church school
noun
1
: a school providing a general education but supported by a particular church in contrast to a public school or a nondenominational private school
2
: an organization of officers, teachers, and pupils for purposes of moral and religious education under the supervision of a local church
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In 1987, 13 teenagers died when a flash flood on the Guadalupe River overcame their church school bus.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2025
Karl Blanke, the church school’s former headmaster, helped organize a new school, Lux Christi Academy, for students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
At the kids’ small church school alone, there are a handful of children being raised by their grandparents.
—Frances Dodds Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Researchers including Reich say recent viral headlines, such as a North Texas pastor publicly boasting on Instagram that his church school ranked lowest in Texas for measles vaccination rates, are disheartening and show the nation heading down a dangerous path.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2025
Karl Blanke, the church school’s former headmaster, helped organize a new school, Lux Christi Academy, for students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
At the kids’ small church school alone, there are a handful of children being raised by their grandparents.
—Frances Dodds Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Researchers including Reich say recent viral headlines, such as a North Texas pastor publicly boasting on Instagram that his church school ranked lowest in Texas for measles vaccination rates, are disheartening and show the nation heading down a dangerous path.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Church school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/church%20school. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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