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Recent Examples of boarding school
Her great grandmother, of the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, an Akwesasne, had attended an Indian boarding school generations ago, and Bethmann had heard those stories passed down by her late grandmother, never quite knowing what to do with them.
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Cory Mull, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Many small villages didn’t have high schools, so students had to attend boarding schools or receive and submit assignments by mail.
—Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2025
Many small villages didn't have high schools, so students had to attend boarding schools or receive and submit assignments by mail.
—Emily Schwing, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Wild Child also stars Emma Roberts and Natasha Richardson in a tale of what happens when teenage California native Poppy (Roberts) is shipped off to boarding school in England, where Richardson plays the headmistress.
—Alex Ross, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Cory Mull, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Many small villages didn’t have high schools, so students had to attend boarding schools or receive and submit assignments by mail.
—Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2025
Many small villages didn't have high schools, so students had to attend boarding schools or receive and submit assignments by mail.
—Emily Schwing, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Wild Child also stars Emma Roberts and Natasha Richardson in a tale of what happens when teenage California native Poppy (Roberts) is shipped off to boarding school in England, where Richardson plays the headmistress.
—Alex Ross, People.com, 17 Feb. 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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Dragged into his chaos are his family, his kid’s elite prep school, an assortment of SV power players and his psychiatrist (Sarah Goldberg).—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Surrounded by dancers in pleated skirts and prep school blazers, Queen Latifah broke into a few of her own dance moves while an eager Colman Domingo, Grande and Erivo got into the groove in the front row.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 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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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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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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As reported by sister site Deadline, Staite will recur during Season 4 as Jules Gardner, an FBI agent who went to high school with Asta, Liv , D’Arcy and Ben.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
20 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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The new math policy aims to standardize math teaching in elementary schools ensuring all students meet minimum grade-level standards.—
Shaela Foster,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Mar. 2025
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Beauty stores have been likened to elementary schools, as 10-year-olds run amok, some caught treating employees poorly or destroying displays.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 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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With one sentence, vouchers would become constitutional in Kentucky: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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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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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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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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