Day school: Difference between revisions

A '''day school'''<ref>"Day school definition, a school open for instruction on weekdays only, usually from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m." {{Dictionary.com|day-school|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> — as opposed to a [[boarding school]] — is an [[educational institution]] where children<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/23/nyregion/about-new-york-a-graduation-ceremony-earns-special-cheers.html|title=A Graduation Ceremony Earns Special Cheers|author=Michael T. Kaufman|date=June 23, 1993|website=[[The New York Times]]|quote=IT was graduation day [...] and the 5-year-olds in their little white gowns [...]|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref> and [[Adolescence|adolescents]] are given instructions during the day, after which the students return to their homes. A day school has full-day programs when compared to [[After-school activity|after-school programs]]. A day school is a learning center whereby the learners usually goes back to their [[dwelling place]] daily and they do not dwell at the study center.<ref>{{Cite Collins Dictionary|day-school|access-date=2022-10-18}}</ref> It could be a [[Secondary school|secondary]] or [[Tertiary education|tertiary]] day school. <ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|day school|accessdate=2022-10-19}}</ref> It could also be privately or government owned. Consequently, parents and guardians are not required to pay for accommodation and feeding fees, this is due to the non residential status of a day school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ACMC |first=Edeh Samuel Chukwuemeka |date=2022-07-31 |title=Day vs Boarding School: Why Day Schools Are Better Than Boarding |url=https://bscholarly.com/why-day-schools-are-better-than-boarding-schools/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Bscholarly |language=en-US}}</ref> Day school helps the child to receiving a dual training from the home (parents, nuclear and extended family, friends and well wishers and from school environment (teachers, peers, and class mates) thereby helping them to practice what they have learned in school and gives them a spirit of exploration and enquiry into the subject matter.