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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Fewer camps are open; summer school is months away.
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Anna North, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
Examples of affected programs are summer schools that attract students from minority populations or statistical analyses of DEI-specific data in a particular domain of science.
—Filomena Nunes, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
The decision was also made to move assistant manager and manager positions to full-year positions in order to help out with the summer school program and other programs.
—Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The school offered free summer school for students who failed, recognizing that many would have been funneled into lower-track classes under a traditional system.
—Scott White, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Anna North, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
Examples of affected programs are summer schools that attract students from minority populations or statistical analyses of DEI-specific data in a particular domain of science.
—Filomena Nunes, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2025
The decision was also made to move assistant manager and manager positions to full-year positions in order to help out with the summer school program and other programs.
—Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The school offered free summer school for students who failed, recognizing that many would have been funneled into lower-track classes under a traditional system.
—Scott White, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for summer school
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“Summer school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summer%20school. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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