How to Use summer school in a Sentence

summer school

noun
  • The unions fought against adding more hours to summer school this year.
    — Rory Cooper, National Review, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Unlike past years where summer school was three hours, the school day will be longer.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The lessons were a way to bring some of the usual fun of summer school home to kids.
    — Lily Altavena, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2020
  • The setup will be a lot like a two-day summer school session.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Allow schools to use funding from this school year for summer school.
    — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Already, Rashad had flunked out of eighth grade and gone to summer school to catch up.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The money could go to things such as tutoring or even summer school.
    — Brian Slupski, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2021
  • The summer school this year was a fish camp organized by the district.
    — Will McCarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • For Zion, summer school feels a lot like a regular school day.
    — Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 25 July 2021
  • Children do not need to be enrolled in summer school programs to have meals.
    — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2024
  • Some have had to cut positions and scrap programs such as summer school.
    — Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • My mom worked full time as a teacher, and during the summer for summer school.
    — Jill Robi, Parents, 18 May 2024
  • Many parents still opted for summer school in the hopes of catching their kids up.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2021
  • Those students will have to make up classes in summer school to earn a passing grade.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The district will hold two sessions of summer school programs.
    — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2021
  • Forget about summer school as a time to make up a flunked course, or get a requirement out of the way.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Sharpen your pencils and commit to staying in the summer school of the heart.
    — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 11 Aug. 2018
  • As for Dodd, Poore said there are no plans as yet for its use once summer school programs end .
    — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2021
  • In open session, the board heard updates on summer projects and on summer school programs.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Students who fell behind this year will have to catch up in summer school, Fennoy wrote.
    — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Most players skipped the first session of summer school and went home for May and June.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • During summer school before his senior year, Banks took a break from class to make a phone call.
    — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • At the time, they were both enrolled in a summer school class that was being taught at Georgetown.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The money will fund tutoring programs for the next two school years and for the enlarged summer school.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Price said the effort began over the summer when students were back in the classroom for summer school.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Reese will leave for Arizona in the summer to attend summer school and meet her new teammates.
    — Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • For those opting for a return to the building then, summer school will at least double the amount of time in person.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2021
  • Last year, nearly a third of teens were enrolled in summer school and not seeking work, according to the study.
    — Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2019
  • With the school year ending and summer school starting in a few weeks, the recruiting process this late is like speed dating.
    — Alex Schiffer, kansascity, 11 May 2018
  • Keenan said the district requires students and staff to wear masks for summer school, which will go through August.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 3 June 2021

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