summer school

noun

study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
a school offering such programs.

summer school

noun

a school, academic course, etc, held during the summer

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Word History and Origins

Origin of summer school¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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It was his second day of summer school at UCLA, so he didn’t answer.

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The superintendent said that summer school increased the graduation rate from 86% to 87% as seniors were able to complete required course work.

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There’s a report on at least one Polish citizen, as well as students of a journalism summer school run by Ms Nemtsova.

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Students will arrive with varying degrees of summer enrichment or summer slide — an issue the district tried to address with summer school, which reached more than 100,000 students.

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Season 3 finds Ava back from a summer school course that turned her into a real leader.

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