prep school

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Foster attended a French-language prep school in Los Angeles as a child, meaning she attained fluency with much more ease and access than many Americans are afforded.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

Cardinale grew up in Villanova, Penn., an affluent suburb on Philadelphia’s Main Line, and attended The Haverford School, an all-boys prep school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Stokes arrived last season from a Northern California prep school and helped the Knights reach the Southern Section Open Division championship game and the Southern California Regional final.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

When he was a child, his aunt and uncle accidentally enrolled him in a Baptist boarding school in Kentucky, thinking it was a prestigious prep school.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

Like he’d gone to some fancy prep school and wanted to make sure you knew it.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben