af·ter·school

(ăf′tər-sko͞ol′)

adj. often after-school

1. Taking place immediately following school classes: afterschool activities.

2. Of or being a program designed to provide care for and educational enhancement to children in the hours immediately following school classes.

An afterschool program.

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after-school

adj

(Education) put on after the end of the normal school day

(Education) a session or club after the end of the normal school day

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Adj.

after-school - outside regular school hours; "a special after-school class"

outside - relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit; "an outside margin"

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