academic year
noun
: the annual period of sessions of an educational institution usually beginning in September and ending in June
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Edgewood Elementary School in West Baltimore will close at the end of the academic year because of dwindling attendance, the Baltimore City school board voted Tuesday night.
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
Statewide, enrollment in public schools has fallen 3.5% since peaking during the 2019-2020 academic year at 913,223 pupils.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
As many may recall, the 54-year-old former model did not join Trump at the beginning of his initial term in 2016, preferring to stay on while their son Barron finished up his academic year at Columbia Grammar on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
It was launched in the 1999-2000 academic year as an early effort to fulfill USD’s promise as an anchor institution.
—Ramiro Frausto, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
Statewide, enrollment in public schools has fallen 3.5% since peaking during the 2019-2020 academic year at 913,223 pupils.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
As many may recall, the 54-year-old former model did not join Trump at the beginning of his initial term in 2016, preferring to stay on while their son Barron finished up his academic year at Columbia Grammar on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
It was launched in the 1999-2000 academic year as an early effort to fulfill USD’s promise as an anchor institution.
—Ramiro Frausto, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Academic year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/academic%20year. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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