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Recent Examples of boarding school
The school opened in 1879, starting a dark and shameful period in U.S. history known as the Indian boarding school era.
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP President Biden on Monday will announce a new national monument to tell the story of the more than 400 boarding schools where tens of thousands of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children were sent for assimilation.
—Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
In the 19th century halls of Bryanston boarding school, friendships took root around fantasy and magic.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
The film explores intergenerational trauma inflicted by the boarding school system.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP President Biden on Monday will announce a new national monument to tell the story of the more than 400 boarding schools where tens of thousands of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children were sent for assimilation.
—Npr Washington Desk, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
In the 19th century halls of Bryanston boarding school, friendships took root around fantasy and magic.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
The film explores intergenerational trauma inflicted by the boarding school system.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for boarding school
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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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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Because the thing is that, According to Mirror, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are now deep into discussions about what will happen to Prince George once his time at preparatory school ends.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
3 Dec. 2024
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About 600 girls up to ninth grade attend this elementary/preparatory school, located inside the Qalandia refugee camp.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
3 Dec. 2024
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For example, my teenage son is senior in high school.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Winning is something both girls are accustomed to in high school.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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The surge in immigrants arriving in Colorado last year softened the enrollment decline in the state’s public schools, which for years have been losing students — and funding — as birth rates fall across the nation.—
Jessica Seaman,
The Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2025
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The state also banned six artificial food dyes from public schools.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
15 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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There are several elementary schools in our neighborhood and there was an enormous community effort to evacuate the children safely.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
8 Jan. 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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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 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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She was confirmed in September 2022 as the seventh president of the institution, which has six colleges, including a medical school.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2025
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Having grown up in a Catholic family and community, Rae attended multiple private, religious schools.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarding%20school. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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