after-school

adjective

af·​ter-school ˈaf-tər-ˌskül 

: happening or done after the end of the school day

after-school activities/programs

Examples of after-school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The community at his Black Pentecostal church, the after-school programs at Family Focus, the adults who placed him in Northwestern tennis camps and a music scholarship that eventually took him to Italy, none of that was institutional. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

From a surprise yuan devaluation in 2015 to crackdowns in recent years on after-school tutoring and cross-border stock trading, many of Beijing's policy moves appear abrupt to outsiders. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

When officials were trying to get an after-school program for local students up and running in 2017, Su and his wife offered to donate $5,000 each to the West Covina Unified School District and Covina-Valley Unified School District, Wu said. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Lower after-school expectations Be thoughtful about overscheduling children with after-school chores as well as extracurricular activities since this is the point in the day where their ability to self-regulate is maxed out. — Liz Regalia, Parents, 2 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for after-school

• minuscule
• molecule
• overrule
• poiseuille
• reticule
• ridicule
• vestibule
• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule