n. A second-year high school student who must repeat some or all of his or her first-year classes; freshmen and sophomores as a group.
2006
A new mentoring program at Lakeside High School hopes to snag at-risk freshmen before they slip through the cracks.
Last school year, 17 percent of Georgia's ninth-grade high school students did not earn enough credits for promotion to the 10th grade, according to figures from the Columbia County school system. School officials refer to those students as "freshmores."
Currently, about 50 students at Lakeside High qualify as freshmores, said the school's graduation coach, Dorcas Powell.
Last school year, 17 percent of Georgia's ninth-grade high school students did not earn enough credits for promotion to the 10th grade, according to figures from the Columbia County school system. School officials refer to those students as "freshmores."
Currently, about 50 students at Lakeside High qualify as freshmores, said the school's graduation coach, Dorcas Powell.
2006
Freshmen aren’t allowed at the Christmas formal and seniors can’t attend the "freshmore" dance for underclassmen.
1999 (earliest)
"I've been going along with it," said Smith's friend Chris York, a self-described "freshmore" at Patrick Henry. (He takes freshman and sophomore classes.)
The University of Michigan is searching for a term to replace "freshman" in describing the first year of a woman's college experience.
Mary Jo Frank, editor of the faculty and staff newspaper University Record, asked readers for their ideas.
Of the 30 suggestions submitted, "freshmore" was the most common.
Mary Jo Frank, editor of the faculty and staff newspaper University Record, asked readers for their ideas.
Of the 30 suggestions submitted, "freshmore" was the most common.