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The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education held a special Board meeting on the school facilities referendum on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. The public is invited to attend Board meetings, held at the Valley Road Administration Building, and we hope this brief update is helpful if you are unable to attend.  You can watch full Board meetings on the district’s YouTube channel.

Littlebrook’s 2nd-grade students recently traveled to the Institute for Advanced Studies and received a lesson on black holes from center director Robbert Dijkgraaf. Upon arrival, students teachers, and chaperones were ushered them into Fuld Hall where Albert Einstein had an office for over 20 years. 

At the Board meeting on June 4, our architects provided the community with an update on the current status of the referendum projects, with a highlight on those that are moving ahead this summer and next fall.

In an effort to keep the Princeton Public Schools community informed about the work of the Board of Education, a summary of the recent Board meeting is being shared. The public is invited to attend Board meetings, held at the Valley Road Administration Building, and we hope this update is helpful if you are unable to attend. 

The Princeton community enjoyed a morning at the movies and celebrated student filmmaking in Princeton Public Schools at the Third Annual Walnut Lane Film Festival on Sunday May 5. 

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

We are continuing to move forward with our implementation of the projects associated with our facilities referendum, and I want to provide you with some key information about our approach to those projects. 

The 2019-2020 school calendar is available.

Inspired by the Poetry in Motion Project where poetry was displayed on the walls of subway trains in New York City, the second graders of Mrs. Varadarajan’s class decided to post poems they had composed in public spaces at school, like, the hallways, in the cafateria, in front of the office, the bathrooms, the gym. Basically, the idea was to make poetry not just lie quietly tucked away in the backs of library shelves, but make it accessible to more and more people to read and enjoy.

The Riverside School Organic Garden is a place where children learn, work, play, and 'educate their taste buds.'  All of our students get outside for multiple experiential garden lessons at various points throughout the school year.

Town Topics had recently invited local school children to take part in a design competition to come up with an ad poster for their favorite Princeton-area business

The students in Mrs. Bertone's 1st grade class had an Author Celebration on May 8th.

Excitement was reigning high in Mrs. Varadarajan’s 2^ndgrade classroom, as reading had reached a new hype.

Mr. McGovern's grade 4 students considered what life would be like here at Riverside without our beloved Organic Garden, Instrumental lessons, Science Lab, and Daily Snack and Silent Reading Time--and they didn't like it.  

Riverside's first Wellness Week was a success!

On Thursday, April 18th, the authors in Ms. Achampong’s second grade class published original, riveting and entertaining realistic fiction stories

Riverside Math Night was a great success!  Parents and children visited 3 math stations and enjoyed some rich conversations about AIS, the math curriculum, and various games and resources.

JP third graders presented the Princeton History Museum, featuring exhibits on Princeton's education, communication, and transportation systems and town development.

Johnson Park pre-K classes visited Howell Living History Farm, where the children learned about farm life in the 1800's. 

On Fri., Apr. 12th, Johnson Park students and parents gathered in a darkened all-purpose room in anticipation of viewing the second grade's performance of Strega Nona, an original script that the children helped develop, based on the popular children’s Strega Nona series.

On Friday, April 5, 2019, Princeton University scholar-athletes visited Johnson Park for "Reading with the Tigers." Here, Ms. Saraison's K through 2 class enjoys a story about siblings.

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