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summer school
noun
: 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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Other budget priorities include $13 million for summer school programming, $10.6 million for school police officers, $47.1 million for social workers and psychologists, $7 million for behavioral health services, and $73 million for food and nutrition services.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
My mom worked full time as a teacher, and during the summer for summer school.
—Jill Robi, Parents, 18 May 2024
The district also created a new Saturday learning program, expanded its summer school offerings, and hired new staffers called family engagement specialists to work with chronically absent students and their parents to get kids back in school consistently.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
Things like having summer school and additional tutoring and programs like that can help.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1793, in the meaning defined above
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“Summer school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summer%20school. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
summer school
noun
: a school or school session conducted in summer especially to help students make faster 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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