summer school
nounDefinition of summer school
: a school or school session conducted in summer enabling students to accelerate progress toward a diploma or degree, to make up credits lost through absence or failure, or to round out professional education
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Integrating teachers, curricular offerings, after-school programs, and public summer school enrichment activities delivered a better quality education to black children. — Michelle Adams, The New Republic, "The Integration Success Stories," 23 Aug. 2019 About 35 miles to the south, around the same time Shadyac was taking his lunch break, Brian Banks was in a summer school class at Long Beach Polytechnic High. — John Horn, Los Angeles Times, "No one would hire Hollywood’s top comedy director. An exonerated football star changed that," 8 Aug. 2019 That began this week when SDSU’s second summer school session started. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Aztecs officially add two San Diegans among several football transfers," 11 July 2019 The contract also allows for a separate charge for summer school coverage by the officer, should the district request it. — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Kettle Moraine HS will have a Waukesha County Sheriff's Department school resource officer again this year," 10 July 2019 The district identified 2,000 students in the seventh to 11th grades for remedial summer school English classes. — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, "Schools Scramble to Handle Thousands of New Migrant Families," 9 July 2019 Merrillville High School principal Mike Krutz said grief counselors will be provided at summer school on Monday. — Meredith Colias-pete, Post-Tribune, "Merrillville teen, 16, killed in Xbox robbery remembered as a prankster, avid gamer," 15 June 2019 The free six-week offering that ends Friday serves as part summer school, part folksy camp, and is dedicated to helping Burbank Unified students avoid summer learning loss, while also gaining confidence. — Andrew J. Campa, latimes.com, "Burbank YMCA summer camp aims to instruct students, win over benefactors," 11 July 2019 Meanwhile, Jones’ younger brother Tre, a sophomore point guard at Duke, is in summer school and doing well, his mother said. — Charley Walters, Twin Cities, "Charley Walters: Twins aren’t interested in short-term rentals," 13 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'summer school.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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