This school demands excellence ... and offers hope

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At Academy Prep in St. Petersburg, Fla., students attend school 9 1/2 hours a day for 11 months out of the year. The middle school teaches academics along with a focus on ethics, values, and discipline. It was founded by a retired couple and runs mostly on donations. The school's short history is discussed.

Florida, Cover Story, Junior high school students, Middle and junior high school students, Saint Petersburg, Florida, Alternative schools

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What would you do with a palace? In 1990, William Lobkowicz of Boston discovered his family had more than 200 properties in Czechoslovakia

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A businessman whose grandfather was both a duke and a prince in Czechoslovakia had a great deal of family property returned to him when the country's communist government collapsed. Lobkowicz now lives in Prague and is interested in making cultural contributions to the people.

History, Biography, Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakian history, Lobkowicz, William

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'We have one agenda: excellence.'(Nativity Prep School, Boston, MA, middle school)

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Most of the 57 students in Nativity Prep School, an all-boy school, are poor, with nearly half below the poverty line. These students are learning, however, and many are being accepted at first rate private schools.

Innovations, Boston, Massachusetts, Poor children, Middle schools

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