The Hun School of Princeton

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The Hun School is a twenty-four hour, culturally diverse campus in one of the world's most academically-minded communities. However, most visitors want to know what it feels like to work and live among us? Walking our campus today, you will sense a healthy camaraderie among students and adults. You will appreciate the architectural and natural beauty of our 45 acres, tucked in a quiet neighborhood within walking distance of Princeton University. You will meet happy and respectful students – diverse boarders and day students, boys and girls from New Jersey and around the world – who make a living and working here a joy. And you will experience first-hand how a school can teach traditional values and a dynamic curriculum balance academic excellence and extensive offerings in athletics, the arts, clubs, and service.
The Hun School of Princeton empowers each student to thrive in a diverse and ever-changing world by nurturing resilient character, providing individual mentorship, and inspiring active and joyful learning. In early 2015, The Hun School underwent an accreditation process with the Middle States Association. Amidst an otherwise glowing report, the visiting committee suggested the School examine its current mission statement, which had been in place for almost twenty years. Its promises were undisputed, yet somewhat broad. Further, members of the school community were beginning to feel that it did not accurately capture the School's more contemporary ethos. Soon after that, the Board of Trustees endorsed a re-write.
The new mission statement is not a departure from the School's traditional ideals. But instead, it re-affirms some of The Hun School's more ardent, ever-lasting promises. It also includes reference to some of our more contemporary promises. The goal was to ensure that that the mission reflects who we are and where we are going. With this in mind, the process was extensive and enlisted the help of many.
Several different constituent groups were involved in the process of re-writing the mission. Values and ideas were collected from faculty, students, parents, and board members. Ultimately, however, the crafting of the mission was put into the hands of a small group of faculty representatives and the Headmaster. The group spent weeks researching effective mission statements and even worked with a leading educational consultant to establish critical criteria and tone. Using the research collected from the community, each then submitted a draft. Strengths from various drafts were selected, and a collective draft was created. That draft was then submitted to several leadership groups, including the Board of Trustees' educational committee.

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