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Notre Dame High School
601 Lawrence RoadTrenton, NJ 08648-0864
At A Glance:
• 1268 Students
• Student/Teacher Ration: 15:1
• Co-ed
• Christian
Random Reason:
The school has a 99% college placement rate, with 84% attending 4-year colleges and 15% attending 2-year colleges.
Inside Notre Dame:
Notre Dame boasts a long-standing tradition of academic excellence, and the results show in the numbers. For the class of 2006, the top 30% of student SAT scores are 1200 and above, with an average of 1309/1600. Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars totaled 32, and there were two National Merit Finalists and 10 additional students commended.
After school, the building is alive with extracurricular activity that includes something for everyone. Hundreds of students can be seen practicing sports, rehearsing plays, and participating in clubs that offer topics ranging from international justice to ecology. Additionally, writers, artists, performers, and athletes keep the halls of Notre Dame buzzing.
The Bottom Line:
Tuition: $8,550
Books/Supplies: approx. $200-300
Uniforms: approx. $250
Princeton Day School
PO Box 75, The Great Rd.Princeton, NJ 08542
(609) 924-6700
At A Glance:
• 900 students, 373 in High School
• Student/Teacher Ratio: 6:1
• Co-ed
• Nonsectarian
Random Reason:
In September of 2005, the school launched the public phase of a five-year, $50 million capital campaign, "Investing in Excellence" to support new and renovated facilities and increased endowment for faculty salaries and financial aid. As of August of 2006, $40 million in commitments had been received, including an $11 million gift for financial aid, the largest gift ever made to an independent co-ed day school.
Inside Princeton Day School:
Princeton Day School offers an exemplary academic opportunity for students, and the results and accolades show it. An average of nearly 20% of Princeton Day School seniors over the past five years have been honored as semifinalists or commended scholars in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Annually, approximately 20% of the PDS graduating class is accepted to Ivy League colleges, Stanford, Duke, University of Chicago, or MIT. Approximately 95% of the Class of 2000 attends colleges rated “Most Difficult” or “Very Difficult” by Peterson's Guide.
The facilities at Princeton Day are vast and comprehensive, including a 400-seat theater, three computer labs, three libraries, and a planetarium. The athletic facilities include six soccer/lacrosse/field hockey fields, two football fields, two softball fields, two baseball fields, and an ice rink.
The wide array of clubs offered in the Upper School at Princeton include the Outdoors Club, a Model United Nations team, the mock trial team, the Debate Club, and the Philosopher's Guild, among nearly countless others.
The Bottom Line:
Tuition: $26,200
Stuart Country Day School
1200 Stuart Rd.Princeton, NJ 08540-0854
(609) 921-2330
At A Glance:
• 507 students
• Student/Teacher Ratio: 7:1
• All girls, k-12
• Independent Roman Catholic
Random Reason:
As a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, Stuart offers a broad, unique education, Stuart offers a warm, inviting environment designed to educate teh whole child, inspire academic excellence, develop a strong sense of community, and encourage a lifetime commitment to learning and service.
Inside Stuart Country Day School:
Stuart Country Day School is a college-preparatory, independent, Roman Catholic school for girls with a coed preschool and junior kindergarten. Now celebrating its 45th year, Stuart is a member of the National and International Network of Sacred Heart Schools. Stuart offers an education deeply rooted in the Goals and Criteria of the Sacred Heart that enriches, inspires, and empowers its students. While academic rigor is emphasized at Stuart, values are also placed on physical, social, and moral growth. Students are educated by an outstanding faculty in an atmosphere of love and trust with the goal to empower young women to make a difference in their world.
The Bottom Line:
Upper School: $26,980
Middle School: $24,900
Lower School: $22,000 (grades k-3) $22,700 (grades 4-5)
Junior Kindergarten: $18,000
Pre-School: $14,600
The Hun School
176 Edgerstoune Rd.Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 921-7600
At A Glance:
• 590 students
• Student/Teacher Ratio: 6:1
• Co-ed
• Nonsectarian
Random Reason:
Students run The Hun Review, an award-winning literary magazine showcasing the writing and artwork of Hun School students.
Inside The Hun School:
About 70% of Hun's Upper School students are day students, and the rest are boarders. Students come from 16 states and nine countries. The school’s 45-acre campus includes classroom, recreational, and boarding facilities. There are 115 faculty members, and the school boasts an average class size of 12-14 students. Average SAT scores are 571 verbal and 630 math.
Extracurricular activities abound at The Hun School. There are over 50 interscholastic sports programs, and a wide range of clubs, activities, and student-run groups. These range from standard fare like debate club and concert choir, to more unusual and interesting collectives like fishing club, astronomy club, and knitting club.
The Bottom Line:
Tuition (Boarding): $36,190
Tuition (Day): $26,960
The Lawrenceville School
2500 Main St.Route 206
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 896-0400
At A Glance:
• 795 students
• Student/Teacher Ratio: 8:1
• Co-ed
• Nonsectarian
Random Reason:
Beginning in 2003, the Lawrenceville School undertook a Green Campus Initiative, seeking to take a holistic approach to campus sustainability. The initiative focuses on campus energy, materials, land, and water use, applying methods that promote ecological literacy, sustainability education, and involve the broader community outside of the school.
Inside Lawrenceville:
The Lawrenceville School has a tradition of excellence and opportunity since its founding in 1810. As of 20058 its endowment stood at $300 million, nearly $377,358 per student. Lawrenceville received 1,860 formal applications for entrance in fall 2008, of which only 379 were accepted.
As one of the oldest preparatory schools in the US, the school’s 700-acre campus leaves little to be desired. Top-flight academics, state-of-the-art facilities, attractive living conditions, an exceptional faculty, and plenty of extracurricular opportunities for clubs, activities, sports, and development, make the school virtually the best of its kind.
The learning experience is intense and hands on. Students receive plenty of attention and care, and every full day of school students have two periods within the day to go to their teachers’ classrooms and ask them for personalized help.
Lawrenceville competes with other schools in baseball, basketball, crew, cross-country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, hockey, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. Additionally, Lawrenceville's House Football League is the oldest active football league in America.
The Bottom Line:
Tuition (boarding/day students): $43,320/35,290
Medical Fee (board/day): $600/365
Technology Fee (boarding/day): $370/245
The Lewis School and Clinic
53 Bayard Ln.Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-8120
At A Glance:
• 175 students
• Student/Teacher Ratio: 8:1
• Co-ed
• Nonsectarian
Random Reason:
The Lewis School’s educational methodology works for students who are routinely assigned various euphemistic labels for their learning problems, shamed as lazy, unmotivated, slow-track learners, resource-room kids, or learning-disabled students.
Inside The Lewis School:
Founded in 1973, The Lewis School and Clinic is among the earliest groups of educators in the country to innovate, develop, and implement curriculum-wide multisensory education, science-based student assessments, and neuroscience-based teacher training within a structured and nurturing traditional school environment.
The School’s philosophy is best described by its founder, Marsha Lewis: “Our students’ gifts and promise are as important to us as are their needs to repair scholastically. At The Lewis School, learning problems are understood, not as disabilities, but as differences: the expression of remarkable and diverse capacities of human thinking and perceptions. The purpose of a Lewis School education is to prepare students, who may struggle with language-based learning difficulties related to dyslexia, auditory processing and attention, to thrive academically, as they learn to restore the confidence and self-esteem they need to achieve their scholastic and personal best.”
The Lewis School & Clinic also offers educational evaluations, afternoon education and small tutorial groups, summer academic and enrichment programs, speech and language programs, an interactive metronome program, a therapy dog program, and a Princeton Plasma Physics Lab program.
The Bottom Line:
Tuition: $12,000-33,000/year
The Peddie School
South Main St.PO Box A
Hightstown, NJ 08520
(609) 490-7500
At A Glance:
• 530 students
• Student/Teacher Ration: 6:1
• Co-ed
• Nonsectarian
Random Reason:
Last year, 189 Peddie students sat for 379 AP exams in 20 subject areas.
Inside The Peddie School:
Peddie’s 280-acre campus in located in Hightstown, NJ, and embodies both the tradition of its 1864 founding and the luxuries and advancements of contemporary living and technology. The hub of campus life is Center Campus, where students and faculty greet each other throughout the day. The campus is situated along Peddie Lake, and the school even has its own 18-hole professional golf course.
The Peddie educational experience is a rigorous one. Noted for its distinctive programs dedicated to academics, athletics, arts, and residential life, Peddie's faculty is recognized for encouraging and inspiring bright and enthusiastic students to reach for new levels of achievement in an unusually friendly, genuinely supportive, and remarkably diverse community, which includes citizens of 23 different countries and residents of 20 different states.
100% of Peddie’s students are admitted to 4-year colleges. Among the most popular colleges for graduates are University of Pennsylvania, Boston College, Cornell University, Georgetown University, and Yale University.
Peddie’s resources are virtually boundless, with top-flight athletic programs, plenty of extracurricular activities, and world-class technology.
The Bottom Line:
Tuition (boarding/day students): $37,275/$28,250
The Pennington School
112 West Delaware Ave.Pennington, NJ 08534
(609) 737-1838
pennington.org
At A Glance:
• 480 Students
• Student/Teacher Ratio: 6:1
• Co-ed
• United Methodist
Random Reason:
Pennington offers its students an educational experience that includes challenging college preparatory classes, highly successful athletic teams, and vibrant programs in the visual and performing arts.
Inside The Pennington School:
The Pennington School, founded in 1838, is an independent, coeducational school for students in grades 6-12, with facilities for both day and boarding students. Connected with the United Methodist Church, the school respects all of the religious traditions of its diverse student body. The school's curriculum is college preparatory, offering 22 honors courses and 15 Advanced Placement courses. There are also limited-enrollment programs, well integrated in the overall college preparatory curriculum, for students who require English as a Second Language and those with learning differences.
The average class size is 13 students. Close faculty-student interaction is a cornerstone of the Pennington experience. Students and teachers work together not only in the classroom, but also on the stage, in the studio, and on the athletic fields. They join forces in community service and in good conversations.
The 54-acre campus, located eight miles from Princeton, is ever-changing. The four-year-old Campus Center is its centerpiece and houses a large student center and spacious, centralized facilities for the arts and foreign languages. Renovations in 2008 have brought new, state-of-the-art science laboratories and updated classrooms for both science and mathematics.
The Bottom Line:
Tuition (Boarding): $40,600
Tuition (Day): $27,300
Trenton Catholic Academy
175 LeonardHamilton, NJ 08610
(609) 586-3705, Ex. 19
At A Glance:
• 700 Students
• Co-ed
• Roman Catholic
Random Reason:
Trenton Catholic Academy’s library houses an extensive collection of fiction, non-fiction, reference materials and 15 computer workstations. The adjacent Media Center is equipped with 22 workstations and Smartboard. A color flatbed scanner, copier and color printer are also provided.
Inside Trenton Catholic Academy:
Trenton Catholic’s mission statement is as follows: To educate a diverse pre-K-to-12 student body to be responsible citizens of a global society through a challenging and relevant curriculum centered in Catholic traditions and values.
The Bottom Line:
To discuss tuition rates, call 609-586-3705, ext 19 or email: dsullivan@trentoncatholic.org
Villa Victoria Academy
376 West Upper Ferry Rd.Ewing, NJ 08628
(609) 882-1700
At A Glance:
• Class of 2006: 23 students
• Student/Teacher Ration: 6:1
• All girls
• Roman Catholic
Random Reason:
Students have an opportunity to gain valuable community service experience as part of the school’s Christian Service Program.
Inside Villa Victoria:
Located on a 44-acre campus on the Delaware River in Ewing, NJ, the aims of Villa Victoria are to develop each student's inner abilities of critical thinking, creativity, self-esteem and compassion. This is done through small class size, emphasis on a well-rounded education and many leadership opportunities that exist for our students.
A variety of honors and advanced placement courses are offered in both Science and the Humanities to balance each student's education. The five-year average for the SAT is 1218, and the five-year average for college scholarship dollars per student is $55,000.
Sports teams include soccer, tennis, basketball, softball, cross-country. Clubs include Liturgy Committee, Inscape literary and art magazine, Victorian yearbook, art club, community service club, math team, student council, French/Spanish honor societies, mock trial team, stage craft/crew, and performing arts.
The Bottom Line:
Tuition: $9,000
