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Recent Examples of preparatory school
Jesuit was founded in 1963 as the capital region’s only all-boys Catholic college preparatory school and has a student body of 953 as of the current school year, according to its website.
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
According to multiple sources, including a letter from the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and a statement from The Webb School, a college preparatory school in Tennessee, the Hardin family’s home in Hunt, Texas, was washed away by floodwaters while the family was inside.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Schott posted a video to Instagram on Wednesday to commend the K-12 preparatory school's low rate.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Nutley was the director of academic services at St. Xavier High School, a private all-boys college preparatory school in Cincinnati, prosecutors said, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
According to multiple sources, including a letter from the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and a statement from The Webb School, a college preparatory school in Tennessee, the Hardin family’s home in Hunt, Texas, was washed away by floodwaters while the family was inside.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Schott posted a video to Instagram on Wednesday to commend the K-12 preparatory school's low rate.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Nutley was the director of academic services at St. Xavier High School, a private all-boys college preparatory school in Cincinnati, prosecutors said, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preparatory school
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The duo joined stars like Brendan Fraser and Anthony Rapp as competitive prep school students in the 1992 drama School Ties.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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After a year at prep school, Grant went on to set school records for receiving yards and touchdowns at Assumption.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2026
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Based on the devastating dystopian novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, this wistful drama explores the lives of Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth, three friends who grow up at a boarding school.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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In 1802, seventeen-year-old Thomas De Quincey, the son of a wealthy merchant, ran away from his Manchester boarding school.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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During the final stretch of secondary school, the popular Connell (Mescal) and wallflower Marianne (Edgar-Jones) begin an on-off romance that extends for the next four years, ultimately defining that era of their lives.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Factors that contributed to New Hampshire’s appeal include low non-medical drug use, high secondary school completion rates, and a nearly 10% drop in homelessness.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Mark Glende, Rosemount, is an elementary school custodian.—
Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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The Huffington Post reported that four children from an elementary school in a heavily Latino suburb of Minneapolis had been shipped to a detention facility in Texas.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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More than half of respondents (52%) with primary school aged children expressed support for the introduction of robotaxis in their city.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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From primary school curricula, to the construction of high schools, to the funding of research at elite universities, education and politics are awkwardly bound up in the United States—and therefore resistant to transformation or even evolution without considerable drama.—
Eric Holcomb,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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Production was delayed late last year as Cavill was injured during prep for the film.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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The new tax season launched on Monday, and TurboTax is taking some of the sting out of filing by providing its tax prep services free of charge, regardless of your tax situation.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Beyond the two professional development days, options will include adding time to each school day, taking a spring break day or adding days at the end of the year.—
Anne Li,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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The district pivoted and opted instead to pilot the course starting this school year, including it in ninth grade English or Honors English.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Marco Cenabre, for example, teaches literature at New Haven Academy, a public high school in New Haven.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Knox’s were detained after the brawl at the high school dissipated last year.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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