How to Use parochial school in a Sentence
parochial school
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When Mike was 15, five kids from a parochial school jumped him.
—Los Angeles Magazine, 19 Dec. 2017
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Granted, a lot of the people from the white parts of town went to Catholic parochial schools.
—Dianna Douglas, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2017
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My daughter and son-in-law send their 6-year-old to a parochial school.
—Philip Galanes, New York Times, 28 June 2018
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Wu and her husband signed him up at a parochial school.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021
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The Klan charged that the pope was using parochial schools in his plot to take over America.
—Longreads, 12 July 2018
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Ebersole pushed for a bill to extend it to private and parochial schools and child-care homes and centers.
—Donna St. George, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
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The contest was open to all students in public and parochial schools within the Berea City School District.
—Linda G. Kramer, cleveland.com, 26 June 2019
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Four eighth graders, including the starting point guard, are part of a young team for the small parochial school on Jewel Lake Road.
—Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2021
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The private/parochial school coach of the year is Julia Houser of Whitesburg Christian.
—al, 24 May 2022
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Almost nothing was mentioned about Sanders Street and the parochial school children seen playing on the street in a brief glimpse.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2020
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Our parochial school teachers put together a program of a walk-in.
—Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
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Vouchers for private schools would let parents place their children in the city’s parochial schools.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 June 2018
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Putting his children through parochial school was a financial strain.
—Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
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Independence Local Schools serves as the fiscal agent for the parochial school.
—Chris M. Worrell, cleveland, 29 July 2021
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Baker said the Marienfeld Carmelites sold the grounds, monastery and church in 1897 to the Sisters of Mercy, who built a parochial school for boys and girls and used the monastery for their living quarters and a chapel.
—Bob Campbell, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2022
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Each have attended parochial school and private schools.
—Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2018
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About two thirds stay within the Cleveland school district, but about 22 percent go to charter schools and 12 percent to parochial schools.
—Patrick O'Donnell, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2019
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James' Baptist parents converted him to Catholicism and sent him to parochial schools.
—Bill Turque, kansascity, 23 Mar. 2018
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The roughly one-square-mile neighborhood has a variety of public and parochial schools.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
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Before schools closed, only two of Daniels’ schools had e-learning plans — a parochial school and a small elementary school.
—Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 20 Apr. 2020
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Both programs are open to students from public, charter and parochial schools, as well as homeschoolers.
—cleveland, 26 Sep. 2019
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He was born in Chicago to parents who were not Catholic, but converted to Catholicism while attending a parochial school.
—Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, CNN, 27 Nov. 2020
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This is not the first attempt at creating a hockey academy at a local parochial school.
—Jim Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2020
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Her father, who worked for the sheriff’s department, sometimes walked with her to catechism classes at the parochial school two blocks down from the stone, fortress-like St. Patrick’s church.
—Julia Shipley, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2021
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But some families who can afford it do end up sending their children to private or parochial schools.
—Boston.com Real Estate, 14 Aug. 2019
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Those with means can afford private schools, including parochial schools.
—Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2017
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Schools Philadelphia public and parochial schools are on a two-hour delay, as are scores of other districts outside the city.
—Joseph A. Gambardello, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
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The parochial school family was displaced in February 2022 due to an arson fire that started in the basement and ravaged the building.
—John Benson, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
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The thinking was my mom and my uncle would get a better education in parochial schools, and the schools seemed less racist — albeit only slightly.
—Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
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The once parochial school friends and now a divorcee and widower, Cash and DeNitto were in a serious relationship, Keith said.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
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