Lexic.us

Definition of School day

1. Noun. Any day on which school is in session. "Go to bed early because tomorrow is a school day"

2. Noun. The period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session. "When the school day was done we would walk home together"

Lexicographical Neighbors of School Day

school admission criteria school band school bell school board school book school books school bus school bus yellow school counselor school counselors

school crossing school crossing attendant school day (current term) school dentistry school dictionary school district school health services school mate school newspaper school night

school nights school nurse school nursing school of dentistry school of hard knocks school of law school of medicine

Literary usage of School day

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1919)
"longer school day. The introduction of vocational education without a long ... A child of six should have a school day shorter than a child of thirteen. ..."

2. School Economy: A Treatise on the Preparation, Organization, Employments by James Pyle Wickersham (1864)
"The Length of the School-Day.—It is quite easy to adopt extreme views in regard to the proper length of the school-day. The sight of feeble children, ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"That is, fifteen minutes a day, in two breaks, besides the dinner hour, during the school day of seven and a half hours, for five days in the week. ..."

4. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"There is a widespread movement to increase the daily time of instruction, and experience shows that a longer school day than is required for the regular ..."

5. School Economy: A Treatise on the Preparation, Organization, Employments by James Pyle Wickersham (1864)
"The Length of the School-Day.—It is quite easy to adopt extreme views in regard to the proper length of the school-day. The sight of feeble children, ..."

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