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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.
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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
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis currently attend Lambrook School, a preparatory school that educates children up to age 13.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
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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
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis currently attend Lambrook School, a preparatory school that educates children up to age 13.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
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Luigi Mangione, the prep school valedictorian and University of Pennsylvania alumnus from a wealthy Maryland family who is now charged with the ambush murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is drawing comparisons to Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Mangione, a former prep school valedictorian and an Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland family, was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and is being held without bond on charges of forgery and firearms violations.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Other finds served as messages from the past, connecting 17th-century schoolgirls to modern archaeologists, who uncovered the students’ decorative paper cuttings beneath the floorboards of their former London boarding school.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Boarders follows five talented, Black inner-city teens transported to an alien world — a British boarding school — after gaining scholarships to the prestigious St. Gilbert’s.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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The status quo of early morning bells in secondary schools—and somewhat later bells in elementary schools—is biologically backwards.Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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The series was based on the 2018 novel by Sally Rooney and starred Daisy Edgar-Jones and Mescal as a couple from secondary school to their undergraduate years in college.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
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But then a nearby elementary school caught fire, sending flames dancing onto the roadway and forcing her to turn her car around.Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Video from Fox 11 News showed the elementary school engulfed in flames.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Students ages 8 to 14 from San Ildefonso, a primary school that dates back more than 500 years, revealed the winners by singing the numbers and the corresponding prize amounts, which are drawn from wooden balls.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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After Karen agreed, Brenda enrolled Nicole in a local primary school.Nicole Briese, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Stock your kitchen: To make meal prep easier, keep low-carb staples like eggs, avocados, olive oil, non-starchy vegetables, nuts, and seeds on hand.Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
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Some provide a combination of meal kits and fully prepared dishes that don’t require any meal prep.Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2025
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Reopening schools will not be as easy as just opening doors.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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In reality, the government has closed village schools and privately run Tibetan language schools, while strictly enforcing mandatory education laws.Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Are high schools in Nebraska just not developing players who can make the jump to the modern Big Ten in comparison to other areas of the country?Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Everyone, from high school dropouts to Ph.D.s, goes to the supermarket.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Preparatory school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preparatory%20school. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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