The Hun School Difference

Learn with Joy
smiling students

Hun students know academic excellence and joy aren’t mutually exclusive. In fact, neuroscience research suggests that a good chuckle activates long-term memory and stimulates students’ sense of wonder. Our community is both kind and vigorous.

Talking in Class is a Good Thing
Harkness Discussion

At Hun, Humanities classes are taught Harkness style, giving equal weight to all voices.

Mentorship
faculty talking with students

Our faculty get to know their students as individuals in class, in the dorm, and during a special period each day designed for one-on-one collaboration.

Innovative, High-Powered Academics
students solving equations

Our curriculum boasts a remarkable breadth of classes. Coursework is experiential and dynamic, with an emphasis on teaching skills over content.

Signature Programs

We are a joyful, striving community of learners and teachers who want to experience something profound every day: that sweet spot between challenging academics and the personal endeavors that make our hearts soar

Stem Program

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Stem Program

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Stem Program

STEM student

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Stem Program

STEM student

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Stem Program

STEM student

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Coursing with Creativity

A Place for Creativity and Collaboration
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The Computer Science Discoveries course demystifies computers and shows students the collaboration and creativity involved in computer science. The curriculum comes from code.org, an organization dedicated to exposing students to the field.

Middle School Power Plays
Middle School sock puppets

Middle School English students create their own sock puppets to dramatize the story of “Tobermory” and enhance their understanding of comedic satire.

Getting Down to Business
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Know any other high school students who run real businesses? Students in Hun's Entrepreneurial Studies classes learn about business plans, finances, and real-world market opportunities before pitching a new business opportunity to a panel of judges. They are then given $300 in seed money to launch and operate their businesses. 

Playwriting Students Take Center Stage
student performance

The Playwright and Productions course allows students to flex their performing, directing, and producing muscles as they present their own one-act play to the community. "A class like this gives students a voice,” said teacher and Hun Theatre Director Bill Esher.

Life-Sized and Bound for Biotech
student scientist

In the biotechnology elective, students work with graduate students from Rutgers University to synthesize a protein sequence using the Worldwide Protein Data Bank. Discoveries like these help scientists discover new treatments for cancer, infections, cardiovascular or respiratory issues, and more. 

News and Events

NextTerm Course Inspires Michael D. ’24’s New Jersey Scholars Program Thesis

Michael D., Hun ’24, Princeton University ’28 chose  ‘Into The Open Spaces: America’s National Park Experience’ for his eleventh grade NextTerm course. During the three-week interdisciplinary course, he and his classmates explored Mesa Verde, Canyonlands, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone National Parks. Throughout the trip, Michael’s love for nature and philosophy began to blossom  – a passion that stayed with him long after he returned home and the school year ended. Later that summer, Michael participated in the highly-competitive New Jersey Scholars Program where he studied current events through the lenses of science, music, architecture, literature, and art. His final assignment was an interdisciplinary thesis paper on a topic of his choosing. Michael knew exactly what he wanted to write about: America’s national park experience. 

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The Journey by Chapters Club Is Doing It For The Plot

Established this year, the Journey by Chapters Club, led by Angie T. ’27 and Little C C.’27, is a group of thirteen students who collaborate weekly on writing and illustrating their own novels. For their first piece of work, they are writing a fantasy science fiction book. The story, yet to be named, follows a young girl who travels to different dimensions each night while she sleeps and encounters mythical creatures that obtain the powers to heal her sick mother. While traveling through dimensions, she meets a boy who is looking for his lost twin brother. Together, they go on a journey to meet a wizard, who is the keeper of a magical potion that will solve both of their problems. 

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Connecting The Dots: Lana C. ’24 on Combining Detective Fiction and STEM

Since the start of her Hun experience it was evident that Lana wanted to pursue a career in STEM. In her time here, she has taken a majority of the offered STEM courses including her favorite, AP Chemistry with Ms. Pelling. Outside of Hun, she has been a molecular biologist intern at Rutgers University Waksman Summer Institute, a biomedical scholar at Rowan University, and an oncology intern at Sutter Health Hospital. Yet, even with a career as a doctor on the horizon, Lana is equally as passionate about humanities courses. She often seeks out educational opportunities where she can connect the two. In fact, her college essay was about how Dr. Bucy’s detective fiction English class helped her envision what a career as a molecular biologist will look like. 

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Meet the Dorm Parents: D. Connor Brennan

Mr. Connor Brennan has been at Hun since the fall of 2021, when he was hired as a one-year teaching fellow. He became part of the full-time History and Global Studies Department faculty the following year. He resides in Russell Hall and is the dorm head for Poe Dormitory as well as the assistant football coach and the JV baseball coach.

“Whether it’s dinner or study hall, I like being the go-to dorm parent when you’re on duty. During study hall, it’s nice to just check in with the kids on a regular basis. I usually post myself up in the second-floor lounge after I do the checks in the rooms. If they want, they can come and talk to me, and I think that’s a comforting thing. Hopefully, they feel like they can trust me and get some good advice on whatever they’re asking about.”

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Meet Our Students

We are a joyful, striving community of learners and teachers who want to experience something profound every day: that sweet spot between challenging academics and the personal endeavors that make our hearts soar

Marie-Ève Hébert swimming
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Marie-Ève 
Hébert
'20

Alex Marinzoli presents a science project
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Alex
Marinzoli
'24

Gigi Schadrack
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Gigi
Schadrack
'19

Marie-Ève Hébert swimming
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Marie-Ève 
Hébert
'20

Moments That Matter

The Young Women's Leadership Cohort Sets Girls on a Path of Skill Development, Networking, and Breaking Barriers

"For a long time I thought to be a good leader I had to show up every day and be this perfect version of myself and through this cohort I learned that is simply not the case... The best leaders I know are raw, honest, and the first ones to admit when they are having a bad day. I’ve really learned about the power of honesty and integrity and how important it is to be honest about where I am mentally and understanding that one bad day doesn’t make me a bad leader.”

Bella G. '22

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Experiential learning is key

There are few other high schools that place such a large emphasis on experiential learning—these experiences are a huge reason why I chose Hun. Watching a live surgery, along with a visit to Penn's animal labs and a research presentation, presented all sides of the medical industry, from administrative to research to clinical. This gives us a significant advantage by helping us find our passions early.

Blane Soper '19

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Hun is a moveable feast

Follow your heart in looking for a job as opposed to taking a strictly pragmatic path. If you love your job, you tend to stay with it longer. Hun is a moveable feast that we carry with us all our lives. The caring we experienced there will nourish us forever.

Shawn Tully '66

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You will be part of a giant family

The word “hon” is short for the word honey, but sounds like the word “Hun”. Everyone at Hun is sweet and we stick together when we face difficulties. I chose Hun because Hun welcomes you like no other school. The people at Hun make you feel like you are part of a giant family, and everyone will always stick by your side, just like honey.

Elizabeth '21

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A day has not gone by where I have not felt welcomed

Hun is a different kind of community, the people here aren't here to beat out other kids in school. Kids are here to make friends, do well, and to set themselves up for the future. Hun has a community that is welcoming and friendly. A day has not gone by where I have not felt welcomed and like something amazing and great would happen that day.

Andrew ’20

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Feel what it is like to truly belong

My family lives in three different countries. Work brought my mom to Indonesia, my dad remains in Korea, and my sister and I go to school here in the United States. The family situation has always been like this, and it works in our own way. However, I have always craved a sense of belonging and togetherness that my family, by its nature, could not provide. Three years ago, on my first day as a boarding student at the Hun School of Princeton, I felt out of place and uncomfortable. I was in a new country, surrounded by an unfamiliar culture and foreign faces. Back then, I could not have imagined that I would find a second family here. Of course, there wasn’t a day when I just declared that Hun had become my family.

The values that constitute a family, such as love, loyalty, and unwavering support and respect for one another, cannot be fully seen at first glimpse. These values reveal themselves to you slowly, through moments and lasting feelings of warmth. When my dog in Korea died freshman year, I met girls from my dorm that I’d never spoken to before, because they came to my room and comforted me until I stopped crying. It did not matter that they did not know me, nor that I did not know them. This is just one of many memories that would follow - some filled with sadness, some with joy, but all precious when looked back upon. Now, when I am back in Korea, I find myself missing Hun, just like I miss my home when I am here. At Hun, you will not only find a sense of belonging, but feel what it is like to truly belong. Everyone who comes here eventually sees that there is a magic about this community that turns strangers into family.

Erika ’20

Seoul, Korea

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Experience Hun

At The Hun School of Princeton, we learn with joy, share in each other’s successes, and shape– action by action—a community where caring opens us to the best in ourselves and others. We meet our students at a seminal moment in their lives, when their sense of self is still evolving and their vision and capacities are beginning to emerge. We know that at such a pivotal moment, kind encouragement is as necessary as intellectual challenge.