day school
Americannoun
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a private school for students living outside the school (distinguished from boarding school).
We are a co-ed boarding and day school for grades 9 to 12, on beautiful 200-acre grounds overlooking the lake.
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a school for adults or mature students, held in the daytime (distinguished from night school).
Our school board currently offers adults night school credits as well as a flexible day school program.
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a usually independent school delivering alternative or specialized instruction throughout the regular school day, as opposed to only after school or on weekends.
I attended Hebrew day school as a child, but now send my son to a public elementary school.
noun
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a private school taking day students only Compare boarding school
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a school giving instruction during the daytime Compare night school
Etymology
Origin of day school
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Truelove grew up in Norfolk, Va., and attended Norfolk Collegiate School, an elite private day school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
An observant Jew who wrote in his memoir that he lives his faith “out loud,” Shapiro keeps kosher and attended, and then sent his four children to Jewish day school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The girls, ages 13 to 17, were tossed together because a juvenile-court judge sentenced them to a strict day school called Carroll Academy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
When the grounds were rebuilt, it reopened as a day school in 2021.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024
“I was jealous of him. He had you and Jem to himself all summer long, while I had to go home the day school was out. There was nobody at home to fool around with.”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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