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Examples of boarding school in a Sentence
He attended a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts.
She was sent to boarding school when she was nine.
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About 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent to the Carlisle boarding school, which ran from 1879 to 1918.
—Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
President Biden on Monday formally designated the former site of a notorious boarding school for Native American children as a national monument, issuing a formal apology for the practice of forcibly removing children to such schools.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
Founded in 1879, the Carlisle School was one of the more than 400 Indian boarding schools that were a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to forcibly assimilate Indigenous peoples.
—Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
For each historical period of U.S. Native school policy—missionaries, boarding schools, public schools—there are powerful examples of Native people who challenged harmful practices in education.
—TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1665, in the meaning defined above
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
boarding school
noun
: a school at which most of the pupils live during the school term
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