parochial school

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I was raised as a Catholic, spent my K-12 years in a parochial school system, and attended a Jesuit medical school.

From Salon • May 31, 2023

Roughly 8 percent chose a school “outside the United States,” while 7 percent switched to a private or parochial school and 2 percent opted for home schooling.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022

The cinema fell through, but Barrett eventually found an empty parochial school in a Boston suburb.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

Generations of wealthy and powerful people have graduated from Mater Dei, which opened in 1950 as the first coeducational parochial school in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2021

On the far right was the scout who recruited for an athletically high-powered parochial school.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben