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Located in Lisle, Illinois, Benet Academy is a private Catholic college preparatory school that competes in the East Suburban Catholic Conference.
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Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
According to multiple sources, including a letter from the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and a statement from The Webb School, a college preparatory school in Tennessee, the Hardin family’s home in Hunt, Texas, was washed away by floodwaters while the family was inside.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Schott posted a video to Instagram on Wednesday to commend the K-12 preparatory school's low rate.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Nutley was the director of academic services at St. Xavier High School, a private all-boys college preparatory school in Cincinnati, prosecutors said, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
According to multiple sources, including a letter from the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and a statement from The Webb School, a college preparatory school in Tennessee, the Hardin family’s home in Hunt, Texas, was washed away by floodwaters while the family was inside.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Schott posted a video to Instagram on Wednesday to commend the K-12 preparatory school's low rate.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Nutley was the director of academic services at St. Xavier High School, a private all-boys college preparatory school in Cincinnati, prosecutors said, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preparatory school
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Over five years, the film follows two young Black teenagers in Chicago who get recruited to play basketball at an upscale prep school.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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Olympians Angela Ruggiero and Julie Chu came from Choate in the 1990s, so when Knight, who was born in Idaho and began playing hockey on boys teams as the family moved to Illinois and then New Hampshire, was ready for prep school.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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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,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Oleh Kiper, the head of Ukraine’s Odesa region on the Black Sea, said drones damaged civilian and energy infrastructure facilities in the region, including a secondary school and an energy company’s warehouses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The secondary school has just 175 students from Grades 7 to 12, according to the province’s website.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Nearly a hundred people attended a vigil at a South Side elementary school for the 17-year-old dancer who was killed in a car accident early Thursday morning.—
Laura Turbay,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Five elementary school students and two drivers were injured in a serious collision involving a school bus and a work van on Thursday afternoon in Vernon.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
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More than half of respondents (52%) with primary school aged children expressed support for the introduction of robotaxis in their city.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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From primary school curricula, to the construction of high schools, to the funding of research at elite universities, education and politics are awkwardly bound up in the United States—and therefore resistant to transformation or even evolution without considerable drama.—
Eric Holcomb,
Time,
16 Jan. 2026
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All this beauty prep isn't a secret; in fact, many female constants are happy to talk about it.—
Erika W. Smith,
Allure,
26 Feb. 2026
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But Bob is historically tardy and his research and prep work is historically always pretty lacking.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
25 Feb. 2026
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More Del Mar schools are scheduled to host assemblies before the end of the school year.—
Del Mar Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Under one interagency agreement, the Health and Human Services Department will take over grant programs that send millions of dollars to schools for safety and community engagement efforts.—
Annie Ma,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Evidently, Ruth is meant to represent all that is good and pure for eschewing the luxe life for the smaller ambition of being a high school English teacher.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Godfrey began Cactus Bowls, which sells açai bowls, this past August, taking the trailer to high school games and cheer competitions.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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