvin timeline[]
In the 23rd century, on her first day in elementary school, Monica Lynne's parents submitted their daughter's application to Starfleet Academy.
In elementary school, Nyota Uhura learned how to use a universal translator to convert alien greetings into English. (TOS - YA novel: The Edge)
Mirror universe[]
Grade school friends sometimes joined sodalities with a blood oath. (Decipher RPG module: Through a Glass, Darkly)
Romulan Star Empire[]
Romulan grade schoolers learned how to encrypt data, and those raised on Romulus and Remus were encouraged to train in martial arts. (Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of D'era: The Romulan Star Empire)
The Romulan educational program was known as phi'lasasam. The first stage, phi'navtasam, their equivalent of elementary school, began at age 5. (FASA RPG module: The Romulan Way: Game Operations Manual)
Schools and teachers[]
Elementary schools[]
- Alim al-Reyhan Primary School (New Ibadan, Merope IV)
- Bayshore Elementary School (Panama City, Florida)
- Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev Educational Complex (Moscow, Russia)
- Zefram Cochrane Elementary School (Australia)
- Deep Space 9's School (Deep Space 9)
- Issaquah Elementary School
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (Earth)
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School (Farside Base, Luna)
- Junipero Serra Elementary School (Santa Barbara, California)
- Lewis Elementary School
- Meadows Elementary School (Indiana)
- Public School 29 (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Worley Elementary School (Kenmare, Ireland)
Elementary school teachers[]
- Patricia Ballard
- Bethany
- Cameron
- Claire
- Epkowicz
- Gladstone
- Amanda Grayson
- Irene Hansen
- Hultquist
- Hutchins
- Brenda Kyle
- Lamerson
- Matsumoto
- Keiko O'Brien
- Anatoly Seitzer
- Subomar
- Wyse
- Yemada
Appendices[]
External links[]
- Elementary school article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Elementary school article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.