New App for Communiversity Designed by PHS Student

The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) Communiversity ArtsFest has its own app this year, designed by Caleb Dubow, Princeton High School junior and president of the school’s ilaunch club.

The new app is designed to be user-friendly for information on booths, performers, and activities, with a map to help navigate and locate different events. There is also helpful information on public transportation, parking, bathrooms, and more.

Dubow and ilaunch club advisor Grace Elia worked closely with ACP to design and implement the app, which will make getting to and getting around Communiversity more convenient for the thousands of visitors who attend each year.

Princeton Montessori Donates 350 Meals to TASK

Princeton Montessori School (PMS) students and their families donated 350 meals to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) last month for the school’s seventh annual food drive.

Canned goods, drinks, and other non-perishable foods were collected in bins throughout the school, and students participated in the creation and assembly of the bagged meals.

Primary children decorated brown paper bags for the meals. The lower elementary students made cards with uplifting messages to go inside the bags and helped to organize the food. Upper elementary students assembled the meals in bags and stapled the bags shut. Finally, middle school students helped load the school van so that volunteers could deliver the meals to TASK.

Describing the experience of this year’s food drive, PMS parent and food drive co-chair Desiree Reitknecht said, “The students imagined what it would be like if they or their family didn’t have enough food to eat. We talked about how one way to show gratitude for what we have is to share with those in need.”

Local Schools Take Part in Tullet’s “Ideal Exposition”

Princeton Junior School, Princeton Charter School, and Princeton Day School, in coordination with the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP), are taking part in Herve Tullet’s “Ideal Exhibition.”

Each school is creating artwork for the exhibit over the next month, and Tullet, known as “the prince of preschool books” in France, will curate an exhibit of that art. The “Princeton Ideal Exhibition” will open at the main gallery at the ACP on May 18, with the children’s Tullet-inspired art on display until May 23. 

Waldorf School Introduces Flexible Tuition Program

The Waldorf School of Princeton (WSP) has launched a new flexible tuition assistance program to help families facing the strains of high and ever-rising tuition costs.

WSP’s Flex Tuition program matches tuition rates to each participating family’s unique situation, according to a WSP news release.

“We want to make the compelling benefits of a Waldorf education accessible to as many families as possible, regardless of their economic circumstances and the number of children they enroll,” said WSP Board of Trustees Chair Dean Smith. “We believe with Flex Tuition we have found one way to achieve this.”