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Recent Examples of boarding school
Former administrators at Interlochen told NPR that at the time of these encounters, the campus — which includes the summer camp and a year-round boarding school — was very open, with students, faculty, visiting artists and concertgoers all mingling in the common areas.
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Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Danielle Hagaman-Clark, criminal bureau chief in the AG's office, told Bridge in January that criminal charges may be slim in the boarding school investigation — the last boarding school closed 42 years ago, so some perpetrators may be dead or the statute of limitations will have run out.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Its nonprofit arm, Wild Impact, runs a boarding school for Maasai families that educates close to 600 children.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
The school is based on the author’s real boarding school experience at Indian Springs Boarding School in Alabama.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
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Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Danielle Hagaman-Clark, criminal bureau chief in the AG's office, told Bridge in January that criminal charges may be slim in the boarding school investigation — the last boarding school closed 42 years ago, so some perpetrators may be dead or the statute of limitations will have run out.
—CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Its nonprofit arm, Wild Impact, runs a boarding school for Maasai families that educates close to 600 children.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
The school is based on the author’s real boarding school experience at Indian Springs Boarding School in Alabama.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarding school
- prep school
- preparatory school
- high school
- public school
- elementary school
- common school
- secondary school
- school
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Sophomore guard Roosevelt Thomas also left for a prep school in the middle of the winter.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Got a scholarship to the prep school of Julliard.—
David Pogue,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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The trailer depicts the duo navigating Aunt Lydia’s elite preparatory school for future wives, where obedience is instilled into the young female students.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Sugar Bowl Resort confirmed that many of the people on the trip were connected with Sugar Bowl Academy, an elite ski and snowboarding preparatory school in Donner Pass.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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His son withdrew from high school.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Cheng has been involved in efforts to rethink high school graduation requirements in New York and the role of artificial intelligence in public education.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Our homeschool differs from the local public school, including the fact that our kids are eating while studying, children of different ages learn alongside one another, and there are no standardized tests.—
Nicholas Tampio,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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But since 79% of applicants are already in private school, the extent of the impact on public school funding may be limited.—
Lacey Beasley,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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In the past week, the Department of War bombed an elementary school for young girls.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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In early January, an Apopka mother heard reports of ICE raids near her daughter’s Orange County elementary school.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Being outside of the scope of the requirement of the statutory definition of the common school system, charter schools fail to meet the definition required of a common school.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here are the most common schools represented among ASU grads in 2025: Engineering Liberal Arts and Sciences New College Teachers College Design and the Arts Health Solutions Public Service and Community Solutions Helen Rummel covers higher education for The Arizona Republic.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
12 May 2025
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The species name goes to David Rhys Jones, a secondary school physics teacher in Wales who taught the lead author.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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More than 200 million years after this creature last roamed what is now the United Kingdom, scientists have formally identified it as a new species — and named it after a secondary school physics teacher in Wales.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Rusadze didn’t attend fashion school, but grew up learning from local Georgian artisans, before launching Situationist in 2016.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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The hotel is also collaborating with government technical schools to develop a training program, contributing to educational advancement and offering a career path to residents.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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