WELCOME TO THE HUN SCHOOL OF PRINCETON

. . . where learning and life are carefully balanced. Our founder, John Gale Hun, was a Princeton University math professor renowned for being able to teach high-level math to anyone. He established Hun as a tutoring school in 1914 to focus on students’ individual academic needs while preparing them for an evolving world. We continue to do that today, providing a vigorous, but joyful, learning experience on a foundation of active mentorship.

The Hun School offers a curriculum of remarkable breadth for an independent school, with more than 200 classes to choose from. Our academic year is structured around three trimesters to maximize student agency in pursuing a program of studies that builds skill and inspires intellectual growth and passion. Coursework is dynamic and experiential with an emphasis on core skills like collaborative problem-solving, ethical decision making, effective communication, leadership, creativity, cultural competency, and critical thinking. The capstone of our academic year is NextTerm, a three-week spring mini-semester that follows our trimesters with up to twenty different experiential, real-world courses that provide learning through travel, interaction with field experts, and project-based assessments.