After-school


for students and taking place after they finish their day in school, usually in the late afternoon: He’s looking for an afterschool job.
Is there afterschool tutoring in math?
Contemporary Examples

Only rich kids with indulgent parents and poor kids with after-school jobs had their own cars.
P.J. O’Rourke on Grabbing the Keys to Happiness P. J. O’Rourke January 23, 2014

The Ayalim program gave Mazor funding to open an after-school program.
Palestinian and Israeli Citizens Bypass Their Governments in Search for Peace Evie M. Salomon August 16, 2013

The book came out 30 years ago, and the film was an even bigger flop than that after-school Scrabble club you tried to start.
Beseech Your Children Well With Plot-Spoilers Bill Schulz March 26, 2014

Historical Examples

Preparations for the fair absorbed most of the after-school time of the next two weeks.
Rosemary Josephine Lawrence

I continued my after-school pilgrimages to the saint’s door.
Autobiography of a YOGI Paramhansa Yogananda

“after-school” conditions are quite as important as physical training and gymnastics at school.
Civics and Health William H. Allen

after-school hours meant for us to help a mother who daily grew more frail under the burdens that she could not carry.
Why I Believe in Poverty Edward Bok

And well all have to be careful if we expect to join in these after-school athletics.
The Girls of Central High Gertrude W. Morrison

The after-school conference was the only specific means provided for aiding such pupils.
The High School Failures Francis P. Obrien

And I ask you to dramatically expand our support for after-school programs.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 Various

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