Chapin School

Specialties

Founded in 1931, Chapin School is an independent co-​ed prekindergarten to Grade 8 school located in Princeton, New Jersey.

Chapin School is dedicated to the belief that lifelong habits of the mind and heart are formed in the kindergarten, elementary and middle school years. The school provides a richly textured education that inspires academic achievement and builds strength of character. Within a diverse, caring and supportive community, we prepare our students to meet the future with skill, confidence, determination and generosity of spirit.

History

Established in 1931.

Chapin School was founded in Princeton in 1931 by Frances Jordan Chapin. Mrs. Chapin believed that self-​esteem is essential to a student’s learning process, and she created an environment at her school that helped to foster each child’s sense of self-​worth. Over the next twenty years the school grew to encompass a faculty of six and a student body of forty, all housed in Mrs. Chapin’s cramped apartment in «downtown» Princeton…

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