b (as modifier) wage freeze. 2 pl (Economics) the portion of the national income accruing to labour as earned income, as contrasted with the unearned income accruing to capital in the form of rent, interest, and dividends. 3 often pl recompense, return, or yield.
Confidence votes 2.0K. Children begin elementary school at age 5 when they enter kindergarten. Most elementary schools go up to 5th grade, and most kids are 11 by the time they finish that grade. But some elementary schools go all the way up to 6th grade so there are kids up to age 12. Then there are even a few elementary schools that only go up to 4th grade so the oldest kids are only 10.
I wanted to share the experience of what it was like to enroll my kids in school. Since kindergarten is not mandatory here, itâs actually somewhat of a complex process, so perhaps this information will be helpful to others in similar situations. Mandaratory Japanese school starts in first grade at the age of 6. Whereas American kids typically have 1-2 years of (voluntary) preschool before they start (mandatory) kindergarten, Japanese kids typically have 2 years of (voluntary) kindergarten before they start (mandatory) first grade. These two years are called KG-1 (for 4 year olds) and KG-2 (for 5 year olds).