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

Fewer camps are open; summer school is months away. —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

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