Sunday school

noun

Definition of Sunday schoolnext
as in charter school

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  1. charter school
  2. secondary school
  3. elementary school
  4. magnet school
  5. primary school
  6. high school
  7. public school
  8. common school
Noun
  • What if the best high school in the state happened to be a religious charter school (Pueblo just attempted to establish its first religious charter school)?
    — Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Whether the Donaldses will divest from the charter school business during the governor-elect’s term remains to be seen.
    — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of charter school
Noun
  • Tan-Gillespie ultimately stayed with the chain throughout secondary school, later rising to assistant general manager.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some primary and secondary school exams scheduled for those days were also postponed in Mauritius and on the nearby islands of Rodrigues and Agaléga, while international exams would go ahead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • As just one example, the war in Iran began with a strike on an elementary school, killing more than 100 children.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The incoming principal for the new elementary school, Maleena Guandique, currently runs Success Academy’s very first school, Harlem 1.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • The children no longer participate in afterschool activities, such as flag football, as one car presents a challenge, with the 22-mile drive roundtrip from the children’s magnet school in Hartford to the family home.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Parents and students at a Charlotte magnet school say a district plan to adjust their bell schedule could drive families away from the program.
    — Mary Ramsey October 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of magnet school
Noun
  • Barrett noted a berm already exists along the primary school's south side.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Her experience as a primary school music teacher reflected a wider lifelong love of music, and much of her work centred around this.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • Santa Margarita’s domination in high school girls golf continued Monday, with the Eagles winning the Southern Section Division 1 team title by four strokes over Orange Lutheran at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • That's how 17-year-old high school senior Alex Zaret described the college admissions process, during a tour of the Skidmore College campus — the fourth school Zaret had visited, with another half-dozen to go.
    — Jon Marcus, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Teachers work longer hours, too, and are often less experienced than their traditional public school counterparts.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The records, which contained academic and disability information for 1,849 public school students, were sent to Scott Larson in late October.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of public school
Noun
  • Hand in hand with that was the rise of literacy and the universal common school movement.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of common school
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