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Education structure: Pre-Kindergarten 4-5 Kindergarten 5-6

Elementary School 1st Grade 6–7 2nd Grade 7–8 3rd Grade 8–9 4th Grade 9–10 5th Grade 10–11

Middle School 6th Grade 11–12 7th Grade 12–13 8th Grade 13–14

High school 9th Grade (senior 1) (Freshman) 14-15 10th Grade (senior 2) (Sophomore) 15-16 11th Grade (senior 3) (Junior) 16-17 12th Grade (senior 4) (Senior) 17–18

In the Catcher in the Rye, Holden is in the 11th grade which is year 12 to us.

College preparatory schools in the United states and Canada are private, independent secondary schools funded by tuition fees and donations from philanthropists and governed by independent boards of trustees. Top prep schools in North America are known for their selective admissions process, challenging academics and reputations for sending students to top colleges and ivy leauge universities. The financial resources of the top private prep schools allow for better facilities, equipment and well-educated teachers than compared to a normal public school. These schools address all aspects of a "well rounded" person by giving the best education possible and large emphasis on athleticism with all students having to participate in at least one sport.

In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden attends a fictional college preparatory school, Pencey prep. Like a real preparatory school in America Pencey prep is a private school, funded by tuition fees and donations which is why there is class rooms and blocks named after certain people who have donated money to the school. Also like an American prep school Pencey prep has an emphasis on sports and athletics which is why Holden does fencing.

__Ivy League colleges__ The Ivy League is an athletic conference consisting of eight private education institutions in the Northeastern United States.

Ivy League Schools: All of the Ivy League schools are widely knonw as the best schools in America. The term Ivy League has connotations such as academic excellence, selective admissions and social elitism.
 * Brown University
 * Columbia University
 * Cornell
 * Dartmouth
 * Harvard
 * Princeton
 * University of Pennsylvania
 * Yale