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
  • Abbott also has the endorsement of Charters Schools Now, which works to mobilize public charter school supporters.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The district’s facility division acquired the land and managed the construction, which began in 2011, with the Camino Nuevo charter school opening in 2013.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 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
  • Say your child attended elementary school in Los Angeles before your family relocated to Texas.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In January 2026, a driverless Waymo struck a nine-year-old pedestrian near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • 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
  • The district also plans to open a new K-8 magnet school with an arts emphasis at Hulstrom's current campus in Northglenn.
    — Tori Mason, CBS News, 8 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
  • Although the breach involves California's public school system, the people whose records were stolen may now live anywhere in the United States.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • School’s Chancellor Kamar Samuels held a moment of silence for the 11-year-old boy, who attended a Bronx public school, at an unrelated event Wednesday night.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 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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