Definition of "summer school" []

• An academic session held during the summer, chiefly for supplementary and remedial study. (noun)

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• "It was after teaching summer school that I teamed up with Abe Harris at"
• "In a lecture delivered by Agassiz, at his summer school at Penikese, a few months before his death, he recurred to this journey with the enthusiasm of a young man."
• "Parent groups have rallied and lobbied for special education funding, for safeguards on end-of-grade testing, for the use of accommodation strategies, and for summer school programs."