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PHS students respond to ICE activity in Princeton

Avantika Palayekar • Asma Frough • Daniel Gu

On February January 30, the Princeton Progressive Coalition, an alliance of progressive student groups at Princeton University, held a protest at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs’s...

PHS Fermentation Festival demonstrates new phenomena-based curriculum

Joy Chen • Arianna Kapoor • Aariyana Patel • Beatriz Vozone

On Thursday, February 12, Biology I students participated in the first Fermentation Festival at PHS. Organized by Science Supervisor Jacqueline Katz, biology teacher Alexis Custer, and Food Systems Literacy Coordinator...

PHS Math team holds first Princeton Math Tournament

Sanya Bhatt • Nikolai Morozov • Aidan Sutphin

On Saturday, January 31, the Princeton High School Math team held the first Princeton Math Tournament (PMT). Consisting of two divisions, the tournament drew over 450 participants from elementary and middle schools...

Remembering Jason Pikul

Joy Chen • Rohan Srivastava

On January 12, 2026, PHS finance teacher Jason Pikul passed away at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 51. Born in Avenel, New Jersey, Pikul taught Personal Finance and Entrepreneurship at PHS...

PHS clubs adjust to new spending restrictions and regulations

Jacob Rogart • Tyler Fiorentino

This school year, Princeton Public Schools has implemented stricter guidelines on general financial practices. At PHS, the district placed an emphasis on addressing fiscal concerns related to extracurricular...

January 2026: Save the Dates

Fangwu Yu • Simon Santamaria

# ### Experience the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of Princeton *January 4, 2026 - 9:30 am to 12:00 pm* Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the pivotal Battle of Princeton with the Princeton Battlefield Society! The...

Beyond the “soft bigotry of low expectations”: Redefining success in PHS’s ELL programs

Aritra Ray

In 2003, English Language Learner (ELL) teacher Michael Klinger took a simple photograph on his trip to Guatemala: bare-faced and bare-footed, children stared from their dirt-floor huts. More than 20 years later, he...

PHS’s Special Education Program

Joy Chen • Tyler Fiorentino

November 29, 2025 marked the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education act, a landmark legal act issued by the U.S. government in 1975 that guaranteed children with disabilities received the proper...

Learning Commons librarian Jennifer Bigioni to retire after 31 years at PHS

Aarna Vachhrajani • Sanya Bhatt

For Jennifer Bigioni, being a librarian was always in the books. “I was a huge reader as a kid, and I was also a very good researcher. I remember being in elementary school and helping all the kids use the card catalog...

Ridgeview Turtles lead presentation for elementary school teachers

Daniel Gu • Avantika Palayekar • Rohan Srivastava

On December 8th, the Ridgeview Turtles hosted a session to teach K-5 teachers throughout the Princeton Public Schools district about how to incorporate lessons on conservation and climate change into their curriculum....

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