Princeton Day School
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Princeton Day School is a private coeducational day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey. The school has a "Princeton, New Jersey" mailing address. The Princeton Day School currently enrolls 904 students in grades junior kindergarten - 12. The largest division is the Upper School (grades 9-12), with an enrollment of 372 as of the 2005-2006 school year. Dr. Judith R. Fox is the current Head of School.
An average of nearly 20 percent of Princeton Day School seniors over past five years have been honored as semi-finalists or commended scholars in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Annually, approximately 20 percent of the PDS graduating classes is accepted to Ivy League colleges, Stanford, Duke, University of Chicago or MIT. Approximately 95 percent of the Class of 2000 attend colleges rated “Most Difficult” or “Very Difficult” by Peterson's Guide[Princeton Day School: Facts and Figures], accessed July 5, 2006.
The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.
History
Princeton Day School is the result of the 1965 merger of two Princeton schools: Miss Fine's School, a school for girls founded in 1899, and Princeton Country Day School, a school for boys founded in 1924. Enrollment grew steadily, until the mid 1990's, when it began to level off. The population of the school has remained around 900 students since the beginning of the century.Facilities
The Princeton Day School Campus/Upper School has the following facilities:- 6 Soccer/Lacrosse/Field Hockey Fields
- 2 Football Fields
- 2 Softball Fields
- 2 Baseball Fields
- Ice Rink with 4 Locker Rooms
- Weight Training Room
- 3 Gymnasiums
- Additional 2 Locker Rooms-currently under construction as of March 2006
- Full Music Wing
- Woodshop, with Architecture Classroom
- Photography Lab, with 2 Dark Rooms
- Ceramics Room
- Additional 2 Visual Arts Rooms
- Planetarium
- Campus Center Cafeteria with Snack Bar
- 400+ Seat Theater
- Two Amphitheaters, Indoor and Outdoor
- Three Computer Labs
- Drama Classroom
- 5 Upper School Science Classrooms
- 4 Upper School Foreign Language Classrooms
- 4 Upper School Mathematics Classrooms
- 4 Upper School English/Literary Arts Classrooms
- 4 Upper School History Classrooms
- Three Libraries
- 20+ Middle School Classrooms
- 15+ Lower School Classrooms
- Lower School Music Wing
Clubs/Activities
Some popular extracurricular activities at PDS include:- Athletic Association
- The Spokesman (school newspaper)
- Cymbals (literary magazine)
- The Link (school yearbook)
- Community Council (student government)
- Performing Arts Program
- Performing Arts Program Tech Crew
- Model United Nations team
- Mock Trial team
- Debate Club
- Amnesty International
- The Moadon
- Le Cadavre Exquis
- Science Olympiad Team
- The Student Ambassadors
- The EnAct (environmental action) club
- Cricket Club
- Conservative Club
- Libertarian Club
- Judiciary Committee
- Spanish Club
- French Club
- SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)
- SysOps (Student Computer Administrators)
- Peer Group
- Tour Guides
- Junior State of America
- Science League Team
- Lower and Middle School Destination Imagination Teams
- Lego Robotics Team
Sports Teams
Middle and Upper School Sports teams at PDS include:
- Fall: Boys Football, Boys and Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Boys and Girls Cross-Country, Girls Field Hockey
- Winter: Boys and Girls Basketball, Coed Squash (upper school only), Coed Fencing, Boys and Girls Ice Hockey, Girls Volleyball
- Spring: Boys Baseball, Boys and Girls Lacrosse, Boys Tennis, Girls Softball, Coed Golf(upper school only) , Coed Figure skating (upper school only)
Notable alumni
- Trey Anastasio - Lead singer and guitarist for Phish.
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Country music singer-songwriter and guitarist.
- Chris Conley - Lead singer of Saves the Day.
- David Soloway - A member of Saves the Day.
- Jeb Stuart Magruder - Infamous figure in the Watergate scandal.
- Lyle and Erik Menendez - Brothers convicted in a highly publicized trial for the murders of their parents.
- Tom Marshall - Phish Lyricist.
- Ben Mezrich - Author of Bringing Down the House.
- Christopher Reeve - Late actor, director, and producer. He was best known for his role as Superman in multiple films.[link] [link]
References
External links
- [Princeton Day School home page]
- [Princeton Day School Community Council home page]
- [National Center for Education Statistics data for Princeton Day School]
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