A day school is an institution where children are given educational instruction only during the day and after which children return to their homes. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Social organisation. ... A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... Home is a place where a person lives, perhaps spends much of the time, or where a person is comfortable to be. ...

Schools are of two broad kinds; day school and boarding school. Most children around the world attend day schools throughout their schooling. A few of them might attend day schools for most of their schooling while attending a few years in a boarding school. However students attending boarding schools throughout their schooling are very much in the minority.   Students in Rome, Italy. ... A boarding school is a school where some or all students not only study but also live, amongst their peers but away from their home and family. ... This article is about swarms in biology. ... A boarding school is a school where some or all students not only study but also live, amongst their peers but away from their home and family. ...

Day schools are an important part of a child's growing-up and of family life in most contemporary societies. They are a central part of communities and societies. They allow children to acquire education and yet remain rooted to their family and culture. A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by comparable legal relationships — including domestic partnership, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the Roman Empire). ... Community is a set of people (or agents in a more abstract sense) with some shared element. ... A society is a group of people living or working together. ...

Some may rate boarding schools higher than day schools. However, day schools can provide distinct values of their own, allowing students daily contact with their families and communities throughout their student years. Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, meaning to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ...

The term day school is also increasingly used for a one-off series of lectures or classes, taking place on a single day, usually on a particular topic and usually directed at adult learners with little time to spare.

See also

• Country Day Schools