Definition of schoolhouse
: a building used as a school and especially as an elementary school
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This is the only old district schoolhouse in South Windsor that has not been demolished or converted to a home.
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Started after the Civil War in the basements of churches, old schoolhouses and cabins, HBCUs were the first institutions dedicated to the education of former slaves and free black people.
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Sally's early education began in a one room schoolhouse in Melrose.
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But dozens of charters have also used their greater flexibility to limit which kids make it through the schoolhouse doors — creating exclusive, disproportionately white schools.
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Melissa Fewell, a mother of two children who are now terrified to go to school, launched an online petition demanding metal detectors at the schoolhouse doors.
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The schoolhouse was built in 1794 and Victorian-ized around 1880, but its one-room charm was erased in 1929, when private owners converted it into a summer place.
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See cabin built in 1795 and 2-story springhouse/schoolhouse dating from 1800.
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According to the French newspaper Le Parisien, the couple married in a small schoolhouse town hall in Saint-Simeon, a commune located one hour west of Paris in north-central France.
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First Known Use of schoolhouse
14th century
SCHOOLHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of schoolhouse for English Language Learners
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: a building that is used as a school
SCHOOLHOUSE Defined for Kids
Definition of schoolhouse for Students
plural schoolhouses
\-ˌhau̇-zəz\
: a building used as a place for teaching and learning
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