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
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Summer break is cut short for students who are required to do summer school.
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Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 28 July 2025
Missing 10% of the school year results in failing the grade, requiring summer school or grade repetition.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 28 July 2025
After exemptions, retakes, summer school and the appeal process all unfolded, less than 1% of last year's third graders were held back under the reading law, which totaled 655 students.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Our son has a learning disorder and worked very hard, including taking summer school and repeating some classes, in order to pass our state’s high school exit exam and graduate.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
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Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 28 July 2025
Missing 10% of the school year results in failing the grade, requiring summer school or grade repetition.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 28 July 2025
After exemptions, retakes, summer school and the appeal process all unfolded, less than 1% of last year's third graders were held back under the reading law, which totaled 655 students.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Our son has a learning disorder and worked very hard, including taking summer school and repeating some classes, in order to pass our state’s high school exit exam and graduate.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
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“Summer school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summer%20school. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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