college-preparatory
Americanadjective
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Following her graduation from the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Md., a college-preparatory school for girls with an emphasis on the arts, MacRae decided to seriously pursue acting in 1956.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
The Abbey called the police, and a college-preparatory school connected to the church went into lockdown as officials investigated.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2023
More than ever, people are seeing the value in expanded learning opportunities that provide the rigor of a college-preparatory classroom with the relevance and context of the real world.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
He’s been interested in horticulture since college-preparatory school, to the chagrin of a guidance counselor who told him, “There’s no health insurance in farming.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
The college-preparatory course or the classical high school leads to college.
From Vocational Guidance for Girls by Marguerite Stockman Dickson
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