201 S. Main St.
Hightstown, NJ 08520
(609) 944-7500
peddie.org/academics
The future needs high school to be
This is our idea
smarter*
of high school It’s collaborative. It involves working with people (students, teachers, neighbors, etc.) who are fabulously different from you. It’s about being part of an intellectual community that also likes to get things done. It’s innovative. It experiments with new programs, new solutions, new ways to be reflective and productive. It knows that real innovation is built to last. It’s built for the way the world works. It gets out in the world, looks closely at it, engages with it, tries to make it work even better.
IDEAS AT WORK: ACADEMICS AT PEDDIE
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PEDDIE
201 S. Main St.
Hightstown, NJ 08520
(609) 944-7500
peddie.org/academics
The future needs high school to be
This is our idea
smarter*
of high school It’s collaborative. It involves working with people (students, teachers, neighbors, etc.) who are fabulously different from you. It’s about being part of an intellectual community that also likes to get things done. It’s innovative. It experiments with new programs, new solutions, new ways to be reflective and productive. It knows that real innovation is built to last. It’s built for the way the world works. It gets out in the world, looks closely at it, engages with it, tries to make it work even better.
IDEAS AT WORK: ACADEMICS AT PEDDIE
*
PEDDIE
this is how we work*
BUILDING THE
TEACHERS WHO
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES
Our Digital Fabrication Laboratory is a
ARE SO MUCH MORE
A singular opportunity for juniors or seniors.
THAN TEACHERS
Students design their own program of
They’re coaches, they’re dorm parents, they’re
independent research or creative work and
mentors. They’re experts in their field, and they’re
pursue it under the guidance of mentors on
experts in the field of being a good person.
campus and at organizations around the world.
They have advanced degrees from schools like
Recent experiences: developing microfinance
Yale—and they know how to tie a tie. They’ve
projects in the Philippines, creating an
conducted advanced research in genomics—
on-campus aquaponics system, designing a
and they can locate the best slice of pizza in
bionic ear in a lab at Princeton, studying rural
New York City. They’re published authors—and
poverty in Maine, composing music in a cabin in
they make excellent cupcakes. They know how
the woods. It’s not just a college-level academic
to listen when you need to be heard, how to
experience—it’s also an experience in living as
talk when you need advice, how to find inspi-
an independent person in the wider world.
ration or an internship or a plan for what’s next.
GOING BEYOND OUR LIMITS
(FABULOUS) FUTURE state-of-the-art facility for designing and
FACTS 550 students from more than 25 countries and more than 25 states in the U.S.
building the future. We call it the Fab Lab.
Grades 9–12, postgraduate program
It is, in fact, pretty fabulous. It’s home to
2/3 boarding, 1/3 day
coursework in engineering, and mechanical design and manufacturing; and to our Robotics Team, which competes in national and international competitions. It includes a design studio featuring 17 workstations loaded with computer-aided design software; an engineering studio with industrial-grade equipment (a 3D printer, a laser engraving and cutting system, a CNC mill) and lab tables for
Top-10 endowment among U.S. boarding schools 12 students in the average class 6:1 student-to-faculty ratio 75% of faculty hold advanced degrees 90% of faculty live on campus
group work; and a spacious testing studio.
150 academic courses
STUDENTS WHO
34 subject areas for AP and honors
Just one example of the way we push ourselves
ARE SO MUCH MORE
42,000-square-foot Annenberg
beyond what’s expected: On average each year,
THAN STUDENTS
240 Peddie students sit for 500 AP exams in 19
They’re hardworking, unpretentious,
CLASSES THAT EXPAND
subject areas; 80% score a 4 or 5—the highest
enterprising people with fascinating stories and
TO FIT THE SHAPE OF
scores possible.
big ideas. They come from Texas and Taiwan,
THE WORLD
DISCOVERING
We develop new courses every year (recent
NEW FRONTIERS
examples: Environmental Literature, Mechan-
We keep adding new ways for students to get
ical Design and Manufacturing). And we’re
out into the world. Faculty-led bike trips to
always thinking of ways to adapt courses to new
Washington, D.C. and tours through Europe;
information and new ideas (the English class
a direct-exchange partnership with No. 2 High
that spent a semester following, analyzing and
School of East China Normal University; and a
critiquing the podcast Serial), include hands-on
campus community that includes students from
experience (the biology class in which students
dozens of countries. Global citizenship starts
extracted their own DNA) and apply coursework
with global experience.
They’re authentic, accomplished human beings who have pretty much made it their mission to make the future (meaning you) brighter.
in the real world (the architecture class that built treehouses on campus).
*
Pennsylvania and Portugal. They produce multimedia exhibits about growing up after 9/11, they meet with the Dalai Lama in India, they teach in Ghana, they conduct research at major national labs. They leave Peddie with practical tools, enduring habits of mind, real experience and broad horizons. They go to top colleges and universities (Brown, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Stanford). They land on Forbes’s “30 Under 30” list of game-changing young people. They’re ready to be the enterprising, original human beings the future needs.
Science Center 12 musical performance groups 7-day sophomore bike trip from campus to U.S. Capitol 56 interscholastic teams in 17 sports Dozens of student-run clubs 40% of students receive financial aid 58 buildings on 280 acres in Hightstown, New Jersey 8 miles from Princeton, New Jersey 50 miles from New York City and Philadelphia 1 sparkling lake
peddie.org/academics
this is how we work*
BUILDING THE
TEACHERS WHO
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES
Our Digital Fabrication Laboratory is a
ARE SO MUCH MORE
A singular opportunity for juniors or seniors.
THAN TEACHERS
Students design their own program of
They’re coaches, they’re dorm parents, they’re
independent research or creative work and
mentors. They’re experts in their field, and they’re
pursue it under the guidance of mentors on
experts in the field of being a good person.
campus and at organizations around the world.
They have advanced degrees from schools like
Recent experiences: developing microfinance
Yale—and they know how to tie a tie. They’ve
projects in the Philippines, creating an
conducted advanced research in genomics—
on-campus aquaponics system, designing a
and they can locate the best slice of pizza in
bionic ear in a lab at Princeton, studying rural
New York City. They’re published authors—and
poverty in Maine, composing music in a cabin in
they make excellent cupcakes. They know how
the woods. It’s not just a college-level academic
to listen when you need to be heard, how to
experience—it’s also an experience in living as
talk when you need advice, how to find inspi-
an independent person in the wider world.
ration or an internship or a plan for what’s next.
GOING BEYOND OUR LIMITS
(FABULOUS) FUTURE state-of-the-art facility for designing and
FACTS 550 students from more than 25 countries and more than 25 states in the U.S.
building the future. We call it the Fab Lab.
Grades 9–12, postgraduate program
It is, in fact, pretty fabulous. It’s home to
2/3 boarding, 1/3 day
coursework in engineering, and mechanical design and manufacturing; and to our Robotics Team, which competes in national and international competitions. It includes a design studio featuring 17 workstations loaded with computer-aided design software; an engineering studio with industrial-grade equipment (a 3D printer, a laser engraving and cutting system, a CNC mill) and lab tables for
Top-10 endowment among U.S. boarding schools 12 students in the average class 6:1 student-to-faculty ratio 75% of faculty hold advanced degrees 90% of faculty live on campus
group work; and a spacious testing studio.
150 academic courses
STUDENTS WHO
34 subject areas for AP and honors
Just one example of the way we push ourselves
ARE SO MUCH MORE
42,000-square-foot Annenberg
beyond what’s expected: On average each year,
THAN STUDENTS
240 Peddie students sit for 500 AP exams in 19
They’re hardworking, unpretentious,
CLASSES THAT EXPAND
subject areas; 80% score a 4 or 5—the highest
enterprising people with fascinating stories and
TO FIT THE SHAPE OF
scores possible.
big ideas. They come from Texas and Taiwan,
THE WORLD
DISCOVERING
We develop new courses every year (recent
NEW FRONTIERS
examples: Environmental Literature, Mechan-
We keep adding new ways for students to get
ical Design and Manufacturing). And we’re
out into the world. Faculty-led bike trips to
always thinking of ways to adapt courses to new
Washington, D.C. and tours through Europe;
information and new ideas (the English class
a direct-exchange partnership with No. 2 High
that spent a semester following, analyzing and
School of East China Normal University; and a
critiquing the podcast Serial), include hands-on
campus community that includes students from
experience (the biology class in which students
dozens of countries. Global citizenship starts
extracted their own DNA) and apply coursework
with global experience.
They’re authentic, accomplished human beings who have pretty much made it their mission to make the future (meaning you) brighter.
in the real world (the architecture class that built treehouses on campus).
*
Pennsylvania and Portugal. They produce multimedia exhibits about growing up after 9/11, they meet with the Dalai Lama in India, they teach in Ghana, they conduct research at major national labs. They leave Peddie with practical tools, enduring habits of mind, real experience and broad horizons. They go to top colleges and universities (Brown, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Stanford). They land on Forbes’s “30 Under 30” list of game-changing young people. They’re ready to be the enterprising, original human beings the future needs.
Science Center 12 musical performance groups 7-day sophomore bike trip from campus to U.S. Capitol 56 interscholastic teams in 17 sports Dozens of student-run clubs 40% of students receive financial aid 58 buildings on 280 acres in Hightstown, New Jersey 8 miles from Princeton, New Jersey 50 miles from New York City and Philadelphia 1 sparkling lake
peddie.org/academics
this is how we work*
BUILDING THE
TEACHERS WHO
SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES
Our Digital Fabrication Laboratory is a
ARE SO MUCH MORE
A singular opportunity for juniors or seniors.
THAN TEACHERS
Students design their own program of
They’re coaches, they’re dorm parents, they’re
independent research or creative work and
mentors. They’re experts in their field, and they’re
pursue it under the guidance of mentors on
experts in the field of being a good person.
campus and at organizations around the world.
They have advanced degrees from schools like
Recent experiences: developing microfinance
Yale—and they know how to tie a tie. They’ve
projects in the Philippines, creating an
conducted advanced research in genomics—
on-campus aquaponics system, designing a
and they can locate the best slice of pizza in
bionic ear in a lab at Princeton, studying rural
New York City. They’re published authors—and
poverty in Maine, composing music in a cabin in
they make excellent cupcakes. They know how
the woods. It’s not just a college-level academic
to listen when you need to be heard, how to
experience—it’s also an experience in living as
talk when you need advice, how to find inspi-
an independent person in the wider world.
ration or an internship or a plan for what’s next.
GOING BEYOND OUR LIMITS
(FABULOUS) FUTURE state-of-the-art facility for designing and
FACTS 550 students from more than 25 countries and more than 25 states in the U.S.
building the future. We call it the Fab Lab.
Grades 9–12, postgraduate program
It is, in fact, pretty fabulous. It’s home to
2/3 boarding, 1/3 day
coursework in engineering, and mechanical design and manufacturing; and to our Robotics Team, which competes in national and international competitions. It includes a design studio featuring 17 workstations loaded with computer-aided design software; an engineering studio with industrial-grade equipment (a 3D printer, a laser engraving and cutting system, a CNC mill) and lab tables for
Top-10 endowment among U.S. boarding schools 12 students in the average class 6:1 student-to-faculty ratio 75% of faculty hold advanced degrees 90% of faculty live on campus
group work; and a spacious testing studio.
150 academic courses
STUDENTS WHO
34 subject areas for AP and honors
Just one example of the way we push ourselves
ARE SO MUCH MORE
42,000-square-foot Annenberg
beyond what’s expected: On average each year,
THAN STUDENTS
240 Peddie students sit for 500 AP exams in 19
They’re hardworking, unpretentious,
CLASSES THAT EXPAND
subject areas; 80% score a 4 or 5—the highest
enterprising people with fascinating stories and
TO FIT THE SHAPE OF
scores possible.
big ideas. They come from Texas and Taiwan,
THE WORLD
DISCOVERING
We develop new courses every year (recent
NEW FRONTIERS
examples: Environmental Literature, Mechan-
We keep adding new ways for students to get
ical Design and Manufacturing). And we’re
out into the world. Faculty-led bike trips to
always thinking of ways to adapt courses to new
Washington, D.C. and tours through Europe;
information and new ideas (the English class
a direct-exchange partnership with No. 2 High
that spent a semester following, analyzing and
School of East China Normal University; and a
critiquing the podcast Serial), include hands-on
campus community that includes students from
experience (the biology class in which students
dozens of countries. Global citizenship starts
extracted their own DNA) and apply coursework
with global experience.
They’re authentic, accomplished human beings who have pretty much made it their mission to make the future (meaning you) brighter.
in the real world (the architecture class that built treehouses on campus).
*
Pennsylvania and Portugal. They produce multimedia exhibits about growing up after 9/11, they meet with the Dalai Lama in India, they teach in Ghana, they conduct research at major national labs. They leave Peddie with practical tools, enduring habits of mind, real experience and broad horizons. They go to top colleges and universities (Brown, Princeton, Vanderbilt, Stanford). They land on Forbes’s “30 Under 30” list of game-changing young people. They’re ready to be the enterprising, original human beings the future needs.
Science Center 12 musical performance groups 7-day sophomore bike trip from campus to U.S. Capitol 56 interscholastic teams in 17 sports Dozens of student-run clubs 40% of students receive financial aid 58 buildings on 280 acres in Hightstown, New Jersey 8 miles from Princeton, New Jersey 50 miles from New York City and Philadelphia 1 sparkling lake
peddie.org/academics