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beacon school

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noun

  1. a notably successful school whose methods and practices are brought to the attention of the education service as a whole in order that they may be adopted by other schools

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Thirteen-year-old Mayla's mother, Kerry, accused Barr Beacon School in Walsall of racial discrimination and said her daughter was singled out.

From BBC

The teenagers from Barr Beacon School in Walsall were due home from a skiing trip on Saturday but have stayed four more days to get emergency documents.

From BBC

Amelia, a junior at the Beacon School in Manhattan, used to volunteer as a teacher’s assistant at Cassidy’s Place, a Manhattan preschool for vulnerable children.

From New York Times

Rathi, a Queens native who will be a freshman this fall at the Beacon School in Manhattan and who plays tennis at the center year-round, saw it as a chance to get up close and personal with some real live pros.

From New York Times

The Zionist Organization of America, a pro-Israel group, said it would send a letter to the Beacon School demanding an apology.”

From Washington Post