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Thanks to members of the Friends of Herrontown Woods and the PHS Environmental Science students, the PHS basin is actively in the process of being seeded and planted with a variety of native plants that are uniquely suited for this wet environment. In contrast to turf grass, these native plants actually help to improve the stormwater management of the basin.

Some of our students spend part of their summer vacation strengthening their skills in a variety of subjects as part of the Extended School Year (ESY) program which if offered at the elementary, middle, and high school  level.

 Congratulations Class of 2024! You are an amazing class! Keep making us proud!

The Princeton Board of Education has approved a total budget of $119.2 million for the 2024-2025 school year. This includes a $108.6 million operating budget, $4.8 million for debt service and a $5.8 million special revenue fund that includes grants.

Over the next few weeks, many Princeton Public Schools students will take tests to ascertain their mastery of various subjects and their readiness to move forward in the next school year. Standardized tests in recent years have evolved from what some parents saw as superfluous disruptions to more nuanced and valuable snapshots of learning. 

Many students from Princeton Public Schools had the opportunity to see the partial eclipse on April 8, and the experience was enriched thanks to community partners, particularly Princeton University’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) and their community outreach team.

Monday: Wear your best gardening gear
Tuesday: Book swap
Wednesday: Reusable lunch bag/bottle day
Thursday: Healthy habits T-shirt day
Friday: PPS Blue goes Green clothing day

As part of programming scheduled for Autism Acceptance Month, students at Princeton Middle School had an exciting opportunity to interact with Dr. Temple Grandin, a prominent author and speaker on both autism and animal behavior. A school-wide Zoom session included a series of questions from PMS students. 

Please join us on Friday, April 19, 7:30 PM or Saturday, April 20, 7:30 PM, in the Princeton High School Black Box Theatre for "Rosaline Wrecked It All!"  $5 General Admission Seating. Doors will open at 7:10 PM.

For April, Autism Awareness Month, we had the chance to talk to Eric Csolak, Supervisor of Special Education, Ages 3 to Grade 5, about some of the existing things that are happening at Riverside School.

Wednesday, April 10, is a holiday for PPS students and a professional development day for staff. We would like to wish all who celebrate a happy and prosperous Eid al-Fitr.

Eight Princeton High School students and three Princeton Midle School students have been recognized for their research at the 2024 Mercer County Science and Engineering Fair.

Our very own Princeton High School team is a finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Community Choice Award. The winner will be the school with the most votes and the prize is $10,000. Please vote for our Princeton High School team by clicking on the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow website. After watching the PHS video, the viewer can cast his/her vote. Anyone is allowed one vote per day from March 26 to April 23^.

Dates to Remember: Standardized assessments are scheduled at all PPS schools in April and May.

Students and members of all three PPS unions—teachers, administrators and support staff—turned out in force this week to work at the Princeton Mobile Food Pantry (PMFP), packing 576 bags of food for underserved members of the community and donating a total of $1,430 for purchases of chicken, milk, eggs, carrots, bananas, and potatoes. 

Congratulations to Princeton High School counselor Adam Rothschild who has been selected as the 2024 Counselor of the County for Mercer County. The award was presented by New Jersey School Counselor Association.

Congratulations to the PHS science students who recently collaborated with the Paul Robeson House and the Arts Council of Princeton to make special tiles using clay from the site of the historic Paul Robeson home.Science students from James Smirk's class worked with the Arts Council of Princeton and Ryan Stark Lilienthal, the Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Council, to create special tiles molded from clay taken from Paul Robeson’s Princeton residence.

The 15-day celebration of Year of the Dragon got off to a terrific start at Princeton High School with the annual PHS Lunar New Year Parade presented by students of the Mandarin Language and Mandarin teacher Ms. Shwu-Fen Lin. Thank you to all the students who participated and shared this wonderful tradition, which is said to bring good luck and prosperity.

The first Equity Committee meeting of the year will be held tonight, Monday, February 12, at 6 PM at 25 Valley Road. The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome.

Princeton Public Schools Now Enrolling For the 2024-2025 School Year

Last year, as Riverside’s green team was gaining momentum, they decided to focus on making their school-wide PTO events more sustainable.

Parent/ Caregiver HiTOPS information night Princeton Middle School November 28, 2023

Math Program Review

View the powerpoint and the recording of 2023-2024 K-5 Report Card Night.

News from the Arts:  October 2023 Newsletter

PPS is Now Hiring Substitute Teachers

In early May, Princeton High School welcomed Eva Wiener to speak about her experience as a Holocaust survivor. The 9th, 11th, and 12th graders watched her speaking via live stream in their homerooms and in the auditorium, the 10th graders listened intently in person. 

The Princeton Board of Education meeting will hold a special meeting on May 15, 6 PM, at the Princeton Middle School cafeteria. The meeting will be live-streamed.

There will be an early dismissal on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. Princeton High School will dismiss at 12:33 and all other schools will dismiss at 1 PM. Enjoy the long weekend!

Princeton High School Student Research Symposium

Johnson Park Elementary, Riverside Elementary, and Princeton High School were each awarded a $2,000 Sustainable Jersey for Schools grant funded by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA).

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. 

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. 

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 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. 

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. 

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.

Two schools in the Princeton Public School District, Johnson Park and Littlebrook Elementary, have met the requirements to achieve Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification, bringing the total number of certified schools across New Jersey to 352.

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.

Princeton Public School embraces sustainability. Here are some terrific tips from Sustainable Princeton, one of our esteemed community partners.