How to Use vocational school in a Sentence

vocational school

noun
  • One flyer was for a vocational school.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The result meant that his next path was either to become a laborer or attend a vocational school to learn a trade.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
  • His brother took a different route, attending vocational school and building a career as a welder.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The debate between vocational school or college exists because the cost to go to college is so high and the demand is growing for skilled tradespeople.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, five more scholarships will go to area high schoolers looking to attend a trade or vocational school, the foundation announced.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Still others live in a two-parent household and happily opted to attend vocational school, join the military, go to community college, work a blue-collar job or maybe bag groceries at a local big box store post-high school.
    — Essence, 11 May 2026
  • All three of these Illinois residents decided to enroll for job training at a vocational school — in this case, Rockford Career College in Rockford.
    — Danielle Harriott, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Waltham Sr High opened in 2024, while Lowell High is scheduled to fully open by 2027 and the vocational school is scheduled for the start of the next school year.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • According to federal rules, any accredited public, private (nonprofit or for-profit) or vocational school that is already participating in federal financial aid is eligible to apply for Workforce Pell.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
  • Abdullahi’s Language Banc took over the commercial space from Midwest Career Institute after the vocational school, which trained bilingual healthcare workers, dissolved following its brief operation.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Rotary offers scholarships; seeks donations After 28 years the Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary is again offering scholarships to high school seniors living or attending school in Carlsbad who are going to college or vocational school.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Enrollment in vocational school jumped 16% last year, rising to the highest level since National Student Clearinghouse started tracking data in 2018, Fortune previously reported.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Crews began bulldozing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s offices in Sheikh Jarrah and fired tear gas at a vocational school in Qalandiya, marking Israel’s latest and most dramatic step against UNRWA.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026

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