correspondence school
noun
: a school that teaches nonresident students by mailing them lessons and exercises which upon completion are returned to the school for grading
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Alaska has about 34 correspondence school programs in the state. 
Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 Taylor recused himself on May 21 from all matters involving correspondence school allotments and delegated the review to Mills. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022 In Alaska, Enoch said the terms correspondence school and homeschool are synonymous and are used interchangeably. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 As the Alaska Department of Law looks into the legality of using public funds for private education through the state’s correspondence school, or homeschool, allotment program, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has recused himself. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022 Meanwhile, at least one correspondence school in Alaska is already allowing families to be reimbursed for secular private school classes and at least one more plans to start the practice this coming school year. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2022 Instead, Emerson offered distance courses through the University of Nebraska High School, a onetime correspondence school. Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2021 So Fredy worked on the farm full time during the week, chopping and bundling firewood and weeding around the small, leafy coffee trees, while studying correspondence school assignments on the side. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021 Morris Brown College last year became a correspondence school with the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), which means the college has been officially approved to start the process to become accredited. Eric Stirgus, ajc, 8 Jan. 2020 See More
Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 Taylor recused himself on May 21 from all matters involving correspondence school allotments and delegated the review to Mills. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022 In Alaska, Enoch said the terms correspondence school and homeschool are synonymous and are used interchangeably. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 As the Alaska Department of Law looks into the legality of using public funds for private education through the state’s correspondence school, or homeschool, allotment program, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has recused himself. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022 Meanwhile, at least one correspondence school in Alaska is already allowing families to be reimbursed for secular private school classes and at least one more plans to start the practice this coming school year. Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2022 Instead, Emerson offered distance courses through the University of Nebraska High School, a onetime correspondence school. Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2021 So Fredy worked on the farm full time during the week, chopping and bundling firewood and weeding around the small, leafy coffee trees, while studying correspondence school assignments on the side. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021 Morris Brown College last year became a correspondence school with the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), which means the college has been officially approved to start the process to become accredited. Eric Stirgus, ajc, 8 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1889, in the meaning defined above