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January 2026: Save the Dates

Fangwu Yu • Simon Santamaria

# ### Experience the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Princeton *January 4, 2026 - 9:30 am to 12:00 pm* Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the pivotal Battle of Princeton with the Princeton Battlefield Society! The...

Beyond the “soft bigotry of low expectations”: Redefining success in PHS’s ELL programs

Aritra Ray

In 2003, English Language Learner (ELL) teacher Michael Klinger took a simple photograph on his trip to Guatemala: bare-faced and bare-footed, children stared from their dirt-floor huts. More than 20 years later, he...

PHS’s Special Education Program

Joy Chen • Tyler Fiorentino

November 29, 2025 marked the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education act, a landmark legal act issued by the U.S. government in 1975 that guaranteed children with disabilities received the proper...

Learning Commons librarian Jennifer Bigioni to retire after 31 years at PHS

Aarna Vachhrajani • Sanya Bhatt

For Jennifer Bigioni, being a librarian was always in the books. “I was a huge reader as a kid, and I was also a very good researcher. I remember being in elementary school and helping all the kids use the card catalog...

Ridgeview Turtles lead presentation for elementary school teachers

Daniel Gu • Avantika Palayekar • Rohan Srivastava

On December 8th, the Ridgeview Turtles hosted a session to teach K-5 teachers throughout the Princeton Public Schools district about how to incorporate lessons on conservation and climate change into their curriculum....

PHS hosts Muad Dahme, a Holocaust survivor and “hidden child” during WWII

Asma Frough • Uma Kleven • Anya Kshirsagar

On Monday December 1, PHS hosted Maud Dahme, a Holocaust survivor from the Netherlands, who shared her story of being a hidden child during World War II. The PHS and larger Princeton community was invited to hear...

PHS Profile: Edward Yin

Julia O’Neill • Elsie Treuting

PHS Python and AP Computer Science Principles teacher Edward Yin is three months into his second year of teaching at PHS, while simultaneously studying at Rutgers to obtain his masters degree in Public Informatics. Yin...

Flash Feature: PHS's research program

Nikolai Morozov • Aidan Sutphin

On December 1, research teachers James Smirk, Jennifer Smolyn, and Insu Yi will release applications to the two-year research program, which consists of two elective classes at PHS that allow students to learn how to...

PHS students travel to Italy

Angela Chen • Harry Dweck

From November 1 to November 11, around 30 Italianlearning PHS students immersed themselves in Italy’s culture through scavenger hunts, pasta-making classes, and classes at Liceo Scientifico Statale “Manfredo Fanti,” a...

Board of Education members re-elected as district tackles future growth

Avantika Paleyakar • Zachary Schorr • Prisha Shekatkar • Saanvi Shekatkar

### Dafna Kendal Dafna Kendal — current president and member of the Princeton Public School’s Board of Education, co-founder of the Princeton Mobile Food Pantry, and little league softball coach — was re-elected for her...

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