How to Use prep school in a Sentence
prep school
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The coach that took him there left the prep school after two weeks on the job.
— NBC News, 19 Dec. 2020 -
Belichick and Adams go way back — all the way to prep school.
— BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2021 -
The visiting team was from St. Luke's, a prep school in New Canaan.
— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2022 -
Drape a sweater vest over this button-down, and the look just went from prep school to Parisian street fashion.
— Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023 -
The play is a coming-of-age story of young Black prep school students.
— Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 24 June 2021 -
For Trey and other students at the prestigious prep school, the speed and the scale of the loss were dizzying.
— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023 -
The setting is an all-boys New England prep school on the cusp of a two-week Christmas break.
— Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023 -
So, his plans are to head down to Happy, Texas for a year of a prep school also nicknamed the Celtics.
— Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2021 -
One of the state’s top basketball prospects is leaving for prep school.
— Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2021 -
Think prep school and collegiate days, a mix of heritage pieces with a sporty edge.
— Jaclyn Alexandra Cohen, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2023 -
No longer just a prep school staple, loafers are the perfect shoe to take you from work to play—no matter the season.
— Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 4 Dec. 2022 -
Another one of the top high school basketball prospects in the state is headed to prep school.
— Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2023 -
Coleman is from Belgium and played at a Kansas prep school.
— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019 -
Sent to the Taft prep school in Connecticut, the young man honed his tennis and academic skills.
— James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 17 June 2022 -
That would have entailed a trip to prep school to develop his game for college.
— Sam Brief, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2020 -
There’s also an under-19 team that can keep girls around longer instead of forcing them to leave the area to go to prep school for hockey.
— Stephen Whyno, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2022 -
Grzelcyk, a Charlestown product, played in the first-ever prep school game at Fenway.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022 -
Several of the top in-state players have transferred to prep schools in recent years.
— Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2018 -
That prep school closed and Jordan then enrolled at Central State.
— Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2021 -
But during his stay at the private prep school, Fitzgerald learned a lot about himself.
— Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020 -
Nothing says fall like a nostalgia movies at an east coast prep school.
— Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 22 Sep. 2022 -
On Thursday, Veterans Day, Maisel will lead a program at the prep school.
— Phil Gast, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021 -
The home, formerly a prep school, is across the street from a home owned by Bill Cosby and has been valued at about $77 million.
— orlandosentinel.com, 8 July 2019 -
The reason for playing at a prep school is to enable Bates to play against some of the top players in the country at other prep schools.
— Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2020 -
Pate isn’t the first Dallas-area standout to transfer to a prep school this offseason.
— Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2021 -
Even though Rory then had to take a half-hour bus ride to get to her fancy prep school Chilton in another town.
— Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 26 May 2021 -
Nicholson will have to earn one during the season or possibly go to a prep school next year.
— Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2020 -
His son has plenty of options, both in high school and prep school — and the decision will be Andre’s, not his son’s.
— Pat Disabato, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2020 -
Blake Lively's Serena and co. were always able to make their prep school uniforms their own.
— John Russell, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024 -
Five hundred boys have attended the academy over three decades, with 98% going on to finish high school, often at the best prep schools in the region.
— Joseph C. Lombard, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024
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