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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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The state does have a long history in women’s hockey, as the prep school’s began fielding teams more than 50 years ago.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
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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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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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This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Senate Education and Youth Committee meets to discuss House Bill 1284, which would require local school boards to award high school diplomas to students who are diagnosed with a terminal condition.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Lawmakers who advocated for the program said it was designed to give public school and homeschooled students an opportunity to switch to private education.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The bill also would have set the budget for vouchers in a line item separated from public school funding.—
Jeffrey S. Solochek,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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The vaccination rates vary sharply, according to public records for the 2024-25 school year, including 100% fully vaccinated at the Tootin’ Hills elementary school in West Simsbury and 98% at the Noah Wallace and East Farms elementary schools in Farmington.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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Hegseth was asked for an update about the investigation into the deadly strike on the elementary school in Iran that occurred soon after the operation began.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
13 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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An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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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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Storms across the nation's eastern half forced airlines to cancel roughly 4,000 flights nationwide Monday, and many schools closed early in the mid-Atlantic states, where high winds and tornadoes were in the forecast for the evening.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Discerning HNWs, either with school/college age children, or 'SKIers' (Spend the Kids Inheritance) older clients looking to travel and experience the sort of things their kids seem to be doing every other weekend.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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