Who We Are

 

Princeton Junior School is led by a team of passionate educators who create an ethic of excellence everyday for themselves and their students. Our learning professionals are dedicated to cultivating an environment of challenging academics and strong moral values within our school community and the world beyond. 

Our learning principles are the bedrock of our school community.  At PJS we believe that children learn best when:

 
WHAT CHILDREN LEARN IS: 
  • Developmentally appropriate
  • Engaging, active and hands-on
  • Informative, not definitive
  • Purposeful and relevant to their lives
  • Transdisciplinary and interconnected
  • Provocative and inspires creativity
  • Internationally minded
  • Conceptually oriented
 
HOW CHILDREN LEARN IS THROUGH:
  • Bridging the gap from the known to the new
  • Collaborating
  • Meaningful contexts
  • Problem solving
  • Appropriate challenges based upon individual learning styles
  • Inquiry
  • Active engagement
  • Asking questions and making close observations
  • Opportunities to take risks and be innovative
  • Valuing mistakes through iterative learning
  • Clear expectations, meaningful and authentic (self-) assessment and reflection
  • Ongoing and direct feedback
 
THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH CHILDREN LEARN:
  • Is supportive of the development of well-balanced children with rich academic strengths and strong character traits
  • Is light-filled, exposed to the natural world, and is joyful
  • Honors the importance of play in each child's development
  • Endeavors to make the process of thinking and learning visible
  • Is nurturing and makes its community members feel known and understood
  • Embraces family members and values multiple perspectives in a diverse community