training school

noun

Updated on: 19 Apr 2018

Definition of training school

1 : a school preparing students for a particular occupation

2 : a correctional institution for the custody and reeducation of juvenile delinquents

Recent Examples of training school from the Web

After that, Leos learned the art of Paperwork Fu at an Air Force training school for office management.

— roy bragg, San Antonio Express-News, "Better running through paperwork," 15 Apr. 2018
This year the focus is on finding students from Naperville who are going to a career/technical training school after high school or plan to start their college life at the community college level.

— Naperville Sun, "Naperville Newcomer of the Month for April," 13 Apr. 2018
By the end of 2017, there were fewer than 50 boys at the training school.

— josh kovner, courant.com, "Connecticut Juvenile Training School Closes," 12 Apr. 2018
Inspired by the teacher's story, NIIT Ghana, a computer training school based in Accra, donated five desktop computers to the school, along with books and a laptop for Akoto.

— gianluca mezzofiore, CNN, "Donors give computers to Ghana school where teacher taught computer tech on a blackboard," 15 Mar. 2018
Those boys were Communists who went to a Communist training school.

— matt schudel, Washington Post, "Edgar Ray Killen, Mississippi Klansman convicted in 1964 civil rights killings, dies at 92," 12 Jan. 2018
Those boys were Communists who went to a Communist training school.

— richard goldstein, New York Times, "Edgar Ray Killen, Convicted in ’64 Killings of Rights Workers, Dies at 92," 12 Jan. 2018
The training school was started by a former Missouri Highway Patrol trooper named Greg Martin, according to a 2014 story in The Star.

— kaitlyn schwers, kansascity, "One Missouri Ozarks district is discussing arming teachers, another already has them | The Kansas City Star," 28 Feb. 2018
The French brasserie and its training school will occupy space in a handsome Victorian-era clapboard off the village square once occupied by Medina Steakhouse.

— debbi snook, cleveland.com, "Edwins' Cleveland leaders to open Serenite restaurant in Medina, supporting recovering addicts (photos)," 1 Feb. 2018

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