Sunday school

noun

Definition of Sunday schoolnext
as in charter school

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  1. charter school
  2. secondary school
  3. elementary school
  4. magnet school
  5. primary school
  6. high school
  7. public school
  8. common school
Noun
  • The Hialeah City Council has approved an expansion plan that will give even more public land to a charter school that has gradually overtaken a once-vibrant city park.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Kehoe’s focus on education comes as Missouri Republicans have sought to expand a scholarship program that uses public funds to allow students to attend private or charter schools.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of charter school
Noun
  • The status quo of early morning bells in secondary schools—and somewhat later bells in elementary schools—is biologically backwards.
    Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The series was based on the 2018 novel by Sally Rooney and starred Daisy Edgar-Jones and Mescal as a couple from secondary school to their undergraduate years in college.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • But then a nearby elementary school caught fire, sending flames dancing onto the roadway and forcing her to turn her car around.
    Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Video from Fox 11 News showed the elementary school engulfed in flames.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Hollis enrolled him at Terra Environmental Research Institute, a magnet school for science, tech and engineering brainiacs.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Some of the top underpopulated schools were magnet schools, such as Western High and Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of magnet school
Noun
  • Students ages 8 to 14 from San Ildefonso, a primary school that dates back more than 500 years, revealed the winners by singing the numbers and the corresponding prize amounts, which are drawn from wooden balls.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • After Karen agreed, Brenda enrolled Nicole in a local primary school.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of primary school
Noun
  • Are high schools in Nebraska just not developing players who can make the jump to the modern Big Ten in comparison to other areas of the country?
    Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Everyone, from high school dropouts to Ph.D.s, goes to the supermarket.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of high school
Noun
  • The state also banned six artificial food dyes from public schools.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Republican party and wealthy interests pulled this recall move on Gavin during the pandemic, capitalizing on frustration over public schools being closed.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of public school
Noun
  • With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2024
Definition of common school
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