How to Use day school in a Sentence

day school

noun
  • His kids go to Jewish day school.
    — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The school board hasn’t presented a plan for the day school starts — in four weeks.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 16 July 2022
  • This is Charlotte's first year at the day school with her brother.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Here’s what to know before Tuesday’s vote on the four-day school week.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The turning point began on March 16, the day schools were closed.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
  • At that point, Malik worked just two hours a day while the girl was in the half-day school program.
    — Julie Z. Weil, Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026
  • At 8, he was sent to the nearby Bromsgrove boarding and day school.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Open house was sparsely attended and the next day school leaders couldn’t figure out why.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • State records indicate that the Turpins listed their home as the site of a private day school.
    — Fox News, 5 May 2018
  • And many Jewish day schools are known for their rigorous academics.
    — Katie Honan, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Lawmakers may agree to forgive the days schools closed for the virus, or schools may extend their closures.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Battling burnout The four-day school week creates four longer days instead of five shorter ones.
    — Ilana Arougheti updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The percentage increases were less than last year, when day schools saw tuition climb by the most in at least a decade.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Our day school and our bar mitzvah prep and our basketball league and youth programs kept our younger families there.
    — Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Across the country, Jewish day school heads answered that question in largely the same way.
    — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 4 May 2021
  • The enrollment goals also includes day school students, which both boys and girls would be accepted to.
    — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The academy was both day school and boarding school where boys from all over the country – and world – came to study, learn and maybe even become sailors.
    — Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
  • At that point, residents would vote to renew the four-day school week as the default option for up to another decade.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Jackson played an important role in bridging the gap from the Attucks alumni to the present-day school.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2020
  • One day the principal of a Jewish day school on Long Island asked him to come and sub.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2020
  • Unlike public and private day schools, which draw from a local area, boarding schools welcome students from around the world.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Like Jewish day school leaders across the country, Levin was faced with a vexing dilemma.
    — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 4 May 2021
  • Parents, teachers and district leadership have been divided on the four-day school week.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The federal government then ran it as a day school until 1978, when it was closed.
    — Rob Gillies, Star Tribune, 4 June 2021
  • On his first day at their local day school, little Diana insisted on leaving her classroom to check in on him.
    — Cynthia McFadden, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Shannon Luper, the grandmother of Maria, thinks full-day school camps in July is a great idea.
    — Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2021
  • First, Legacy has to move to a five-day school week next year for middle school students and have an optional four-day school week for high schoolers.
    — Elizabeth Sander, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Last year, Independence voters chose to keep the district’s four-day school week, with more than 60% in favor.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Her daughter, Maya, attends a Jewish day school in Baltimore.
    — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
  • La Lumiere is a college prep boarding and day school in La Porte, Indiana.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 29 Apr. 2022

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