Catholic school
Nun-staffed classroom setting
A Catholic school is an educational institution operated by or affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, typically featuring religious instruction, mass attendance, and moral education alongside standard academics.
Such schools range from elementary through university level and often require uniforms and adherence to a code of conduct rooted in Catholic values.
In American culture, Catholic school carries associations with strict discipline, nuns as teachers, and plaid uniforms: She went to Catholic school through eighth grade.
Local church community
- massQuantity of matter
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- liturgyFormal worship structure
priest · nun · chapel · diocese · clergy · altar · confession · communion
Temporary official holding
- demeritsPenalties for misconduct
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- obedienceCompliance with authority
uniforms · structure · authority · conduct · consequences · behavior · regulations · expectations
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- sinViolation of divine law
- guiltMoral self-reproach
conscience · purity · abstinence · modesty · morals · principles · righteousness · repentance
Woven crisscross pattern
- blazerSemiformal tailored jacket
- jumperPullover or pinafore dress
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- pleated skirtGarment with sewn folds
knee socks · loafers · cardigan · polo · vest · emblem · crested · tartan
Narrow in perspective
- archdioceseArchbishop's jurisdictional territory
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
choir · altar servers · fundraiser · fish fry · bingo night · volunteer · tuition · scholarship
parish
Local church community
- massQuantity of matter
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
- catechismReligious teaching guide
liturgy · priest · nun · chapel · diocese · clergy · altar · confession · communion · rosary
detention
Temporary official holding
- demeritsPenalties for misconduct
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
obedience · uniforms · structure · authority · conduct · consequences · behavior · regulations · expectations · supervision
ethics
Study of right conduct
guilt · conscience · purity · abstinence · modesty · morals · principles · righteousness · repentance · confession
plaid
Woven crisscross pattern
pleated skirt · knee socks · loafers · cardigan · polo · vest · emblem · crested · tartan · pinafore
parochial
Narrow in perspective
- archdioceseArchbishop's jurisdictional territory
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
faithful · choir · altar servers · fundraiser · fish fry · bingo night · volunteer · tuition · scholarship · alumni
- Religious Schoolsreligious education, Christian college, Christian university, Christian academy, faith schools
- religious educationreligious education, Bible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, church teachings
- schoolscollege, academy, university, kindergarten, seminary
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- Private Schoolsprep schools, boarding schools, private academies, independent schools, preparatory schools
Catholic schoolsecular school
Non-denominational educational institution
public school · state school · madrasa · yeshiva · Lutheran school
school, schooling, schooled, schoolgirl, schoolboy, preschool, schoolhouse, Catholic, schoolyard