How to Use prep school in a Sentence

prep school

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  • But during his stay at the private prep school, Fitzgerald learned a lot about himself.
    — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Elorm Lumor went to a prep school before coming to Rutgers.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Green is a broadcast major and a basketball player, and went to a great prep school in Salinas.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Two years at prep school is critical in getting his body ready for Big Ten basketball.
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
  • And, given the recent uptick in popularity for collegiate and prep school fashion, the show’s comeback couldn’t have come at a better time.
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • As a junior, St. Andrew’s won New England prep school championship.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Simons attended a prep school for one year before becoming draft-eligible and is only 21 now.
    — oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Its season premiere introduces viewers to a college prep school in California that hosts a book club with neighboring prisoners.
    — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The tournament annually crowns the prep school national champion.
    — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The coach that took him there left the prep school after two weeks on the job.
    — NBC News, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Belichick and Adams go way back — all the way to prep school.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2021
  • The visiting team was from St. Luke's, a prep school in New Canaan.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Drape a sweater vest over this button-down, and the look just went from prep school to Parisian street fashion.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The play is a coming-of-age story of young Black prep school students.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 24 June 2021
  • For Trey and other students at the prestigious prep school, the speed and the scale of the loss were dizzying.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The setting is an all-boys New England prep school on the cusp of a two-week Christmas break.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
  • So, his plans are to head down to Happy, Texas for a year of a prep school also nicknamed the Celtics.
    — Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • One of the state’s top basketball prospects is leaving for prep school.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Think prep school and collegiate days, a mix of heritage pieces with a sporty edge.
    — Jaclyn Alexandra Cohen, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2023
  • No longer just a prep school staple, loafers are the perfect shoe to take you from work to play—no matter the season.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Another one of the top high school basketball prospects in the state is headed to prep school.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2023
  • Sent to the Taft prep school in Connecticut, the young man honed his tennis and academic skills.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • That would have entailed a trip to prep school to develop his game for college.
    — Sam Brief, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2020
  • There’s also an under-19 team that can keep girls around longer instead of forcing them to leave the area to go to prep school for hockey.
    — Stephen Whyno, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Grzelcyk, a Charlestown product, played in the first-ever prep school game at Fenway.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • That prep school closed and Jordan then enrolled at Central State.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Nothing says fall like a nostalgia movies at an east coast prep school.
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 22 Sep. 2022
  • On Thursday, Veterans Day, Maisel will lead a program at the prep school.
    — Phil Gast, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
  • He got kicked out of Harvard and the only job he’s had since is as an adjunct classics teacher at a 1970 New England prep school.
    — Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The glamour and lucrative contracts were gone, but Mr. Simpson sent his two children to prep school and college.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024

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