trade school

noun

1. a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.

trade school

noun

1. a school or teaching unit organized by an industry or large company to provide trade training, apprentice education, and similar courses

Word History and Origins

Origin of trade school¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

It meant making sure that our public school students had the support services they needed and a scholarship to a trade school, community college, or a 4-year university waiting for them when they graduated high school.

From Time

Time for “future schools” that could “combine college, trade school, high school, and financial education.”

From Washington Post

Four out of five MHS graduates start post-secondary education immediately after high school, enrolling in a certificate program, trade school or two- or four-year college.

From ProPublica

While the model has caught fire from a variety of trade schools and bootcamps, it’s a hard service to offer at scale.

From TechCrunch

The company considered starting an apprenticeship program with a nearby trade school, but it cannot take on more than a handful of trainees at a time, making a long-term partnership difficult.

From Washington Post

They were friends during their teenage years, when they both studied at a Paris trade school for couturiers.

From The Daily Beast

The higher education of women has been, in economic effect, a trade school for training women for the trade of teacher.

From Project Gutenberg

Enschede possesses several churches, an industrial trade school, and a large park intended for the benefit of the working classes.

From Project Gutenberg

Barnard students, graduates of the Manhattan Trade School, and girls from seasonal trades formed the backbone of the group.

From Project Gutenberg

In the engineering trade school, three hours per day are devoted to ornamental drawing, German, physics and arithmetic.

From Project Gutenberg

They reach on and out from the trade school and up to the institutions for the teaching of the fine arts.

From Project Gutenberg