Hun School of Princeton

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.^[4] The acceptance rate for the school has been reported as 35%.^[5] It is also a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.^[6]

The Hun School of Princeton
Address
176 Edgerstoune Road Princeton , Mercer County , New Jersey 08540 United States
Coordinates	40.337°N 74.686°W / 40.337; -74.686
Information
Type	Private, Boarding
Motto	Quaerite Scientiam Et Honorum "Seek Knowledge and Honor"
Established	1914
NCES School ID	A9104467[1]
Head of School	Bart Bronk
Faculty	95 FTEs[1]
Grades	6-12
Enrollment	669 (as of 2019–20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	7:1[1]
Campus	45 acres (180,000 m2)
Color(s)	Red and   Black[2]
Athletics	50+ Interscholastic Sports
Athletics conference	Mid-Atlantic Prep League
Team name	Raiders[2]
Annual tuition	$73,700 (resident) $50,300 (day) Upper School for 2023-24[3]
Website	hunschool.org

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.^[7]

History

Edgerstoune, the administration building, built 1903 by William Russell

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.^[1] 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.^[8]

Athletics

Part of the playing fields along the Stony Brook

The Hun School Raiders^[2] 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.

• Fall sports: coed cross-country running, dance, girls' field hockey, boys' football, boys' and girls' soccer, girls' tennis, water polo
• Winter sports: boys' and girls' basketball, boys’ and girls' rock climbing, boys' and girls' fencing, ice hockey, boys' and girls' swimming
• Spring sports: boys' baseball, boys' and girls' crew, dance, golf, boys' and girls' lacrosse, girls' softball, Track, boys' tennis

Sports offered by the Hun Middle School include:

• Fall sports: boys' and girls' cross-country running, boys' and girls' soccer, girls' field hockey
• Winter sports: boys' and girls' basketball
• Spring sports: boys' and girls' tennis, boys' lacrosse, boys' baseball, girls' softball

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

A colonnade

The campus from the porch of Edgerstoune

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, 30,000 square feet (2,800 m²) 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]

The fine arts building

• Russell Hall
• Poe Dormitory (1959)
• Carter Hall (1964)
• The Alexander K. Buck Student Activity Center (1974) - The setting of the Middle School, serving grades 6-8
• The John Andrew Saks Auditorium
• The Chesebro Academic Center (1964) - Used as the Upper School
• The Ralph S. Mason House (1984)
• The Michael D. Dingman Center for Science and Technology (1987)
• The Perry K. Sellon Information Center (1987)
• The Roberta J. King Outdoor Education Center
• The Mary Miller Sharp Ceramic and Sculpture Studio (1994)
• The Finn M.W. Caspersen Rowing Center at Mercer Lake (2003)
• The Heart of Hun (2004)
• Natale Field (2004)
• The Ventresca Family Video Production and TV Studio (2005)
• Athletic Center (2007)
• The Shipley Pavilion (2007) - The Gymnasium
• The Landis Family Fine Arts Building (2008)
• The Wilf Family Global Commons (2014)

School publications

• The Mall, Upper School newspaper
• The Edgerstounian, Upper School yearbook
• The Hun Review, a literary magazine showcasing the writing and artwork of Hun School students
• Hun Today, a magazine for alumni, families, and friends of The Hun School

Clubs and organizations

• Upper School clubs and organizations include: Amnesty International, Asian Language and Culture Club, Black Student Union, Ceramics Club, Chamber Music Players, Chess Club, Choir, Concert Choir, Diversity Club, Edgertones (Girls' A Cappella), Environmental/Outdoor Club, Environmental Sustainability Club, Extension Chords (Coed A Cappella), Forensics (Speech, Debate and Congress), French Club, Gaming Society, Gay-Straight Alliance, Gospel Choir, Hun Film Society, Hun TV, International Thespian Society, Janus Players (Theatre), Jazz Band, Latin Club, Key Club, Knitting Club, Masala-Indian Culture Club, Math Competition Club, Model UN, Model Congress, Jewish Studies and Culture Club, Ski Club, Spanish Club, VoiceMale (Boys' A Cappella), and Young Alumni Association.
• Middle School clubs include: Arts Club, Bits and Pieces Club, Craft Club, Creative Drama Club, Frisbee Club, Hearts Club, Hun TV, Kickball Club, and Scrabble Club.
• Students also may participate in Peer Leadership, Honor Council, Student Council, Edgerstoune Society, and Red Shield Society.

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Hun School of Princeton alumni

• Nicole Arendt (born 1969), professional tennis player^[12]
• Mitchell Block (1950–2024, class of 1968), documentary film maker whose film Poster Girl was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)^[13]
• John Bohlinger, (born 1967), musician^[14]
• Richard Cytowic (born 1952, class of 1970), neurologist and author of The Man Who Tasted Shapes^[15]
• Lew Elverson (1912–1997), college football player and coach, track and field coach, and college athletics administrator^[16]
• Dick Foran (1910–1979), actor known as the "Singing Cowboy," starred in Fort Apache, The Petrified Forest, and Black Legion^[17]
• Mike Ford (born 1992), first baseman for the New York Yankees^[18]
• Steve Garrison (born 1986), a major league pitcher for the New York Yankees^[19]
• Richard Guadagno, a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93 thought to have helped in the overtaking of the plane on September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks^[20]
• Ethan Hawke (born 1970, class of 1988), star of Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites, Gattaca, Training Day (Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor), and Before Sunset (Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay)^[21][22]
• Susan Hendricks (born 1973, class of 1991), CNN Headline News anchor^[23]
• Eric Jackson, the 47th Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey^[24]
• Jesse L. Lasky Jr. (1910-1988), screenwriter, novelist, playwright and poet^[25]
• Robert E. Littell (1936–2014), New Jersey State Senator^[26][27]
• Leopoldo López (born 1971, class of 1989), opposition Venezuelan politician, founder and leader of Voluntad Popular^[28]
• Herb Maack (1917-2007), former Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) player and college football head coach^[29]
• Les Otten (born 1949), vice-chairman and partner of the Boston Red Sox^[30]
• Stephen Polin (born 1947, class of 1965), surrealist artist^[31]
• Jason Read (born 1977), bow seat in the 2004 Summer Olympics Gold medal-winning, U.S. Men's Rowing Team^[32]
• Myron Rolle (born 1986), Rhodes Scholar and safety for the Tennessee Titans^[33]
• Elliott Roosevelt (1910–1990), World War II aviation expert, author, and son of Franklin D. Roosevelt^[34]
• Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud (born 1940), Saudi prince who was Governor of 'Asir Province, now Governor of Mecca Province, director general of the King Faisal Foundation^[35]
• Saud bin Faisal Al Saud (1940-2015), Saudi prince, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia^[36]
• Camille Schrier (born 1995), Miss America 2020^[37]
• Alfred Dennis Sieminski (1911–1990), represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district from 1951–1959^[38]
• Paul Steiger (born 1942), managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, vice president of Dow Jones^[39]
• Tyler Stockton, college football coach and former player who serves as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Ball State University^[40]
• Dan Topping (1912–1974), part owner and president of the New York Yankees baseball team from 1945 to 1964^[41]
• Ryan Van Demark (born 1998), American football offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills^[42]
• Thomas Watson Jr. (1914–1993), former CEO of IBM and Ambassador to the Soviet Union under President Jimmy Carter^[43]
• Orin Wilf (born 1974), real estate developer^[44]
• Nick Williams (born 1990), former wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans^[45]

References

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2. The Hun School of Princeton, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
3. Tuition and Financial Aid, Hun School of Princeton. Accessed May 22, 2023.
4. Hun School of Princeton, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 28, 2022.
5. Hun School of Princeton, Ivy Labs Education. Accessed October 8, 2020.
6. Member Directory,New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed March 17, 2023.
7. "Hun School announces next head of school", CentralJersey.com, May 24, 2022. Accessed December 21, 2023. "The Hun School of Princeton’s Board of Trustees appointed Bart Bronk to serve as Hun’s 11th head of school. Bronk, currently head of school at University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, will succeed Jon Brougham in July 2023, following Brougham’s 14-year tenure."
8. Hun At A Glance, The Hun School. Accessed August 28, 2015.
9. "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.", The New York Times, March 22, 1931. Accessed February 4, 2021. "St. Benedict's long reign as Class A prep school basketball champion of New Jersey came to an end today when Hun School defeated the Newark team by 24 to 18 in the title final."
10. "Hun celebrates opening of Wilf Family Global Commons". NJ.com. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
11. Princeton, The Hun School of. "Hun Middle School to Undergo $5.5 Million Renovation and Expansion". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
12. New Jersey Tennis Stars, Hangout NJ. Accessed June 12, 2007. "Nicole Arendt of Somerville turned pro in 1991 and is currently ranked 26 in the world in women's doubles. The Hun School of Princeton graduate holds 16 career Women's Tennis Association (WTA) doubles titles and won the tour sportsmanship award in 1993."
13. Staff. "Mitchell Block '68 film Poster Girl Nominated for an Oscar" Archived February 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Hun School of Princeton, January 26, 2011. Accessed March 6, 2011.
14. "Love-Bohlinger", Billings Gazette, February 7, 1988. Accessed January 11, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Sherrie Kay Love wore her mother's wedding dress when she married John Christopher Bohlinger in St. Luke's Episcopal Churcn in Billings.... The bridegroom is a graduate of the Hun School in Princeton, N.J., and is a student at Columbia University in New York City."
15. Recognition: Alumni of the Year Archived August 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Hun School of Princeton. Accessed March 6, 2011.
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. "Dick Foran, N. J. Boy", Herald News, December 28, 1939. Accessed December 21, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Dick was born John Nicholas Foran at Flemlngton, N. J. His father is State Senator Arthur Foran. He received his first schooling in Flemington, then attended Merrersberg Academy and Hun School to prepare for entrance into Princeton."
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" Archived February 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, 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. "El inquieto Ethan Hawke", El Imparcial (Hermosillo), January 12, 2005. Accessed June 12, 2007. "El joven Ethan cursó estudios en la High School West Windsor-Plainsboro, en la Carnegie-Mello y en la Hun School de Princeton, donde se graduó en 1988."
22. "Ethan Hawke’s Princeton Junction Roots", Community News, January 11, 2022. Accessed July 17, 2024. "Hawke, who started high school at West Windsor-Plainsboro but later transferred to the Hun School, Class of 1988, later played Romeo in McCarter’s 'Summer Shakespeare' student production of Romeo and Juliet, as well as a role in Pericles."
23. Knights, Caroline. "An Interview with Susan Hendricks `91" Archived December 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, 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. International Motion Picture Almanac, p. 173. Quigley Publications, 1951. Accessed September 14, 2018. "Lasky, Jr., Jesse... e. Blair Academy, Hun School of Princeton, Grand Central School of Art, U. of Dijon"
26. Senator Robert E. Littell, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 10, 2007. Accessed March 6, 2011.
27. 2001 Distinguished Service Award Recipients: Senator Robert E. Littell, New Jersey Department of Agriculture. Accessed March 6, 2011.
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. Leslie B. Otten of Sports Loyalty Systems, Inc., Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Accessed March 6, 2011. "He attended public schools in Teaneck, New Jersey, The Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey, and Ithaca College."
31. "Artist Stephen Polin '65 Returned to The Hun School to Teach Painting...", Hun School of Princeton. Accessed March 6, 2011.
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. MacFarquhar, Neil. "Threats and Responses; 'Feeling of Frustration' Makes Arab World an Explosive Region", The New York Times, September 13, 2002. Accessed October 8, 2020. "Early Years: Born 1940 in Mecca. Educated at Hun School in Princeton, N.J.; B.A. Oxford, 1966."
36. Thomas, Katrina. "America as Alma Mater" Archived November 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, 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. Alfred Dennis Sieminski, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed June 29, 2007.
39. Staff. "Paul Steiger to Wed Jo Ann E. McKenna", The New York Times, February 20, 1964. Accessed March 6, 2011.
40. Tyler Stockton, Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. Accessed January 11, 2022. "Hometown: Linwood, NJ; High School: Hun SchooL"
41. "Dan Topping Dead at 61; Yankee Owner 22 Years", The New York Times, May 20, 1974. Accessed January 11, 2022. "Mr. Topping participated in athletics at the Hun School in Lawrenceville, N.J., and at the University of Pennsylvania."
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. "Orin Wilf Carries On A Family Tradition - The New York Sun". www.nysun.com. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
45. Tinsman, Brian. "Redskins Promote Williams, Sign Meggett" Archived November 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, 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."

External links

• Official website
• Data for the Hun School of Princeton, National Center for Education Statistics
• The Association of Boarding Schools profile