Thank you to everyone who attended the March 21 meeting on Long-Term Planning. The meeting included presentations which are under consideration. No final decisions have been made. The district administration will continue to look at options. 

PMS hosted a Math Placement Night on Thursday, March 23. This informative zoom was for rising 6th-8th grade parents to learn about math placement, rubrics, and timelines for their students.

Board Highlights are an unofficial summary of actions taken and topics discussed during the public session of the PPS Board of Education on March 14, 2023.

They are intended to provide timely information to our community, but they do not represent an official accounting of the meeting.  Official minutes will be approved by the Board at its next meeting. 

All parents with students in K to grade 5 are invited to join Ms. Sarah Moore and the PPS elementary education team on Thursday, April 13 at 6:30 PM, for a live webinar about Elementary Curriculum and Instruction.

PMS will host a PMS Math Placement Night on Thursday, March 23 at 7 PM. This informative zoom will be for rising 6th-8^th grade parents to learn about math placement, rubrics, and timelines for their students. The format for our evening will be a zoom webinar that is recorded. Please register in advance.

Staff, students, parents, and community members are all invited to the perennially popular Annual Asian Festival from 7 PM to 9 PM on Friday at Princeton High School. Culture and food stations will be open from 7 to 8 PM and student performances are from 8 to 9:30 PM.

On Tuesday, Princeton University announced that it will provide more than $14 million in support to Princeton Public Schools over the next five years. Princeton University will provide the district with an unrestricted payment of $2,250,000 in the first year, an amount that will increase by 4% in each subsequent year. 

The Princeton Board of Education will meet Tuesday, March 14, at 7 PM in-person at 25 Valley Road. The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome.

The Paul Robeson House of Princeton will soon be distributing Paul Robeson Tomato seeds to students in schools and interested families in our community. The goal of the project is to create Freedom Gardens across our town in honor of Paul Robeson. 

School Year Calendars from 2023-2025 

These highlights are an unofficial summary of actions taken and topics discussed during the public session of the PPS Board of Education on January 24, 2023. They are intended to provide timely information to our community, but they do not represent an official accounting of the meeting.  Official minutes will be approved by the Board at its next meeting. 

The Princeton Public Schools Visual and Performing Arts Department is pleased to share its winter edition of “News from the Arts,” a quarterly electronic newsletter about recent and upcoming arts events.

To learn more about the New Jersey Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (HIB) procedures, Dana Karas, Director of School Counseling, asked HIB expert Alicia D'Anella, attorney at Parker McCay. To see the session, please click here.

Si su hijo está comenzando kindergarten o primer grado en las Escuelas Públicas de Princeton, lo invitamos a asistir a una sesión informativa de inmersión bilingüe el miércoles 18 de enero a las 6:30 p. m. o el jueves 19 de enero a las 9 a. m. Las sesiones de información se llevarán a cabo en persona en Community Park School, 372 Witherspoon Street. Todos los estudiantes que ingresen a kindergarten y primer grado serán elegibles para solicitar el Programa de Inmersión Dual de Lenguas (DLI) de PPS, donde a los estudiantes se les enseña tanto en inglés como en español. Para los grados 2do a 8to, los estudiantes que demuestren un dominio adecuado del español pueden inscribirse en el programa DLI. La asistencia a una de varias sesiones informativas que se ofrecerán es un requisito previo para la inscripción en el programa DLI. Llame al 609.806.4230 si tiene preguntas.

Dr. Carol Kelley's regularly scheduled office hours on January 9 at the Princeton Public Library have Monday, January 9, have been postponed.

Princeton Public Schools has received Orton-Gillingham accreditation from the Institute for Multisensory Education. The Orton-Gillingham Approach is a multisensory, structured, sequential way to teach literacy. Fewer than a dozen districts in the country receive this accreditation.

The Lunch & Learn presentation about how to use Canvas (Learning Management System) and PowerSchool (Student Information System) was a big success. Parents in middle school and high school found it very helpful. Thank you to the PTOC and to Ms. Krista Galyon, PPS Supervisor of Technology & Innovation. If you missed the Lunch & Learn session, please check the PTOC website to see the recording.

November Dates to Remember

Taking time off helps to keep our students and staff healthy and balanced. In this year of helping, healing and hope we are happy to post the Homework Free Weekend dates for 2022-1023. We encourage our students and staff to embrace the importance of rest, reflection, and quality time.

PPS is hiring for permanent and temporary positions at Princeton Middle School. Please join us on Friday, November 4, from 2 PM to 5 PM. If you are a certified substitute, please come to hear about leave replacement openings.

The Princeton Public Schools Visual and Performing Arts Department is pleased to share its fall edition of “News from the Arts,” a quarterly electronic newsletter about recent and upcoming arts events.

School Calendar Update.

On Tuesday evening, the Princeton Board of Education had the opportunity to welcome (via Zoom) the new PPS therapy dog who will be working at all four elementary schools on a rotating basis once he is fully trained.

In the last year PPS schools have had the opportunity to celebrate the cultural diversity within our community with a wide variety of events and celebrations, ranging from Hispanic/LatinX Heritage Month to Black History Month to Asian American Heritage Month.

To expand upon these celebrations, we would like to provide a platform for diverse members of our community to share their voice and perspectives for future calendar spotlights. This is an opportunity for increased awareness of cultural diversity within our community. 

Click here for information about the Learn How to Become an Advocate for Your Children, a free Zoom event with Community Mental Health Advocate and Facilitator Kimme Carlos.

Like many other school districts, PPS is looking forward to providing an experience that resembles pre-pandemic schooling whenever possible for the new school year. PPS will not require masks for students or staff although in certain specific instances masks may be necessary. PPS protocols have been streamlined to best serve our students and staff. We will continue to consult with and follow the advice of the Princeton Health Department and our district physician.   We will also update this protocol if/when the NJ Department of Health revises their guidelines based on the most recent CDC changes. 

Princeton Public Schools is hosting an in-person job fair for custodians on Monday, August 15, from 9 AM to 1 PM. We are hiring for all shifts and there are openings for substitute custodians. All are welcome to apply.

PPS is pleased to announce that in recent weeks, PPS has reorganized several of its supervisory positions in preparation the new school year and has added the new, budget-neutral position of Supervisor of Elementary Education.

This fall, PHS students will have access to new classrooms, new collaborative spaces, and a wellness studio. The new spaces were built with funds from the 2018 referendum and significantly expand the amount of collaborative classroom space at PHS. Thank you to our community for its ongoing support of facilities improvement and excellence in education.

Princeton Public Schools was recently commended by Make Us Visible for adopting AAPI Curriculum Professional Development training for teachers.

On July 16, 2022, 988 will become the nationwide 3-digit dialing code for crisis and suicide prevention. It will replace the 1-800 number currently used by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. On this date, when someone calls 988 all phones in the U.S. (mobile and landline) will connect with the crisis/suicide prevention system. This will allow anyone in the U.S. to call 988 and get help designed specifically for someone dealing with a mental health crisis.

Princeton Public Schools offers a wide range of math courses at Princeton High School, including Calculus, AP Calculus, and Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra. More than 20 percent of PHS students take upper-level math courses. Here are course listings for the 2022-2023 school  year. 

Are you looking for more information about math offerings at Princeton High School? For the full description of courses, please see the PHS Program of Study. PHS also offers opportunities for qualified students to take courses at Princeton University, see page 30. 

A group of more than 30 educators, including teachers, staff from student support services and the Child Study Team, worked together on Friday at the Valley Road offices to develop expanded intervention services as part of ongoing efforts to help PPS pupils who could benefit from extra attention.

Multi-disciplinary intervention teams of school personnel at each school look at the needs of students who are at risk for learning, behavior, or health problems. The teams respond to requests for assistance made by teachers. This provides the benefit of multiple lenses looking at a concern.

Please join us on Tuesday, May 31 at 7 PM for a parent and community Zoom conversation regarding the PPS Strategic Plan. We hope you can join us and contribute your thoughts and perspectives in the development of the Strategic Plan.

Congratulations to all the students who took Advanced Placement Exams in May. The number of exams administered totaled 1,346.

Here are resources to help students after a school shooting, including about tips for talking ot children about violence.

Please join us in celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month. In addition to classroom activities planned at PPS, we hope you will have the opportunity to check out some of the programs planned at the Princeton Public Library.

Are you interested in learning about the benefits of eating a whole food diet? Here's a group (sponsored Suppers, one of PPS's community partners) that provides helpful nutritional information.

Helping Children Feel Their Best: Nutrition Based Therapeutics features Dr. Uma Pisharody, Pediatric Gastroenterologist and Advocate for Children’s Health.

Join us on Thursday May 31 at 7 PM for a parent and community Zoom conversation regarding Princeton's Strategic Planning process. Please share your thoughts and input as we move forward with the Strategic Planning Process. Please note the updated format and list of materials.

School Year Calendars for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years. 

On the Friday before spring break, students and honored guests had the opportunity to dedicate the newly refurbished pew belonging to Paul Robeson which now sits in the PHS guidance suite. Thank you to everyone who participated in this inspiring ceremony.

We hope that all of our students and staff will have a restorative and fun spring break. 

After spring break, PPS will continue to follow the NJ Dept of Health COVID travel advisory guidelines. Staff and students who are not vaccinated need to get tested 3-5 days after travel and quarantine for 5 days. This applies to travelers who go outside of the tri-state area of NY, PA and Delaware, and for international travel. If you have tested positive for COVID in the last 90 days, and are not vaccinated, you do not need to quarantine. For more details, please click here.

Unvaccinated students who must quarantine for 5 days will be provided with remote learning. If you know in advance that your student will be quarantining between April 18-22, please let your teachers know before spring break, if possible. 

Click here to download the 2021-22 school calendar.

Escuelas Publicas de Princeton Calendario 2021-2022.

PHS has the opportunity to win a $10,000 grant for the Community Choice award, so please watch our video and VOTE once a day, EVERY DAY. Please spread this message to family and friends and help our team win the Community Choice award.

Estimadas familias de PPS,

Gracias por su apoyo en esta transición del enmascaramiento obligatorio. PPS continúa alentando el uso de máscaras, sin embargo, a partir del 7 de marzo, se implementarán nuevas pautas y protocolos que reflejan la nueva orientación del Departamento de Salud de NJ.

A medida que avanzamos al relajar los protocolos de enmascaramiento de COVID, recuerde que este es solo el primer paso. Todos los demás protocolos permanecerán en su lugar. De acuerdo con las pautas de NJDOH, el rastreo de contactos ahora implicará el uso de un radio de 6 pies alrededor de la persona infectada. Anteriormente, con el enmascaramiento universal, podíamos usar un radio de 3 pies para los estudiantes que estaban debidamente enmascarados y sentados en las filas orientadas hacia el frente.

The Princeton Public Schools Visual and Performing Arts Department is pleased to share its winter edition of “News from the Arts,” a quarterly electronic newsletter about recent and upcoming arts events.

Thank you for your support as we navigate the transition away from mandated masking. PPS continues to encourage masking. New guidelines and protocols are now in place to reflect the guidance by the NJ Department of Health.

As we take one step forward by relaxing COVID masking protocols, please remember that this is just the first step. All other protocols remain in place, and in some ways, are even more important.