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The boarding schools were designed to assimilate Indigenous children.
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2024
Or that Wednesday is set at a boarding school for outcasts, monsters, and practitioners of magic—shades of Harry Potter.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
Housed in a former 16th-century boarding school, just three miles from Florence's historic downtown, Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Resorts Collection, is the quintessential Tuscan hillside retreat.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2024
Those acts landed the teen in numerous boarding schools.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2024
Or that Wednesday is set at a boarding school for outcasts, monsters, and practitioners of magic—shades of Harry Potter.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
Housed in a former 16th-century boarding school, just three miles from Florence's historic downtown, Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Resorts Collection, is the quintessential Tuscan hillside retreat.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2024
Those acts landed the teen in numerous boarding schools.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024
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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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Origin And Growth Of Advanced Placement The College Board introduced the Advanced Placement program in 1952 to provide students from top prep schools with a vehicle for studying college-level material and receiving credit for that study based on end-of-year examinations.Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Written in 1954, the novel follows a group of prep school boys stranded on an island.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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Matthew, a former NCAA hockey star with Boston College who became an assistant head coach for their high school hockey team in recent years, was 29.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Dealing with typical high school woes, Sam has a major crush on popular senior Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling), while awkward freshman Ted (Anthony Michael Hall) harbors a not-so-secret crush on her.Travis Bean, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The pop singer and Shapiro-Barnum visited a Brooklyn elementary public school class for the episode exclusively premiering with Rolling Stone on Monday.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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Attend any public school district budget presentation, regardless of the location, and the talk is bound to move toward a graph showing state public school funding since 2003 compared to inflation, and the gap between the two lines.Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2024
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California Parents sue elite private school for expelling fifth-grader over squirt-gun emoji, rap lyrics Oct. 22, 2024 The Curtis School is a prestigious elementary school with an annual tuition of $38,000 where many celebrities, such as Victoria and David Beckham, have sent their children.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Adorable Throwback Photos of Longtime Loves Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline When their kids reached elementary school age, Kline revealed that Cates had decided to step back from acting and instead focus on her N.Y.C. clothing boutique.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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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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Of that, $45 million would go to the state’s common school fund and another $45 million would be earmarked for prizes.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2024
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The Bureau of Indian Education funds 183 elementary and secondary schools and residential facilities across the nation.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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The company also makes air quality sensors that Cheyenne Mountain hangs in secondary school bathrooms to detect students vaping.Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
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Some 250 million children around the world have no school experience, and two-thirds of the world’s adults who can’t read are women, according to Room to Read.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
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Reading and math scores among third through eighth graders who took the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) test rose 4.6 and 0.8 points, respectively, from the 2022-23 school year to 2023-2024, per CPS data.Monica Eng, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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