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

Examples of summer school in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kids won’t complain about summer school in Wilton—not when pie is involved at the Dorset Valley Schoolhouse Restaurant. —Sarah Miller, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026

Cassellius said the 12-month schedule would allow principals to work to get their schools fully staffed and to support summer school programs. —Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 10 Mar. 2026

The high school would operate from August through May with a possible summer school program lasting six to eight weeks. —George Avalos, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026

The court’s remedy for desegregation was to improve academic success, and the court ordered reductions in class sizes, summer school programs, tutoring, magnet schools and capital improvements. —Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for summer school

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

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