Chapin School (New Jersey)
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- See also The Chapin SchoolThe Chapin School (Manhattan)The Chapin School is an American all-girls, private day school located in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.-History:Founded by Maria Bowen Chapin, the Chapin School originally opened in 1901, at 12 West 47th Street as "Miss Chapin's School for Girls and Kindergarten for Boys and...
for the school in ManhattanManhattanManhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
with the same name.
The Chapin School is a private coeducation
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al day school
Day school
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located in Lawrence Township
Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Area residents often refer to all of Lawrence Township as Lawrenceville. Lawrenceville is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Lawrence Township...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
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, serving students in prekindergarten through eighth grade situated on a 13 acres (52,609.2 m²) campus, two miles (3 km) outside of Princeton
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
. The school has an enrollment of 305 students, with a faculty of 39 full-time teachers and 5 part-time teachers.
Chapin is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
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and the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
The New Jersey Association of Independent Schools serves independent elementary and secondary schools throughout the state of New Jersey. The Association consists of 70 member schools with a total enrollment of approximately 26,000 students...
. The school is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools
National Association of Independent Schools
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and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools
Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools
The Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools is a voluntary, non-profit consortium of independent schools in the Delaware Valley area of the USA. With headquarters in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the Association currently has 134 members located throughout eastern Pennsylvania, northern...
.
History
Chapin School was founded in Princeton in 1931 by Frances Jordan Chapin. The school acquired its first permanent location in April 1951. In 1958, the school moved to its current site, having purchased the 5 acres (20,234.3 m²) Edgar S. Smith estate, which included the pre-American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary War
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Henry D. Phillips House.
Facilities
- 15 classrooms in three buildings
- 1 technology centers
- 2 mobile labs
- 2 science labs
- Library with 12000 books and online resources
- Auditorium
- Art gallery with 8 professional art shows yearly
- Full size gymnasium
- 3 athletic fields