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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.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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
The Catholic college preparatory school is hoping the addition of new national corporate partners and an enhanced game day experience at Santa Ana Stadium will ease pressure in its ongoing fundraising efforts.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 660 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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
The Catholic college preparatory school is hoping the addition of new national corporate partners and an enhanced game day experience at Santa Ana Stadium will ease pressure in its ongoing fundraising efforts.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Founded in 2007, Pacific Ridge School serves over 660 students as an independent, nonprofit, college preparatory school for grades six through 12.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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Letourneau had been playing prep school hockey in Canada for St. Andrew’s College and was originally scheduled to do a year in the USHL before heading to Chestnut Hill.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
2 July 2025
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There are stores near prep schools (Madison Avenue in New York), in university towns with a big Greek presence (Charleston, Nashville and Austin), and resort towns such as Palm Beach and Kiawah Island.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Many Native children, including a significant portion of the Code Talker cohort, were still being taken from their families and forced to enroll in boarding schools, where they were stripped of their language and other traditions.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Blackwood Academy is an enchanted boarding school that straddles the realms of life and death, and students can only leave by being the sole victor of the Decennial tournament.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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The cost of elementary and secondary school lunches rose 3.3% in May 2025 relative to May 2024, according to a consumer price index report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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The new tax law allows up to $10,000 in tax-free distributions this year from section 529 plans to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school, including private schools and religious schools.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Erin and her family had moved to Miami Beach in December from Chile, where her elementary school held a Mass in her honor.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
4 Aug. 2025
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The suspect arrested in the murder of an Arkansas couple in front of their children at Devil's Den State Park was an elementary school teacher who'd been placed on administrative leave at a school district two years ago for improper conduct.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Idaho Fairness in Women's Sports Act prohibits transgender women from participating in women's sports from the beginning of primary school to university.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
3 July 2025
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Some 36 government primary schools were shut down in the two academic years leading up to 2024 in Goa, India's smallest state, according to the local daily newspaper The Goan Everyday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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They are then shipped to Florida for final prep at the $140 million site built on land leased from Space Florida adjacent the former space shuttle landing site.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Aug. 2025
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Some platforms deliver great visuals but require advanced skills like coding or complex 3D prep.—
Anna Belova,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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New coach Ramon Carmona is an alumni of the school and coached these players on the lower levels the last three years.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
14 Aug. 2025
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The school’s enrollment fluctuated but never hit double digits.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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What makes Conner's career switch all the more surprising: His high school isn't in the rolling hills of rural Wisconsin.—
Mia Thurow,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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For most, this list will change over time, and often doesn’t start taking shape until high school.—
Robert Cole,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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