parochial school

noun

a primary or secondary private school supervised by a religious organization, especially a Roman Catholic day school affiliated with a parish or a holy order.

Origin of parochial school

First recorded in 1745–55

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The District’s new health guidance also requires the school system and every private and parochial school to submit a plan to the superintendent’s office detailing how they will reopen schools while adhering to health guidance.
D.C. and Maryland say that schools can shrink social distancing to 3 feet | Perry Stein, Donna St. George | March 25, 2021 | Washington Post
Cooper pinpoints parochial schools as reopening while still serving a socioeconomically diverse student body.
Masks, well-ventilated classrooms, and other precautions are key to reopening schools | Rahul Rao | March 4, 2021 | Popular-Science
I was in a parochial school, so I didn’t have some of the bureaucratic constraints that sometimes shape educators’ experience in the city.
The Educator Fighting to Rectify the Achievement Gap | Esabelle Lee | February 6, 2021 | Ozy
After years at the head of a parochial school classroom, he could no longer distinguish one blond Irish Catholic kid from another.
Obama’s One Hand Clap With Castro | Doug McIntyre | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Or they're stumping up for parochial school tuition, which their counterparts in Minneapolis don't have to do.
Is New York Really Secretly Affordable? | Megan McArdle | October 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

Jrgen Nilson had taught parochial school in Norway for twenty-nine years and continued to do so here for many years.
A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States : From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 | George Tobias Flom
They first came to Koshkonong, where the former taught parochial school for two years.
A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States : From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 | George Tobias Flom
A notable incident of the demonstration was the reception by the children of the parochial school.
Speeches of Benjamin Harrison | Benjamin Harrison
In very large numbers of cases the parochial school is chosen.
New Homes for Old | Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
The Regal High was but a short distance from the parochial school.
A Boy Knight | Martin J. (Martin Jerome) Scott

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