preparatory school

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Recent Examples of preparatory school 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 Because the thing is that, According to Mirror, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are now deep into discussions about what will happen to Prince George once his time at preparatory school ends. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 3 Dec. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for preparatory school
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Noun
  • Dynamic won again in Round Three, reaching the finals against Christopher Columbus High School, a Catholic prep school in Miami.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • Coming from Canadian prep school hockey at St. Andrew’s College, the 6-foot-7, 220-pound centerman took a huge step up in competition at Boston College (he was originally slated to play in the USHL but those plans changed when former Eagle Will Smith decided to sign with San Jose).
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Transitioning away from direct federal oversight would represent yet another transformation for Haskell, which has seen many different iterations since its inception in 1884 as a strict boarding school where Native children were forcibly assimilated into American culture.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
  • Raised by a single mother in a poor neighborhood in Baltimore, Boone received a scholarship to a prestigious New England boarding school with the help of a school counselor.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • In some cases, the similarities between the Ivy League and prestigious secondary schools are not coincidental, but the result of deep historical ties.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • The most recent ruled that Maine’s tuition assistance to parents in districts lacking public secondary schools can be used at religious institutions.
    Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The screening is currently targeted at students in the first and fourth grades of elementary school, and the first levels of middle and high school.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington said cursive is still taught in its elementary schools and it’s also taught in neighboring River Forest schools, said Superintendent Kevin Trezak. Lake Station Community Schools, doesn’t teach it, said Superintendent Tom Cripliver.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • According to the World Economic Forum, 65% of today’s primary school kids will work in jobs that don’t yet exist.
    Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • The number of children entering primary school in 2023 reached the highest level in over two decades, according to Wind Information, before dropping in 2024, the year her son enrolled.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • The prep and rehearsals have taken a toll on my voice.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 5 July 2025
  • Keep a stash in your freezer for post-facial icing, pre-makeup prep, or anytime your skin needs a refresh.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Stops include the University of Virgina, the National Museum of African American History and Culture and Howard University, a historic Black school in Washington, D.C.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • McMahon, a Trump administration appointee, launched similar investigations this spring against public schools in Maine and California for having policies that kept schools from outing students to their families.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Ojas Sanghi started his climate activism in high school joining the Arizona Youth Climate Coalition, and is now one of its leaders.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025
  • When Richardson was a sophomore in high school, doctors discovered a hole in the femur in his right knee, according to the Lansing State Journal.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2025

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