Specialties
Princeton Junior School creates empowered and joyful learners, from age 2 to Grade 6. Our International Baccalaureate curriculum launches a life-long journey of inquiry, discovery, and action. PJS challenges students to become confident, capable, and creative problem solvers, with rich academic strengths and a strong sense of self. Specializing in the first decade of learning, PJS creates an ethic of excellence for each child. Our inquiry based curriculum ensures that learners are engaged in work that is significant and relevant to their lives and the world at large. Opportunities to take risks and be innovative are part of the expectations of daily learning. Students are given regular opportunities to present their work to the school community beginning in Preschool. The open, light-filled school buildings are designed to facilitate a connection to the natural world. The PJS campus is currently expanding to include a new Performing Arts Center, STEM Shop and indoor pool house.
History
Established in 1983.
Princeton Junior School began in 1983 with twelve Pre-school students and four teachers in a church basement. In the development of the School's mission, the founders, Juliana McIntyre and Helen Craven, adopted certain educational premises from the former Miss Mason's School, where they both had taught.
Over the years, our steadily increasing enrollment led us to "grow" elementary level classes in several facilities while seeking a permanent home. In 1992, after a long search, we purchased a six-acre parcel of farmland on which to build our schoolhouse (see photo at right). In 1998, the doors opened to welcome 125 students ranging from two-year-olds to fifth graders.
Now, more than thirty years later, Princeton Junior School is a thriving community of children, parents, teachers, staff, trustees, grandparents, alumni, alumni parents and close friends, all working together to carry on a tradition of excellence in education.
Meet the Manager: Katie P.
Princeton Junior School nurtures and challenges our students to become confident, capable, and creative problem solvers who pose questions as often as they devise solutions; who possess a passion for learning and compassion for others; and who are prepared for a life of continual growth in an increasingly global society. To inquire or request a tour, email kpottinger@princetonjuiorschool.org.