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Noun: schoolie  skoo-lee
Usage: Austral, informal
  1. A young person attending school (up through senior high school)
    "The bus was filled with noisy schoolies on their way home";
    - schoolchild, school-age child, pupil, schoolkid [informal]
     
  2. A teacher in a school below the college level
    "The dedicated schoolie spent her evenings grading papers and planning lessons";
    - schoolteacher, school teacher

Derived forms: schoolies

Type of: educator, instructor, spring chicken, teacher, younker [archaic], youth

Part of: school