"school celebration" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use the phrase to refer to a gathering of people at a school, such as a graduation, anniversary, or holiday event. For example, "The school is planning a big celebration for its 50th anniversary next month."
The school celebration included reading from the "I Have a Dream" speech of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo by Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times).
The blaze was the worst school fire in India since 1995, when 400 people, half of them children, died at a school celebration in Haryana State, in northern India.
Born in 1948, Lloyd Webber as a child was an Elvis nut who played "Jailhouse Rock" until his parents were numbed by it, and later led a school celebration for the duo Peter and Gordon, recent alumni who had had a pop hit.
They first created a weeklong curriculum that incorporated inaccurate characterizations of Chicana/o culture and history, emphasizing dance, food, and festivals and designed fliers with cultural props for a hypothetical school celebration.
So I made Birdie a cake for her birthday and they were doing her birthday celebration at her school and I was working at the time and running around and so I went and picked up two dozen cupcakes to bring for the school celebration.
Bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, called on Catholic Schools to refuse any distinction or honors bestowed on them by any elected official who supported the legislation, WNYC reports, and is asking that leaders of those schools refrain from inviting any state legislator to speak or be present at any parish or school celebration.
We send powerful messages when we routinely exclude certain children from school celebrations, parties and holidays because of their food allergies.
While we need to ensure that healthier foods are sold in vending machines and served during school celebrations, parents should also know that the "strict nutrition standards" that govern federally subsidized school lunch programs still fall short of being truly healthy for children.
The nation is gripped with anticipation, and as luck would have it the fixture falls on Argentina's independence day – 198 years old, this is a youngish country where the blue and white flag-waving on 9 July is usually limited to school celebrations marking the declaration of the Congress of Tucumán.
After several phone calls (perhaps to the ministry), he finally allowed me to photograph the school celebrations.
"While the school does not have oversight over Schoolies, we encourage students participating in any out of school celebrations to consider their personal safety and appropriate standards of behaviour.
