"Day School"

[rhu]

Do people outside the Jewish community refer to private non-boarding schools as "day schools"? It's a main entry in 11C, dating to 1831, but I've only ever heard it used in contradistinction to "Hebrew school" (which is a two- or three-day-a-week after-school program).

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[leighjen.livejournal.com]

I would call as private non-boarding school a "private school". I actually never heard "day school" until I moved to the Northeast.

[tidesong.livejournal.com]

I'm still outside of the Jewish community for now ;) Here, we just refer to those as "private schools." That's really the only thing that differentiates them from public schools. Boarding schools are something completely different. If you were to say "day school" here people would probably give you a funny look and say, "What, aren't all schools day schools?" if you were talking about high school and down. The most known religious schooling here is through the Catholic church, and I think they just call it "CCD". Don't ask me why, I don't know. ;) I think Hebrew school is called that here too...but it's assumed that they're different than "normal" schooling.

[angwantibo.livejournal.com]

Outside of "private school", I have heard "boarding school" for sleep-away high schools and "parochial school" for Catholic schools but never day schools.

My Mom went to "cheder" which was afternoons EVERY day and was Orthodox.

I have heard "day school" as part of the title of private schools (e.g. Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart).