Parties for girl at a school (5)

I believe the answer is:

galas

'parties' is the definition.
(a gala is a party or social event)

'girl at a school' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'gal' ().
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'school' becomes 'S'.
'gal'+'a'+'s'='GALAS'

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for galas that I've seen is " Bashes".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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