Princeton Day School

Very good school, my children love it here, especially the special education teachers, very, very good!

The teachers are very dedicated and hardworking. But my three children have all struggled to learn Spanish, so I hired a local tutor. She informed me that most of her clientele is made up of CP students who aren't able to learn Spanish in the DLI program. I wasn't sure if it was just my children who are struggling, so I wrote to the principal and chair of the language department to request information about the students' overall standardized test scores. The older students take standardized tests. I was told this information is not released to parents, and that they compare the scores to the individual goals that they have set for the program. The program has chosen to teach mathematics in Spanish, which I believe may be the problem - so many students struggle to learn math, so trying to also teach Spanish during this block may simply be too much.

As someone who has been in many schools and many districts, nothing exceptional stands out here. In fact, my experience has been overall a net negative. I think the community feels that the university's reputation somehow defines them, when in reality, there is no connection. Teacher-to-parent communication was next to non-existent. Oftentimes, I was completely ignored. Many of my interactions with the staff are unfriendly, where they think they can do no wrong and uphold unreasonable policies. Even the PTO was unwelcoming despite promoting inclusion. Many of the parents were obstinate and inflexible, smiling in your face yet judgmental and caddy about things that should not matter. The new curriculum the school board signed off on is full of plagiarism and teaches factually incorrect information. Don't even think about going to the district office, they will lie directly to your face.

I was emotionally abused by my teacher. I was belittled, shamed and put down on a daily basis. Food (lunch) was withheld as punishment along with other demeaning punishments. A swastika was drawn on one of my art works by another student and it was never addressed. Academic skills were not taught or emphasized I was really unprepared for public school in high school along with all of my former classmates who transitioned. Teachers are not trained to use modern teaching techniques and instead babbled on incoherently about Rudolf Steiner teaching and spirituality which was not age appropriate.

We will be taking our child to a school that will better prepare our child for high school. We are new this year and are extremely disappointed with how the report cards are produced. The teachers just blurt out whatever is on their minds and are unaware that these reports will be carefully scrutinized by high schools. They are sloppily written and don't take into account the entire term, hyperfocusing on the last two weeks or so leading up to the writing of the report card. The problem is that the teachers don't keep a systematic grading system, so they make comments inspired by how they're feeling at the moment they are writing the reports. It's ok not to have grades, but there should be a fair system for creating report cards that doesn't doom students for high school entry. No wonder high school placements are so horrific!

I really didn’t like this school I’m sure it’s good for some people but not for me they try to keep people through 21 which is fine as other schools do this as well but at the same time wether you need to stay or not they want to keep you there. There were a few good teachers but some absolutely sucked. I’m not going to say it’s awful the school but it was overrated. I agree with not using age but you can’t just use a mental health disorder or a disability either to justify everything. Every school has its flaws but this principle just couldn’t handle hearing her flaws and there was no cafeteria and library And they didn’t teach drivers or sex, Ed which is a big problem In my mind. I don’t get it But the graduation lasted for like seven years it was ridiculous It just kept going on and on who makes graduation that’s like five hours long. again, might be good for some people, but not me just overrated that’s all