And as is the case with many employee stock purchase plans, regardless of whether the stock is a high flyer like Apple or not, they can be a very effective way to invest for a variety of financial objectives such as prep school costs, college costs, paying for a home, a vacation property or retirement.
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Imagine the possibilities of using the lower right side compartment as a kid zone, as a prep zone for a special meal, as a centralized storage area for a family member with dietary restrictions, or to replace a separate beverage refrigerator.
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When he arrived in Washington as a prep student, he was barely 14, but his first call was to Blair, who had known his family when her husband, William McCormick Blair, Jr, served as ambassador to the Philippines in the '60s.
So, you can eyeball the prep as well as read individual menu signs (English included).
He will stress that pupils attending boarding schools, such as his own prep school, Cumnor House in West Sussex, are encouraged to learn safely from their mistakes "rather than to repeat them".
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Perik's target profit margin is the same for the assessment business as for test prep, 20% after tax. (Test prep accounts for 70% of the company's revenues, K--12 the rest.) His risky strategy: Instead of emphasizing customized assessment tests for particular school districts, he plans to deliver a more generic product.
Founded as a test-prep business, in 2000 Kaplan entered the burgeoning sector of for-profit higher education.
Too bad Alex can't use the same excuse when he applies, as he is at prep school back in Massachusetts.
Second, in my opinion the answer depends on whether the student is currently attending a public school or an independent school (otherwise known as private schools or prep schools).
These days, when Mr. Schwarzenegger promotes a film, such as when he participated in a Comic-Con International panel with his "The Expendables 2" co-stars including Sylvester Stallone and Randy Couture, his handlers still prep him as they would have in office, quietly slipping him note cards to review backstage.
As it turns out, the quarter certainly was a troubling period for the purveyors of American prep, but not as gastly as feared.
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There's much to like in the new plan, beginning with the foundation's confession that version 1.0, focused on creation of small high schools, didn't turn out very well, save for several networks of high-performance charters such as KIPP, Yes-Prep and Achievement First.
According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, more than 1.1 million high-school boys played contact football in the 2011-2012 school year, which makes the game nearly twice as popular as the No. 2 prep sport, outdoor track and field.
Hopefully, those graduates of its test-prep and education services will be as interested in learning for earning as is the company.
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For Marion, that means a passionate involvement with a prep school student whom Ted has hired as an assistant.
This emotional labor requires poorly paid service employees, from cashiers to servers to food prep, to perform happiness and friendliness as part of the job requirements.
Strassler was introduced to the classics at Fieldston, a prep school in the Bronx, and again as a history major at Harvard.
But in 1994, when then-29-year-old Jonathan Grayer took over as CEO of the Kaplan unit, the test-prep company came down with an acute case of expansion fever.
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It proved much tougher to make money putting together multiple-choice assessments specifically tailored to a locality's curriculum, as opposed to staging one-size-fits-all prep courses.
Kenneth Stern, a Poly Prep alumnus, said he became aware of the litigation as he began planning to attend his 40th reunion this past spring.
As a sophomore he became a student coach of the university's prep football team.
Strassler was introduced to the classics at Fieldston, a prep school in New York's Bronx, and again as a history major at Harvard.
Yates' lawyers called her mother, friends, and even a former prep school swim teammate to the stand to establish the mother as a stable individual who was only affected by her mental disorder.
About a quarter of admissions officers at the nation's top 500 colleges have used websites such as Facebook and Google to vet applicants, according to an annual Kaplan Test Prep survey.
He serves as co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Coney Island Prep, the first charter school in his native Coney Island, Brooklyn, and has been actively involved with the East Harlem School at Exodus House for over a decade.
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Shanghai Bobby remained No. 1 as he continues to train for the Florida Derby on March 30 in his final prep before heading to Churchill Downs.
In 2006, as a serial entrepreneur, I decided to focus my energies in the college and university prep sector, including admissions consulting.
While I was enrolled in prep school, I did a school trip to Paris to learn the language as well as the culture.
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At least the ACT tests seem to be more substantive and curriculum-based than the SAT, which, as far as I can tell, simply tests whether a child has done a sufficient amount of SAT prep.
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The source says as of now, McCain is not expected to take days off before Friday's debate to prep.
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