preparatory school
noun
1
: a usually private school preparing students primarily for college
2
British
: a private elementary school preparing students primarily for British public schools
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The future of the private college preparatory school was ultimately spared through a legal settlement last summer with parents and alumni who had sued the institution’s interim head of the school and board of trustees.
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Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis currently attend Lambrook School, a preparatory school that educates children up to age 13.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
Grauer School offers four-year scholarship The Grauer School, an independent college preparatory school, invites students with core values of compassion, resourcefulness and leadership, as well as financial need, to apply for a full, four-year scholarship.
—Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2021
Looking for Alaska by John Green This coming-of-age novel tells the story of a teenager who leaves behind his mundane life in Florida to attend preparatory school in Alabama.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
Jack Reid, 17, died by suicide on April 30, 2022, in a residential house at the Lawrenceville School, a boarding and preparatory school in Mercer County, New Jersey.
—Celina Tebor, CNN, 1 May 2023
Combs is the first woman to lead the 112-year-old college preparatory school for boys.
—Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
The preparatory school educates children up to age 13.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 1 July 2023
The couple eloped after a short courtship, but their relationship goes back to their days as students at a private college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis currently attend Lambrook School, a preparatory school that educates children up to age 13.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
Grauer School offers four-year scholarship The Grauer School, an independent college preparatory school, invites students with core values of compassion, resourcefulness and leadership, as well as financial need, to apply for a full, four-year scholarship.
—Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2021
Looking for Alaska by John Green This coming-of-age novel tells the story of a teenager who leaves behind his mundane life in Florida to attend preparatory school in Alabama.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
Jack Reid, 17, died by suicide on April 30, 2022, in a residential house at the Lawrenceville School, a boarding and preparatory school in Mercer County, New Jersey.
—Celina Tebor, CNN, 1 May 2023
Combs is the first woman to lead the 112-year-old college preparatory school for boys.
—Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
The preparatory school educates children up to age 13.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 1 July 2023
The couple eloped after a short courtship, but their relationship goes back to their days as students at a private college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
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