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
  • Belgal’s lawyers wrote that several high schools, a charter school and at least three daycares were in the vicinity of the shooting.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Miami hedge fund billionaire and philanthropist Ken Griffin pushed for expansion of the law and gave the charter school network $50 million for its Miami expansion.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 14 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
  • Avoiding the school Michelle doesn’t see a path forward at the elementary school at this point and is seriously thinking about home schooling both of her boys, and says other parents are considering the same.
    — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At one elementary school, the share of children on public assistance dropped 9 percent between this school year and last.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 22 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
  • 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
  • Southern California is full of future college and NFL officials starting out as high school officials.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Sierra’s mother, Mercedes Pedraza, testified that Sierra wasn’t the same after the accident and had frequent tantrums, refused to follow rules and ultimately dropped out of high school.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of high school
Noun
  • Diesel fuel has hit record prices and that's putting the squeeze on public school districts all across the country.
    — CBSColorado.com Staff, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • When students leave their public school, state money allocated to educate each student goes away too.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 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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