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Recent Examples of prep school
His father was a church organist who taught in Lutheran elementary schools, and Marty attended a Lutheran prep school.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Earlier this week, Newsweek reported that Barron Trump was starting a real-estate firm with a friend from his Palm Beach prep school and an Idaho real-estate developer.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2025
President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron, is taking steps to start a high-end real estate business with a prep school classmate and a Republican congressman’s cousin, Newsweek reported.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The former valedictorian of an elite Baltimore prep school and Ivy League graduate shared posts on social media from an eclectic stream of populists, entrepreneurs, neuroscientists, centrists and disruptors.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Earlier this week, Newsweek reported that Barron Trump was starting a real-estate firm with a friend from his Palm Beach prep school and an Idaho real-estate developer.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2025
President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron, is taking steps to start a high-end real estate business with a prep school classmate and a Republican congressman’s cousin, Newsweek reported.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2025
Advertisement The former valedictorian of an elite Baltimore prep school and Ivy League graduate shared posts on social media from an eclectic stream of populists, entrepreneurs, neuroscientists, centrists and disruptors.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prep school
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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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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
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The Japanese-language drama, currently seeking additional funding and festival screenings, explores the aftermath of a suicide at a Christian girls’ boarding school.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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The 12-acre site sits in present-day Fairway — formerly 2,000 acres near Turner — and served as a boarding school that housed students from 22 tribes, including the Shawnee Tribe, which required them to perform manual labor and assimilate into white Christian Culture.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
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This touring musical comedy, based on the movie about high school’s social pecking order, is in town for five performances over one weekend only, March 28-30.—
Matthew J. Palm,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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There are over 322,000 adults ages 18 and over without a high school diploma and more than 120,000 who do not speak English well who live in communities all across our state.—
Larry Covino,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
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The announcement drew immediate condemnation from some faculty and free speech groups, who accused the university of caving to President Donald Trump's largely unprecedented intrusion upon the school's academic freedom.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Now Odom is the head coach of the Cavaliers after the school officially named its new men’s basketball coach on Saturday.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The bill also would divert $50 million from other state tax revenues and use them to maintain and improve public school facilities, aiming to provide an alternative to property tax levies that typically fund these repairs and updates.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2025
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The event — staged by Orlando Health and the Orlando Sports Foundation, which raises money to find cures for cancer — showcased top seniors from 15 Orange County public schools.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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So was the girl leaving a village to attend secondary school, and the family accessing clean water for the first time.—
Michael J. Nyenhuis,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Jam formed in 1972 while all three band members were in secondary school, and their first album titled In the City released in 1977.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rotary holds scholarship raffle The Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary will hold a scholarship raffle to raise money for scholarships for Carlsbad students who are interested in furthering their education at college or trade schools.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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The missive, blasted to the account’s 4.2 million followers, was accompanied by screenshots of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the government form that determines eligibility for financial assistance in paying for college or trade school.—
Zach Montague,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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To support these goals, Ellis suggests modeling positive eating habits, exploring food in fun ways, serving meals family-style, and involving children in food prep without pressure or stress.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
20 Mar. 2025
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National Federation of State High School Associations CEO Karissa Niehoff has some concern about this unprecedented deal, which speaks to the paradigm shift at the preps level where private schools are now adopting professional models to boost cash for them and their athletes.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Prep school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prep%20school. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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