: a classroom where pupils report especially at the beginning of each school day
Examples of homeroom in a Sentence
They were assigned to different homerooms.
He was late for homeroom.
Recent Examples on the Web
But kids, teachers and administrators alike admit it was rarely enforced − until this school year, when homeroom teachers started collecting students' phones to be returned at the end of the school day.
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The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2024
Willie proposed to her in their homeroom class In 2002, Willie popped the question to Christina in their middle school homeroom — a full circle moment for the school sweethearts.
—Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
After changing classes to avoid bullying from her peers, her daughter found herself in a homeroom with a history teacher who displayed a Palestinian flag and posters calling for a cease-fire.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
The first part follows a widow named Saori (Sakura Ando), whose son, Minato (Soya Kurokawa), a fifth grader, complains of being insulted and even physically abused by his homeroom teacher, Mr. Hori (Eita Nagayama).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
Only three of the 20 students in her homeroom have sufficient internet access at home.
—Madeleine Ngo, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
The teacher had taught first grade homeroom at the Seoi elementary school in Seoul, and died on campus on July 18, according to an August announcement from the country’s Education Ministry and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, who conducted an investigation into the death.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
But then his school shuttered overnight last spring after a local gang, increasingly mixed up with international drug trafficking, threatened to kill the entire student body, angry that rivals might be sitting in homerooms.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2023
Naperville North and Naperville Central high school students will have two homeroom periods per week beginning Jan. 6 so that students can have additional time for academic and social-emotional support/intervention.
—Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2021
The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2024
Willie proposed to her in their homeroom class In 2002, Willie popped the question to Christina in their middle school homeroom — a full circle moment for the school sweethearts.
—Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
After changing classes to avoid bullying from her peers, her daughter found herself in a homeroom with a history teacher who displayed a Palestinian flag and posters calling for a cease-fire.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
The first part follows a widow named Saori (Sakura Ando), whose son, Minato (Soya Kurokawa), a fifth grader, complains of being insulted and even physically abused by his homeroom teacher, Mr. Hori (Eita Nagayama).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2023
Only three of the 20 students in her homeroom have sufficient internet access at home.
—Madeleine Ngo, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
The teacher had taught first grade homeroom at the Seoi elementary school in Seoul, and died on campus on July 18, according to an August announcement from the country’s Education Ministry and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, who conducted an investigation into the death.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
But then his school shuttered overnight last spring after a local gang, increasingly mixed up with international drug trafficking, threatened to kill the entire student body, angry that rivals might be sitting in homerooms.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2023
Naperville North and Naperville Central high school students will have two homeroom periods per week beginning Jan. 6 so that students can have additional time for academic and social-emotional support/intervention.
—Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2021
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“Homeroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeroom. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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homeroom
noun
home·room
ˈhōm-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a classroom where pupils report usually at the beginning of each school day
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