boarding school

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She attended Choate Rosemary Hall, an exclusive boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, and went to Barnard College in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He conceived the social experiment based on a combination of his curiosity about people, the influence of “Lord of the Flies” and “Robinson Crusoe,” and his boarding school experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

"It's like a state-sponsored boarding school where they systematically foster football players."

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Pratt was sent to a federal boarding school, at St. Patrick’s Mission in Anadarko, Okla. Unlike many other indigenous children of his generation, Pratt regarded his time there positively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

“It’s a little bit like a boarding school I went to for a while.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson