Saturday school

Weekend disciplinary session

Saturday school is an educational session held on Saturdays, outside regular weekday instruction.

It may offer supplementary academics, enrichment programs, or cultural education—Japanese and Chinese heritage schools commonly meet Saturdays.

In some schools, Saturday school serves as detention or makeup time for missed classes: He got Saturday school for skipping.

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remedial · makeup · extra credit · classroom · homework · punishment · extra · lessons · catch-up · discipline · study · cramming · algebra · desks · chalkboard · truancy · mandatory · breakfast club

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temporal scheduling

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Religious education for children

summer school · morning classes

punitive vs. regular education

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Unassigned school hour

day off · recess · school holiday · excused absence · early dismissal

supplemental vs. primary instruction

Saturday schoolcore classes

Mandatory academic subjects

primary education · homeroom

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