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
  • The three fell out over disputes about the charter school’s management.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Some go to one of the city of Phoenix’s heat relief centers, inside a 21,000-square-foot former charter school.
    — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of charter school
Noun
  • The February attack on a secondary school in the small town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades, leaving eight people dead, including six children, and dozens wounded.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Students carry out a blocking protest at the Cesar Baggio secondary school in Lille on September 29, 2026.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • Three children and a teacher were gunned down Thursday afternoon in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the 16-year-old suspect was fatally shot by an armed bystander, according to police.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Three young children and a teacher were killed Thursday afternoon in a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and a teenage suspect was fatally shot by a good Samaritan who pursued him.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • 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
  • The district will use the school’s old building to open a K-8 magnet school with an arts emphasis.
    — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of magnet school
Noun
  • 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
  • Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are legally prohibited from continuing their education beyond primary school.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • The Emerging Filmmakers Program brings middle and high school students into screenings, discussions and workshops.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In 2017, a 16-year-old student armed with a rifle, pistols and a small grenade opened fire at a high school in southern France, wounding three students and the principal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • As a Washington public school district and member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), Camas follows applicable state law and WIAA eligibility rules.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Republican has long pushed to eliminate DEI policies and restrict LGBTQ+ student clubs across public school districts.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 13 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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