preparatory school

noun

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Recent Examples of preparatory school In season 2 of Bel-Air, Ali took on a recurring role as Mrs. Hughes, Ashley’s English literature teacher at preparatory school. — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024 What to know about Oxbridge Academy Barron is set to graduate from Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, an elite preparatory school for grades six through 12. — Natasha Lovato, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024 Oxbridge Academy is a private preparatory school for grades 6-12. — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 17 May 2024 The future of the private college preparatory school was ultimately spared through a legal settlement last summer with parents and alumni who had sued the institution’s interim head of the school and board of trustees. — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for preparatory school
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preparatory school
  1. prep school
  2. boarding school
  3. secondary school
  4. elementary school
  5. primary school
  6. prep
  7. school
  8. high school
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of prep school
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of boarding school
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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
  • 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
Definition of secondary school
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of elementary school
Noun
  • Over recent years 70,000 primary school teachers across England and Wales have also been given access to free resources to protect our planet, through Premier League Primary Stars, a program to inspire young people aged 5 to 11 years old.
    — Claire Poole, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Without informing the residents, the Liberian Ministry of Health converted a primary school into a holding center for Ebola patients in West Point, a working poor community in Monrovia.
    — Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of primary school
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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
  • 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
Definition of prep
Noun
  • 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
  • The $1 million buyout—which would have fallen to $500,000 if Schroyer had left before Wade—is more than half of the school’s men’s basketball budget.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of school
Noun
  • 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
  • Sponsored by Palomar College for adults and high school students.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of high school

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