Hun School of Princeton explained

The Hun School of Princeton
Motto:Quaerite Scientiam Et Honorum
"Seek Knowledge and Honor"
Established:1914
Type:Private, Boarding
Head Name:Head of School
Head:Bart Bronk
Streetaddress:176 Edgerstoune Road
City:Princeton
County:Mercer County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08540
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.337°N -74.686°W
Campus:45acres
Grades:6-12
Enrollment:669 (as of 2019–20)
Faculty:95 FTEs
Ratio:7:1
Us Nces School Id:A9104467
Annual Tuition:$73,700 (resident)
$50,300 (day)
Upper School for 2023-24[1]
Sat:571 verbal
630 math
Athletics:50+ Interscholastic Sports
Colors: Red and
Black
Teamname:Raiders
Conference:Mid-Atlantic Prep League

The Hun School of Princeton is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding school located in Princeton in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The school serves students from sixth through twelfth grades. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1963 and is accredited until January 2025.[2] The acceptance rate for the school has been reported as 35%.[3] It is also a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.[4]

The head of school is Bart Bronk, who took the position in July 2023, following Jon Brougham, who had served for 14 years in the position.[5]

History

The school was founded in 1914 by Dr. John Gale Hun, a professor at Princeton University. Originally called the Princeton Math School, it later changed its name to the Princeton Tutoring School. In 1925, the school acquired both its current name and the property on Edgerstoune Road that makes up its current location.

Student body

As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 669 students and 95 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7:1. The school's student body was 59.8% (400) White, 23.9% (160) Asian, 6.1% (41) Black, 5.4% (36) two or more races, 4.5% (30) Hispanic and 0.3% (2) American Indian / Alaska Native.[6] 95 students attend the Hun Middle School, which houses grades 6–8. The rest are in the Upper School. 70% of Hun's Upper School students are day students, and the rest are boarders. Students come from 15 states and 27 countries.[7]

Athletics

The Hun School Raiders[8] participate in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League, a sports league with participating institutions from university preparatory schools in the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania area. Schools competing in the league include Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania and Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey. The Hun School also competes against other local schools.

Sports offered by the Hun Middle School include:

The 1931 boys' basketball team won the Class A Prep state title with a 24-18 victory against St. Benedict's Preparatory School in the tournament final.[9]

Facilities

The Hun School facilities consist of multiple buildings across the small Princeton neighborhood. The school recently completed a massive renovation, including the construction of the Wilf Family Global Commons, a $9 million, dormitory and educational facility.[10] The School is currently undergoing a $5.5 million renovation of the Alexander K. Buck '49 Building, which holds middle school classrooms, video production laboratories, and gathering spaces.[11]

School publications

Clubs and organizations

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.hunschool.org/admission/tuition-and-financial-aid Tuition and Financial Aid
  2. https://www.msa-cess.org/school-profile/?oId=0065e00000B8S7k&typ=school-profile Hun School of Princeton
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20131007233238/http://www.ivylabs.org/doc/boardingschool/27Hun_School_%20of_%20Princeton.pdf Hun School of Princeton
  4. https://www.njais.org/about-njais/member-school-directory Member Directory
  5. https://centraljersey.com/2022/05/24/hun-school-announces-next-head-of-school/ "Hun School announces next head of school"
  6. https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=A9104467 School data for The Hun School Of Princeton
  7. http://www.hunschool.org/hun-at-a-glance/index.aspx Hun At A Glance
  8. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/hun-school-princeton The Hun School of Princeton
  9. https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/22/archives/hun-five-captures-jersey-title-final-triumphs-in-class-a-of-prep.html "Hun Five Captures Jersey Title Final; Triumphs in Class A of Prep School Tourney--Kingsley Scores in Class B. Jefferson Quintet Wins; Elizabeth Team Victor in Class A of High School Division--Crown in Class B to Princeton High."
  10. News: Hun celebrates opening of Wilf Family Global Commons. NJ.com. February 9, 2017 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Hun Middle School to Undergo $5.5 Million Renovation and Expansion. Princeton. The Hun School of. www.prnewswire.com. en. February 14, 2017 .
  12. http://www.nj.gov/hangout_nj/200306_tennis_p2.html New Jersey Tennis Stars
  13. Staff. "Mitchell Block '68 film Poster Girl Nominated for an Oscar", Hun School of Princeton, January 26, 2011. Accessed March 6, 2011.
  14. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/410631054/ "Love-Bohlinger"
  15. http://www.hunschool.org/alumni/recognition/index.aspx Recognition: Alumni of the Year
  16. Wallace, Andy. "Lew Elverson, 84, winning college coach", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 3, 1997. Accessed February 13, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "He then attended the Hun School, where he played football and was a member of the rowing team that competed in the Henley Regatta in England."
  17. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-profile-of-new-jerseys/137183799/ "Dick Foran, N. J. Boy"
  18. Franklin, Paul. "Mike Ford, Hun School and Princeton product, hitting books, balls hard in the minors; faces Lakewood this week", The Times (Trenton), April 21, 2014. Accessed June 26, 2019. "Ford, a resident of Belle Mead who attended Montgomery High School as a freshman before transferring to the Hun School, has two doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs."
  19. Norris, Josh. "Hun alum Steve Garrison replaces Wilkin De La Rosa with Thunder", The Trentonian, September 9, 2010. Accessed March 6, 2011. "Steve Garrison, also a southpaw, from the Hun School in Princeton, was claimed on waivers by the Yankees earlier yesterday afternoon, and will report to the Thunder for the playoffs."
  20. Galler, Joan. "Ewing memorializes 9/11 in Patriots' Day event", The Trentonian, September 9, 2010. Accessed January 27, 2011. "A third hijacked jet crashed in a Pennsylvania field, killing two others with Ewing ties, Colleen Fraser, 51, then director of Progressive Center for Independent Living on Parkway Avenue, and Richard Guadagno, 38, a Ewing native and Hun School graduate. Both perished on United Airlines Flight 93 after passengers fought to regain control from the hijackers."
  21. http://www.elimparcial.com/edicionenlinea/notas/entretenimiento/20050112/100230.asp "El inquieto Ethan Hawke"
  22. https://www.communitynews.org/news/ethan-hawke-s-princeton-junction-roots/article_9cf503c7-2747-53aa-ab4d-9546859cebbf.html "Ethan Hawke’s Princeton Junction Roots"
  23. Knights, Caroline. "An Interview with Susan Hendricks `91", Hun School of Princeton, December 6, 2010. Accessed March 6, 2011.
  24. Pizzi, Jenna. "Trenton mayoral candidate Eric Jackson wants to bring honesty, integrity back to City Hall", NJ.com, April 20, 2014. Accessed August 28, 2015. "He did spend time away — in high school when he spent his junior and senior years as a boarding student at The Hun School in Princeton, and later when he attended college at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and as he began his career with Citibank traveling around the country."
  25. https://books.google.com/books?id=Sus-AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Jesse+L.+Lasky%22+%22blair+academy%22 International Motion Picture Almanac
  26. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010145728/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/littell.asp Senator Robert E. Littell
  27. http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/about/sba/littell.html 2001 Distinguished Service Award Recipients: Senator Robert E. Littell
  28. Gufford, Jacqueline. "Leopoldo López: Hun School alumnus turned Venezuelan politician", The Daily Princetonian, March 24, 2014. Accessed August 28, 2015. "The leader of the Venezuelan opposition movement, Leopoldo López, has roots in Princeton, having graduated from Princeton's Hun School in 1989."
  29. Staff. "Maack, 'Iron Man' Tackle, Elected Captain Of Columbia Football Team for Next Fall", The New York Times, December 6, 1940. Accessed January 27, 2011.
  30. https://web.archive.org/web/20121011014317/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=221415&privcapId=24154654&previousCapId=26339412 Leslie B. Otten of Sports Loyalty Systems, Inc.
  31. http://www.spxyxx.com/pr/pr-mar2004-HunSchool.htm "Artist Stephen Polin '65 Returned to The Hun School to Teach Painting..."
  32. Lieber, Jill. "Read emerges from nightmare with stronger faith, will", USA Today, July 21, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2007. "He became passionate about rowing when he was just a scrawny, metal-mouthed eighth-grader at The Hun School in Princeton, N.J., battling his way to the 2004 Olympic eight despite always being seen as too small in such a powerful sport."
  33. Gola, Henry. "Rolle A Seminole", ESPN.com, September 1, 2005. Accessed July 17, 2024. "He rushed for 1,501 yards and 16 TD and recorded 83 tackles, 4 INT and 6 sacks in his junior season at the Hun School of Princeton."
  34. Staff. "Elliott Roosevelt Gets Aviation Post; President's Son is Elected Vice President of Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. He Is Praised As A Flier Head of Trade Body Says Youth Will Devote Full Time to Job -- Now on Visit to Texas.", The New York Times, June 15, 1934. Accessed March 6, 2011. "Mr. Roosevelt, who is 23 years old, has been an officer of advertising agencies, a rancher, vice president of an airline and aviation editor of the Hearst newspapers since his graduation from the Hun Preparatory School in Princeton, N.J., in 1930. "
  35. [Neil MacFarquhar|MacFarquhar, Neil]
  36. Thomas, Katrina. "America as Alma Mater", Saudi Aramco World, May / June 1979. Accessed January 27, 2011. "Prince Sa'ud, the fourth son, also went to Hun School and Princeton."
  37. Quann, Peg. "Miss America leaves Bucks to start new year in her new role", The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania), December 31, 2019. Accessed January 29, 2020. "Schrier grew up in Upper Makefield, attending Newtown Friends School and The Hun School in Princeton."
  38. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000405 Alfred Dennis Sieminski
  39. Staff. "Paul Steiger to Wed Jo Ann E. McKenna", The New York Times, February 20, 1964. Accessed March 6, 2011.
  40. https://und.com/roster/tyler-stockton/ Tyler Stockton
  41. https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/20/archives/dan-topping-dead-at-61-yankee-owner-22-years-millionaires-clubs-won.html "Dan Topping Dead at 61; Yankee Owner 22 Years"
  42. Meredith, Jon "Ferris". "Wayne Valley’s Ryan Van Demark – From High School Project to College Prospect to NFL Product", TAPinto Wayne, May 8, 2022. Accessed September 6, 2023. "Ryan Van Demark was not the best football player for the Wayne Valley Indians before he graduated in 2016, but he had a lot of potential.... So, after graduation, Van Demark attended the Hun Prep School."
  43. Staff. "Lieut. T. J. Watson Jr. Weds Olive Cawley In the Post Chapel at Fort McClellan", The New York Times, December 16, 1941. Accessed March 6, 2011. "Her husband, who is attached to the 102nd Observation Squadron, Was graduated from the Hun School in Princeton, N. J., and in 1937 from Brown University."
  44. Web site: Orin Wilf Carries On A Family Tradition - The New York Sun. www.nysun.com. December 26, 2017.
  45. Tinsman, Brian. "Redskins Promote Williams, Sign Meggett", Washington Redskins, November 12, 2013. Accessed December 3, 2013. "Williams, 22, attended The Hun School in Princeton, N.J., where he earned all-conference honors on both offense and defense as a junior and senior."

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