Princeton Day School is a private

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located in

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, in Mercer County,

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, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through

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. The largest division is the Upper School (grades 9–12), with an enrollment of about 400. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1989.Princeton Day School
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed April 3, 2022. As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 933 students, plus 16 in PreK, and 122.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 7.6:1. The school's student body was 81.4% (759) White, 7.6% (71) Asian, 6.8% (63) Hispanic and 4.3% (40) Black.School data for Princeton Day School

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. Accessed March 10, 2022. Of the 2011 graduating class of Princeton Day School seniors, a third were honored as semi-finalists or commended scholars in the

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. In the five years through 2018, the most common schools for members of the PDS graduating classes were

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(21),

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(15),

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(12),

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(11), Duke University (10), and

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(10). The school is a member of the

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and the

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History

Founded in 1899, Miss Fine's School in Princeton prepared girls for college with a curriculum including English, French, Latin, history, and mathematics, at a time when women were not expected to attend college, and when only one out of eight children in America went to school at all. For years, in addition to serving as headmistress, May Margaret Fine taught all the subjects but French and even "tended the furnace....often leaving in the middle of Latin class to do it.""The Light That Ever Shines," by Alice Jacobson and Laura Rogers. ''The Inkling'', January 1962. Reprinted in the 1999 Centennial issue of the ''Spokesman''. "A large shapeless figure itha pile of white hair dominated by a bun on the top, which usually slid over to the side of her head by the end of the day,"Selden, William K. ''From These Roots: The Creation of Princeton Day School''. 1991. Fine was, despite her appearance, a loved and respected figure. John Finley, editor of ''

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'' during the 1910s, wrote of her, "So was the school under her wise and gentle rule a place where happy children grew into her spirited likeness." Fine retired in 1931 and died two years later. Miss Fine's School moved into what had previously been The Princeton Inn on Bayard Lane in 1924 and included boys from kindergarten through 3rd grade. In 1924, a group of parents established a 4–9 grade school for boys on Bayard Lane, next to Miss Fine's School. The boys' school was known as Princeton Junior School. The school moved in 1932 to an independent campus with purpose-built buildings at 171 Broadmead in another section of Princeton not far from Palmer Stadium. The name was then changed to Princeton Country Day School (PCD), although in honor of its founding name, the school magazine was called the "Junior Journal." It had large playing fields across the street for football and soccer. In the winter, there was occasionally skating on Carnegie Lake nearby, and while ice hockey was played at Princeton University's Baker Rink. In the spring, there was an annual school fair held as a fundraiser. The school had an excellent academic reputation, and most graduates went on to New England boarding schools for secondary education. The buildings and campus of PCD are now part of Princeton University and used as a nursery school. Princeton Country Day merged with Miss Fine's School in 1965 to become Princeton Day School, operating on a campus along the Great Road in Princeton. In September 2005, the school launched the public phase of a five-year $50 million capital campaign, "Investing in Excellence" to support new and renovated facilities and increased endowment for faculty salaries and financial aid that raised a total of $53 million from more than 4,000 contributors.

Traditions

Over the years, Princeton Day School enjoyed many traditions that no longer take place. These include an Upper School pie-eating competition that continued until the eighties, an annual sophomore-junior canoeing trip, intended to bridge the gap between two grades that traditionally do not share many classes, and legendary English teacher Anne Shepherd's wreathmaking assembly. The wreathmaking rite started in Miss Fine's School in 1900, and since, by the 1980s, participation in the event had dwindled, it was cancelled. A December 1982 article in PDS's student-run newspaper, ''The Spokesman'', explained that "This nnouncementraised such an uproar that, by popular demand, the ssemblywas given one last chance.""Wreath-Making: A Waning Tradition," by Matthew Kilgore. Originally published in ''The Spokesman'', December 1982. Reprinted in the 1999 Centennial issue of ''The Spokesman'' By the 1990s, though, wreathmaking was gone, indicative of the passing of certain traditions over time. (Another tradition that began at Miss Fine's, the annual

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Dance, actually continues today, though it is now performed by second graders instead of Upper Schoolers.) New traditions have joined the

Dance in recent years, including the annual

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game, a fiercely competitive

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match between the junior and senior girls that has been held since 2004, and Dr. Seuss Day.

Blue & White Day

On Blue & White Field Day, an all-school athletic competition held each spring, PDS students often carry a fierce 24-hour sense of patriotism for their color, painting their faces blue or white and engaging in acts of playful discrimination against the opposing team. Popular Blue-White events include "The Big Race," which involves students in each grade from JK through 12, a faculty balloon toss (for which students serve as rowdy spectators), and the freestyle sack race. Blue & White Day was founded by beloved Physical Education teacher Kim Bedesem;"Why No More Blue-White Day in US?" by Caroline Binder. ''The Spokesman'', March 2001. when Bedesem died in 1993, it was decided that each subsequent Blue & White Day be dedicated to her. Each year, the Blue & White Day T-shirts distributed to students and faculty have the name "KIM" somewhere in the design. While Bedesem created Blue & White Day in its present form in the 80s, similar events existed at Miss Fine's and PCD as much as 60 years earlier. James Howard Murch, PCD's first Headmaster, was remembered by his successor for "the pleasurable relish with which he took to interpret ngthe decimal-splitting rivalries of the Blues and Whites." Miss Fine's School (whose school colors were voted Blue and Grey by the Class of 1918)Timeline from the 1999 Centennial issue of ''The Spokesman'' had "similar challenges" in which Blues and Greys competed. The Upper School (grades 9–12) returned to Blue and White Day in 2006 following over a decade's hiatus from the event. Their re-entry into the morning part of the activities was later expanded to include other Blue/White competitions in the Upper School during the rest of the school year.

Administration

Paul J. Stellato was appointed as Head of School for the 2008–09 school. On November 7, 2007, the board of trustees announced that the committee voted unanimously to approve Paul J. Stellato as the next head of school at Princeton Day School. His official term began July 1, 2008. Stellato was the headmaster of

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, before joining the PDS community. John Ora, the head of the middle school, also left after the 2006–07 school year, to take a job as the head of school at another independent school in California. Warren Gould, who is the head of academic affairs at Princeton Day School, became the interim head of the middle school, giving way to Steven Hancock for the 2008–09 school year and beyond. Steven Hancock left after the 2013–14 year, with Alesia Klein taking his place as interim head of the middle school. At the beginning of the 2015–2016 school year, Renée Price became head of the middle school, and Alesia Klein became interim head of the lower school. In 2019, Stellato announced the appointment of upper school history teacher Christian Rhodes as acting head of the upper school, beginning in the 2020–21 school year. On June 16, 2022, the board of trustees unanimously voted to appoint Kelley Nicholson-Flynn, former Assistant Head of School for Operations at

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in the

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, as the new Head of School starting July 2023.

Facilities

Princeton Day School completed a $24 million construction project which began in February 2006. The new construction and renovations a were completed in September 2007 and include doubling the size and adding a variety of new technologies to their middle and upper school libraries. A new art center houses studios for architecture, ceramics, painting/drawing, woodworking, photography, and cinematic arts. The school's music facilities have been expanded to include a recording studio and new practice areas to accommodate a growing choral and instrumental music program. In 2019, PDS began construction on a new athletic center, which will hold four international squash courts, two all-purpose athletic courts, changing rooms, offices, and a large commons area. Currently, PDS's facilities include: * 6 Soccer/Lacrosse/Field Hockey Fields, including 2 state-of-the-art synthetic turf fields * 2 Football Fields, 2 Softball Fields, and 2 Baseball Fields * Ice Rink with 6 Locker Rooms * Weight Training Room * 3 Gymnasiums * Additional 2 Locker Rooms * Full Music Wing with 7 Soundproof Rehearsal Rooms * Wood shop * Architecture Studio * Fine Art Studio * Film Studio with Green Room and Computer Lab * Photography Lab with Dark Room and Computer Lab * 2 Ceramics Rooms * Planetarium * Campus Center Cafeteria with Snack Bar * 400+ Seat Theater * 2 Amphitheaters, Indoor and Outdoor * 2 Additional Computer Labs * 2 Libraries * Bookstore * Dance Studio * Printing Room for School Newspaper * 14 Science Labs * 50+ Classrooms

Clubs and activities

Student-run publications at Princeton Day School include ''The Spokesman'',''The Spokesman''
/ref> an award-winning Upper School newspaper published eight times a year, which uses a staff of 19 editors and two faculty advisors, and its middle school sister publication, known as ''Spokes''. Each year, the student-led literary and arts magazine ''cymbals'' is also published, along with the annual yearbook, the ''Link''. Clubs offered in the upper school at PDS (many of which are created by a student's or group of students' initiative) include the Jewish Club, a

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team, the

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team, the Debate Club, the Foreign Affairs club, the

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Team, the Science Club, the EnAct (Environmental Action) club, the Pet and Wildlife Salvation (PAWS) Club, the India Club, the French Club, the Latin Club, the Chinese Club, Chamber Music Club, Dance Club, Girls Who Code, Gallery Club, Mathletics, the

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(NOW), Tabletop Gaming Club, Student Progressive Coalition, the

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Club (which holds a popular annual Salsa Cook-off in March), various A-Capella groups and the Science League Team. The lower and middle schools offer, among others, Destination Imagination and FIRST Lego League teams. PDS offers several affinity groups for students to join, including the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Affinity Group, PRIDE (for students who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community), Black Student Union, Latinx Student Union, Multiracial Student Union, and the Jewish Union. Students may also be selected to lead in the Peer Group program, and may be elected to serve on the Student Council, Student Ambassadors Committee, and Judiciary Committee.

Sports teams

The Princeton Day School Panthers compete under the supervision of the

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.Princeton Day School

. Accessed October 20, 2020. Middle and Upper School sports teams at PDS include: * Fall: Boys and Girls Soccer, Girls

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, Boys and Girls Cross-Country, Girls

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Boys Football was dropped in 2011 due to a lack of sufficient numbers of interested players. * Winter: Boys and Girls

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, Coed Squash (upper school only), Coed

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, Boys and Girls

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, Girls

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* Spring: Boys

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, Boys and Girls

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, Boys

, Girls

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, Coed

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(upper school only), Coed

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(upper school only) ;State championships * Boys' Ice hockey: 1981–82 1988–89, 1989–1990 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014 * Coed Figure skating: 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008 * Girls' Ice hockey: 1998–99, 2001–02 * Girls' Softball: 1993, 1996, 2006 * Boys' Tennis: 1980, 1981, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 * Girls' Basketball: 1990, 1995, 2000 * Girls' Lacrosse: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1995 * Boys' Football: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980 * Boys' Lacrosse: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 * Boys' Basketball: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2015–16, 2019–20 * Baseball: 1971, 1972, 1977, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2010 * Boys' Cross Country: 1974, 1978, 1979, 1991, 1992, 2002,2009, 2010 * Boys' Soccer: 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2010 * Golf: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 * Fencing: 1995, 1996, 2008 * Girls' Soccer: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015 * Field Hockey: 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2016 * Volleyball: 1977, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1994 * Girls' Tennis: 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Boys' soccer won the 2010 Mercer County Tournament with a 1–0 win over three-time defending champion

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and took the Prep B state championship with a 2–1 win over Gill St. Bernard's School, the program's first state title since 1986. Girls' lacrosse won the 2010 Mercer County Tournament with an 11–8 victory over

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. Girls' tennis won the 2014 Prep B state championship, defeating Gill St. Bernard's School to earn their third consecutive state championship by only one point. Boys’ basketball won the 2020 Prep B state championship with a 64–50 victory over Doane Academy.

Notable alumni

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(born 1964; class of 1982, but transferred to Taft School in Connecticut) singer and guitarist for

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. * Mary Chapin Carpenter (born 1958; class of 1976, but transferred to Taft School in Connecticut), country music singer-songwriter and guitarist.Kallas, Anna
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'', June 1, 1997. Accessed December 3, 2007. "Chris and I went to the same private school in New Jersey - Princeton Day School - as did Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Menendez brothers, but more about them later." *

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(born 1980; class of 1998), lead singer of

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.Staff
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'', August 9, 2003. Accessed October 3, 2011. "A decade ago Conley and fellow Princeton Day School eightgraders Bryan Newman and Justin Gaylord first teamed up to form the band Indifference." *

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, architect and designer. * Donald Gips (born 1960) class of 1978, Chief Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore and appointed Ambassador to South Africa by Barack Obama * Stefan Hirniak (born 1985; class of 2003), swimmer for the Canadian national teams who holds two Canadian swimming records and set a world swimming record for butterfly. * Antoine Hoppenot (born 1990; class of 2008), professional soccer player for the

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who selected Hoppenot in the third round (No. 51 overall) of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft. *

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defensive end for the

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who played freshman season for PDS before moving on to the Taft School in Connecticut. * Tom Marshall (born 1963; class of 1982),

lyricist. * Peter McLoughlin (born 1957; class of 1975, but transferred to

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(1910–2014), horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist and art collector. *

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, convicted of killing their parents in 1989. * Ben Mezrich (born 1969; class of 1987), author of '' Bringing Down the House'' and '' The Accidental Billionaires'', which were made into the movies '' 21'' and ''

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(1952–2004; class of 1970), actor, director, and producer. He was best known for his role as the title character in the '' Superman'' films. *

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Princeton Day School. Accessed March 15, 2018. *

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. * Marjorie Williams (1958–2005; class of 1975), editor and columnist for the ''

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References

External links

*
Princeton Day School Community Council home page

The Spokesman Online

School Data for Princeton Day School

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located at Princeton Day School {{Authority control 1899 establishments in New Jersey Educational institutions established in 1899 Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools New Jersey Association of Independent Schools Schools in Princeton, New Jersey Private elementary schools in New Jersey Private high schools in Mercer County, New Jersey Private middle schools in New Jersey