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The book includes the stories of some really interesting people, including Jan Todd, who lifted legendary stones in Scotland, and Ku Stevens, who organized a series of 50-mile Remembrance Runs to honor the survivors and victims of Native American boarding schools.
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Samuel Kircher, the breakout star of Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer, stars as Camille, a talented young boxer at a sports boarding school who narrowly survives a fatal accident, saved by his best friend Matteo (Faycal Anaflous).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2025
Comparing the transcript of a student at a small, elite boarding school to that of a student at a large public school is like comparing apples and oranges.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
An early morning fire forced students and staff to evacuate a girls dormitory at a Connecticut boarding school on Tuesday.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
Samuel Kircher, the breakout star of Catherine Breillat’s Last Summer, stars as Camille, a talented young boxer at a sports boarding school who narrowly survives a fatal accident, saved by his best friend Matteo (Faycal Anaflous).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2025
Comparing the transcript of a student at a small, elite boarding school to that of a student at a large public school is like comparing apples and oranges.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
An early morning fire forced students and staff to evacuate a girls dormitory at a Connecticut boarding school on Tuesday.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 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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Díaz began his career as a social-studies teacher and coached baseball in Miami-Dade County public schools.—
Dara Kam,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2025
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In Gaines County — the epicenter of the current outbreak — about 90% of public school students were up-to-date on their measles vaccine by middle school, but fewer than half of students had their shots in a few individual schools.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
25 May 2025
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In 2019, Hardin pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in connection with the 1997 rape of a Rogers elementary school teacher, according to previous reports from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Parker Mancino,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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Plans call for work to be done at Kimball and Kenyon Woods middle schools and Century Oaks and Glenbrook elementary schools as the district moves sixth-grade classes into middle schools and adds early learning centers at elementary schools, among other changes.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 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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The measure sponsored by Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, called for restricting participation in girls sports at the elementary and secondary school levels to biological females as determined by genetics and reproductive organs.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2025
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And every year, 23 million more girls are completing secondary school compared to a decade ago.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Gonzalez had the girl skip school on two occasions, taking her to the beach and a park, according to the report.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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The high school junior — who is diagnosed with autism, ADHD and anxiety — connected with the advisory council through a school counselor who knew about her outspoken passion for mental health.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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