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Recent Examples of boarding school
Accusers from at least a half dozen other private Catholic boarding schools are also coming forward with similar testimonies of abuse, some of which date back 40 or 50 years.
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Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
The boat was carrying 60 tons of marble destined for Girard College, a boarding school that was under construction at the time.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Wendt attended Campion High School, a Jesuit boarding school for boys in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and then Notre Dame — until he was expelled with a 0.0 GPA as a junior.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Wendt attended Campion High School, a Jesuit boarding school in Wisconsin, before enrolling at the University of Notre Dame.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
The boat was carrying 60 tons of marble destined for Girard College, a boarding school that was under construction at the time.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Wendt attended Campion High School, a Jesuit boarding school for boys in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and then Notre Dame — until he was expelled with a 0.0 GPA as a junior.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
Wendt attended Campion High School, a Jesuit boarding school in Wisconsin, before enrolling at the University of Notre Dame.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
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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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When Buckley arrived, a quarter of Yale students were legacies, and a third had gone to prep schools.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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By the turn of the century, even elite prep schools were starting to recruit international players.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025
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According to its website, Preston High School is an all-girls private Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1947 by the Sisters of the Divine Compassion.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Mauldin allegedly committed these offenses while a teacher at Nathaniel Greene Academy, a Christian, K-12 college preparatory school in Siloam, approximately 80 miles east of Atlanta.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Dear Eric: An old high school girlfriend of my husband’s (more than 40 years) creates social media posts about him and tags him, including photos of him or of the two of them together.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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The childhood Dodgers fan, who went to high school in Los Angeles, also totaled eight hits, zero walks, three strikeouts and 75 pitches in his first loss of the year.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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By then, Valdes and her brothers were attending public schools in West Palm Beach, a right undocumented children have because of a supreme court ruling which passed narrowly in the early ‘80s.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
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Two of the least powerful groups threatened by the current climate of repression are public school teachers and their students, children who may never even realize what they have been kept from learning.—
Jane S. Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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The following year, Hardin was charged for a 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher based on DNA taken following his murder conviction.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 June 2025
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Leff taught samba music to students at an elementary school.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2025
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The common school movement also advocated for the right of girls to attend public schools—the first co-educational high school in America only opened in 1840—which became widespread by the 1870s.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Indiana code requires the court to forfeit the bond of a defendant who fails to appear in court and transfer the bond amount to the state common school fund, according to the audit.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Dec. 2024
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In a small town in western Ireland, Jamie O’Neill is about to start secondary school, a Catholic school run by a fanatic and filled with plenty of bullies looking for someone just like Jamie to persecute.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
1 June 2025
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Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Senate Bill 1567 was introduced after students urged the state legislature to address a housing shortage near the school.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2025
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Most applicants find National Math Stars through their Awards Program, in which participating schools recognize their highest-achieving math students.—
Julia Brodsky,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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