Grade Level
Upper
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Head of School Couch Conversations
In an ongoing effort to stay connected to our families and our community, PES has initiated a new Head of School series this year called Couch Conversations, with guests including founding trustees and other board members, veteran faculty and staff, community professionals and supporters, prestigious partners, students and alumni, and more! Watch our recently recorded […]
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Remote Summer School – Accessible, Flexible, Exceptional
Do you have students needing credit recovery or acceleration, confidence with key skills or enrichment this summer? Our Remote Summer Program offerings continue the level of care, connection, community and neuroscience-informed pedagogy that have been hallmarks of our transition to remote learning and that are foundational to the New Roads human-centered system of education. As […]
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Personal Reflection Blog
Sharing various solutions for distance learning. Specific focus on sparking student curiosity and leveraging student curiosity as a strategic partner in the process.
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Rutgers Prep Reopening Procedures
The beginning of the School Year is always an exciting time for everyone in the Rutgers Preparatory School community, and this year, despite the conditions mandated by the COVID-19 virus, is no different. As you will see in these pages, we are taking extensive measures to prioritize the health and safety of our students and […]
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Caring for Our Community 2020-2021 Operating Guide
The school’s Community Guide presents four operational modes influenced by four interconnected variables: external risk factors, internal risk factors, teacher readiness, and parent preferences. The schools’ transparent and inclusive decision making processes seek to respect the needs and feelings of all constituents.
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Re-Entry Plan
Re-Entry Plans as of July 15, 2020 for the upcoming school year.
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Preparing for a Hybrid Learning Program
These are the slides we used during professional development to help our faculty and staff prepare for a hybrid learning program.
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Buckley At Home: Summer Series
In order to keep the community engaged all summer long, we created a series of workshops once a week on Wednesdays through the end of summer. Each one is led by a different faculty member, alum, or current parent and highlights an aspect of our program or talent within the extended community. The workshops range […]
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Are We Going to Be Okay?
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Mission Driven Plan to Return to Campus
Preliminary information for a three-scenario plan for students to return to campus in the fall. The Fall Opening of School Task Force is a team of administrators charged with examining different opening scenarios and developing actionable plans for each of them. The Task Force has expanded to include six collaborative, working subgroups. The subgroups are […]
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King School’s Approach to Remote Community in the Upper School
We have engaged our Upper School students in a number of ways to provide support while also creating opt-in opportunities for each individual. We hold a mandatory synchronous fifteen-minute advisory each weekday for advisors to check in with their students, give announcements, and participate in any bonding activities (online puzzles, recipe shares, etc.). We launched […]
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Standardized test scores don’t determine success
We’ve adopted a test-optional admission policy