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For example, a player who graduates from high school and then plays football at a prep school for a year doesn’t see that year count against his NCAA eligibility.—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Feb. 2026 Hallmarks of the brand, such as the Polo bear, tartan and a classic prep school color palette of pine green, red and navy, are Christmas-adjacent themes.—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026 And at Lick-Wilmerding High School, an elite private prep school in San Francisco, the parents won’t let their sons play Real Football.—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for prep school