residential school
Americannoun
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a boarding school, especially one for delinquent or disabled children or youth.
They recommended placing our daughter in a residential school for troubled teens.
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(formerly) one of a network of boarding schools in Canada for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students, typically founded and operated by a church or religious order and eventually receiving partial or full funding by the federal government.
noun
Etymology
Origin of residential school
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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It was the first sign that promises of a brighter education at the residential school masked a dark and forbidding future.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
In Canada, we call it the residential school system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
She’s more hopeful now that James has been accepted to a private residential school that specializes in students with autism.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
"In the indigenous community, we're very familiar with residential school history. It isn't news to us," Goulet, the Cree-Métis filmmaker, told Salon in a recent phone interview.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2023
It should be the aim of the residential school to train its pupils along lines best suited to their individual needs, and, when possible, to fit them to become partially self-supporting, if not wholly so.
From Five Lectures on Blindness by Kate M. Foley
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