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prep school

prep school

noun

  1. informal,  See preparatory school

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of prep school1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Computer science isn’t the safe bet it used to be, so a lot of students are majoring in business, says Allison Slater Tate, director of college counseling at a private prep school in Florida.

The prep school, which is part of the Methodist Independent Schools Trust, educates children aged two to 11.

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Parents have been told a 90-year-old independent prep school will close later this year due to the "prevailing economic environment".

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The former valedictorian of an elite Baltimore prep school and Ivy League graduate shared posts on social media from an eclectic stream of populists, entrepreneurs, neuroscientists, centrists and disruptors.

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The list published by the DE included almost 40 grammar schools and a prep school, where parents typically pay fees for their children to attend.

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