Rutgers Preparatory School
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Rutgers Preparatory School (also known as Rutgers Prep or RPS) is a private, coeducational, university preparatory
day school
located in Somerset, New Jersey
serving students in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade. Established in 1766, Rutgers Preparatory School is the oldest prep school in the state of New Jersey and the sixteenth oldest in the United States.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 669 students (plus 12 in PreK) and 102.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.6. Ten RPS faculty members hold doctoral degrees in their respective fields, and over half of the faculty currently holds an advanced degree. Tuition
for the 2011-12 school year is $28,240. The school does not publicly release endowment figures.
Rutgers Prep has been noted for its Harkness education
, whereby some classes are taught in a "round table" setting with the instructor encouraging students to become engaged in constructive conversation.
The school has a frequently cited student honor code, and requires its students to complete ten hours of community service each school year in order to advance to the next grade level. The vast majority of students take Advanced Placement courses, and the academic environment at the school is highly competitive. Rutgers Preparatory School is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
.
preparatory school in the state of New Jersey
. Founded as the Queen's College Grammar School, it was established on November 10, 1766 under the same charter that founded Queen's College (now Rutgers University
).
Instruction began on August 15, 1768 under its first master, Caleb Cooper, who was affiliated with the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University
). After 1825, it was known as the Rutgers College Grammar School. It was first established in New Brunswick, New Jersey
, from 1829 until 1957, housed on the corner of College Avenue and Somerset Street in a building that today is known as Alexander Johnston Hall, the second-oldest surviving building on the Rutgers University campus. From 1809 to 1829, Rutgers Prep shared Old Queens
, the oldest building at Rutgers University (1809), with the young Queens College (after 1825, Rutgers College) and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary
. Before then, instruction was carried on in various taverns and boarding houses in the New Brunswick area.
The school's original mission was to train young men for the ministry, and its curriculum had focused on theology and classical studies. Over the course of the 19th century, however, more secular options were added. During the Progressive Era
, Rutgers Preparatory School was among the first schools in the nation to institute a curriculum
involving the laboratory sciences, extracurricular activities, student publications, and community service
. After experimenting with the admission of women as early as the 1890s, Rutgers Prep became fully coeducational in 1951. That same year, it eliminated the American football
team and ended its boarding program
to become a day school
to which students commuted rather than lived. In 1956, faced with the prospect of Rutgers
becoming the state university
, the university's Board of Trustees decided to divest itself of the preparatory school, which became fully independent in 1957, relocating to its current location on the Wells Estate (purchased from the Colgate-Palmolive Company) in nearby Somerset, New Jersey
.
from grades nine to twelve. Students are required to complete twenty course credits in order to graduate, accumulating a minimum of five credits per year, and are to take courses based in a traditional liberal arts curriculum that spans across several academic departments (English
, History
, Mathematics
, Science
, World Languages
, Art
, Computers
, Music
, and Drama
).
The school offers a wide variety of AP (Advanced Placement) courses, which are the high school equivalent of a college-level course.
Each student in the Upper School is required to perform a minimum of ten hours of community service
during each academic year as a condition for advancing to the next grade level and for graduation. This community-service obligation may be fulfilled either through volunteer work with a non-profit organization
, through a charity
, or through a service that in some way benefits the school community (tutoring, etc.). In addition, at least five of these hours must be completed outside the school campus.
, Princeton University
, Yale University
, Brown University
, Dartmouth College
, Stanford University
, Northwestern University
, University of Chicago
, Rice University
, Emory University
, Swarthmore College
, Amherst College
, and the London School of Economics
.
and was recognized in 1992 as a Blue Ribbon School
by the United States Department of Education
.
The 2007 Junior Varsity Academic Team is the first JV team from Rutgers Prep to go undefeated and capture the championship title. The 2008, 2009, and 2010 Varsity Academic Team also went undefeated and captured the championship title.
Rutgers Prep was awarded first place in the 2010 Euro Challenge, an international high school economics competition.
Since the late 1990s, the Rutgers Preparatory School Madrigal Singers have been attending the New Jersey American Choral Directors Association High School Choral Festival, and have regularly received ratings of "Superior".
In 2000 and 2008, the Madrigal Singers performed at Carnegie Hall.
and the Raritan River
. The historic 18th century Elm Farm building, which was the home of the Wells family in the late eighteenth century, now houses administrative offices and several classrooms. The campus features 3 full size athletic fields, including a FieldTurf
synthetic turf field, a softball field, and a full size baseball field. The "Field House" currently features two full size gymnasiums, male and female locker rooms with showers, a wrestling room, a weight room, and the offices of the athletic administration and trainer.
In 2009, the school broke ground on a multi-million dollar, multi-phased endeavor that includes an expansion of the system of roads and parking on the campus, a widening of Easton Avenue, the addition of new athletic fields and tennis courts, and the construction of an entirely new building. The new building, which was completed for the 2011-2012 school year, houses the dining commons and several new classrooms on the first floor. The second floor of the new building is still being completed, but will include several more upper school classrooms and other multi-use space. Additionally, a 400-seat adjoining auditorium
and performing arts center will be constructed in the coming months thus completing the multi-million dollar student center. The school has also contemplated plans to build an aquatic facility, however no official announcements have been made regarding the project.
"Jazz Band" (Grades 8-12) and "Madrigal Singers" (Grades 9-12) are auditioned musical ensembles offered as out-of-school activities for more advanced students. Winter and Spring Music Concerts take place annually at various locations.
, the Ranney School
, the Purnell School
, Stuart Country Day School
, Wardlaw-Hartridge School
, Timothy Christian School
, Princeton Day School
, The Pennington School
, and Saddle River Day School
. Rutgers Prep also regularly competes against other private and public schools including Blair Academy
, Peddie School
, the Hun School of Princeton
, and Lawrenceville School
.
Rutgers Prep also participates in an athletic tournament called the Headmaster's Cup, with Gill St. Bernard's School, which began in 2004. The contest, which alternates campuses every year, includes fall sports from both the middle and upper schools. Rutgers Prep won the inaugural event in 2004 and the two schools tied in 2005.
In the 2005-06 academic year, several Rutgers Prep teams won state championships, including girl's soccer, girl's basketball, and volleyball. In the fall of 2006, the top seeded girl's soccer team tied second seeded Ranney School in the title game, becoming co-champions. This match was a rematch of the 2005 title game, where Rutgers Prep upset the number 1 seed 1-0 in double overtime. This was the third consecutive year that the Argonauts have either shared the title or won it outright. The girls basketball team also repeated as State Prep "B" champions, as the top seeded Argonauts defeated the Knights of Gill St. Bernard's School by a score of 67-48.
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
day school
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
located in Somerset, New Jersey
Somerset, New Jersey
Somerset is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located at the easternmost section within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey. At the 2000 United States Census, the CDP population was 23,040...
serving students in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade. Established in 1766, Rutgers Preparatory School is the oldest prep school in the state of New Jersey and the sixteenth oldest in the United States.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 669 students (plus 12 in PreK) and 102.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.6. Ten RPS faculty members hold doctoral degrees in their respective fields, and over half of the faculty currently holds an advanced degree. Tuition
Tuition
Tuition payments, known primarily as tuition in American English and as tuition fees in British English, Canadian English, Australian English, New Zealand English and Indian English, refers to a fee charged for educational instruction during higher education.Tuition payments are charged by...
for the 2011-12 school year is $28,240. The school does not publicly release endowment figures.
Rutgers Prep has been noted for its Harkness education
Harkness table
The Harkness table is a large, oval table used in a style of teaching, The Harkness Method, wherein students sit at the table with their teachers. This teaching method is in use at many American boarding schools and colleges. It encourages classes to be held in a discursive manner...
, whereby some classes are taught in a "round table" setting with the instructor encouraging students to become engaged in constructive conversation.
The school has a frequently cited student honor code, and requires its students to complete ten hours of community service each school year in order to advance to the next grade level. The vast majority of students take Advanced Placement courses, and the academic environment at the school is highly competitive. Rutgers Preparatory School is a member of 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...
.
History
Rutgers Preparatory School is the oldest independentPrivate school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
preparatory school in the state of 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...
. Founded as the Queen's College Grammar School, it was established on November 10, 1766 under the same charter that founded Queen's College (now Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
).
Instruction began on August 15, 1768 under its first master, Caleb Cooper, who was affiliated with the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
). After 1825, it was known as the Rutgers College Grammar School. It was first established in New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
, from 1829 until 1957, housed on the corner of College Avenue and Somerset Street in a building that today is known as Alexander Johnston Hall, the second-oldest surviving building on the Rutgers University campus. From 1809 to 1829, Rutgers Prep shared Old Queens
Old Queens
Old Queens is the oldest building at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, New Jersey and the seat of the university's administration. Designed by noted architect John McComb, Jr., Old Queens is regarded by architectural experts as one of the finest examples of Federal...
, the oldest building at Rutgers University (1809), with the young Queens College (after 1825, Rutgers College) and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
New Brunswick Theological Seminary is a professional and graduate school founded in 1784, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to educate ministers for the congregations of the Reformed Church in America...
. Before then, instruction was carried on in various taverns and boarding houses in the New Brunswick area.
The school's original mission was to train young men for the ministry, and its curriculum had focused on theology and classical studies. Over the course of the 19th century, however, more secular options were added. During the Progressive Era
Progressive Era
The Progressive Era in the United States was a period of social activism and political reform that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s. One main goal of the Progressive movement was purification of government, as Progressives tried to eliminate corruption by exposing and undercutting political...
, Rutgers Preparatory School was among the first schools in the nation to institute a curriculum
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
involving the laboratory sciences, extracurricular activities, student publications, and community service
Community service
Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....
. After experimenting with the admission of women as early as the 1890s, Rutgers Prep became fully coeducational in 1951. That same year, it eliminated the American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team and ended its boarding program
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
to become a day school
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
to which students commuted rather than lived. In 1956, faced with the prospect of Rutgers
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
becoming the state university
State university
In the United States, a state college or state university is one of the public colleges or universities funded by or associated with the state government. In some cases, these institutions of higher learning are part of a state university system, while in other cases they are not. Several U.S....
, the university's Board of Trustees decided to divest itself of the preparatory school, which became fully independent in 1957, relocating to its current location on the Wells Estate (purchased from the Colgate-Palmolive Company) in nearby Somerset, New Jersey
Somerset, New Jersey
Somerset is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located at the easternmost section within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey. At the 2000 United States Census, the CDP population was 23,040...
.
Academics
Rutgers Preparatory School offers four levels of education: a Primary School serving Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten, a Lower School from grades one through four, a Middle School offering grades five to eight, and an Upper School offering traditional secondary level educationSecondary education in the United States
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school or middle school, usually beginning with sixth or seventh grade , and high school, beginning with...
from grades nine to twelve. Students are required to complete twenty course credits in order to graduate, accumulating a minimum of five credits per year, and are to take courses based in a traditional liberal arts curriculum that spans across several academic departments (English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, World Languages
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
, Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, Computers
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, and Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
).
The school offers a wide variety of AP (Advanced Placement) courses, which are the high school equivalent of a college-level course.
Each student in the Upper School is required to perform a minimum of ten hours of community service
Community service
Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....
during each academic year as a condition for advancing to the next grade level and for graduation. This community-service obligation may be fulfilled either through volunteer work with a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, through a charity
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
, or through a service that in some way benefits the school community (tutoring, etc.). In addition, at least five of these hours must be completed outside the school campus.
Matriculation
Prep students matriculate to many top universities across the United States and around the world. The school has a one hundred percent college admissions rate. A majority of the students are given offers of admission to highly selective public and private universities. These include, among many others, Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
, Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
, Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
, Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
, Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
, and the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
Awards and recognition
Rutgers Preparatory School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and SchoolsMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
and was recognized in 1992 as a Blue Ribbon School
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
.
The 2007 Junior Varsity Academic Team is the first JV team from Rutgers Prep to go undefeated and capture the championship title. The 2008, 2009, and 2010 Varsity Academic Team also went undefeated and captured the championship title.
Rutgers Prep was awarded first place in the 2010 Euro Challenge, an international high school economics competition.
Since the late 1990s, the Rutgers Preparatory School Madrigal Singers have been attending the New Jersey American Choral Directors Association High School Choral Festival, and have regularly received ratings of "Superior".
In 2000 and 2008, the Madrigal Singers performed at Carnegie Hall.
Campus
The 45 acres (182,108.7 m²) campus is located in Somerset, New Jersey directly on the Delaware and Raritan CanalDelaware and Raritan Canal
The Delaware and Raritan Canal is a canal in central New Jersey, United States, built in the 1830s that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was intended as an efficient and reliable means of transportation of freight between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York City,...
and the Raritan River
Raritan River
The Raritan River is a major river of central New Jersey in the United States. Its watershed drains much of the mountainous area of the central part of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.-Description:...
. The historic 18th century Elm Farm building, which was the home of the Wells family in the late eighteenth century, now houses administrative offices and several classrooms. The campus features 3 full size athletic fields, including a FieldTurf
FieldTurf
FieldTurf is a brand of artificial turf playing surface. It is manufactured and installed by the FieldTurf Tarkett division of Tarkett Inc., based in Calhoun, Georgia, USA. In the late 1990s, the artificial surface changed the industry with a design intended to replicate real grass...
synthetic turf field, a softball field, and a full size baseball field. The "Field House" currently features two full size gymnasiums, male and female locker rooms with showers, a wrestling room, a weight room, and the offices of the athletic administration and trainer.
In 2009, the school broke ground on a multi-million dollar, multi-phased endeavor that includes an expansion of the system of roads and parking on the campus, a widening of Easton Avenue, the addition of new athletic fields and tennis courts, and the construction of an entirely new building. The new building, which was completed for the 2011-2012 school year, houses the dining commons and several new classrooms on the first floor. The second floor of the new building is still being completed, but will include several more upper school classrooms and other multi-use space. Additionally, a 400-seat adjoining auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
and performing arts center will be constructed in the coming months thus completing the multi-million dollar student center. The school has also contemplated plans to build an aquatic facility, however no official announcements have been made regarding the project.
Music
Students in Lower School partake in music class twice a week for 30 minutes. Once in Middle School, all students must still take a daily music class, and are offered the choice of choir, band, and/or orchestra. Once in the Upper School, students may elect to partake in music, either in vocal or instrumental ensembles. The school also offers a music theory and composition class."Jazz Band" (Grades 8-12) and "Madrigal Singers" (Grades 9-12) are auditioned musical ensembles offered as out-of-school activities for more advanced students. Winter and Spring Music Concerts take place annually at various locations.
Athletics
Rutgers Preparatory School fields teams in boys' and girls' soccer, tennis, basketball, and lacrosse as well as baseball, softball, volleyball and co-ed teams in golf, cross country, swimming and wrestling. Rutgers Prep competes in the Patriot Conference, which also includes the Gill St. Bernard's SchoolGill St. Bernard's School
Gill St. Bernard's School is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in the Gladstone area of Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, United States, serving students in primary through twelfth grade...
, the Ranney School
Ranney School
Ranney School is a coeducational, nonsectarian, private day school located in Tinton Falls, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, serving students in Beginners through twelfth grade. It was founded in 1960 by educator Russell G...
, the Purnell School
Purnell School
The Purnell School is a private all-girls boarding high school located in Pottersville, within Bedminster Township, New Jersey, about an hour west of New York City, and two hours north of Philadelphia....
, Stuart Country Day School
Stuart Country Day School
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart is an independent all-girls Catholic country day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey, that serves students from pre-school through grade 12...
, Wardlaw-Hartridge School
Wardlaw-Hartridge School
The Wardlaw-Hartridge School is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in Edison, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is commonly referred to as Wardlaw or W-H...
, Timothy Christian School
Timothy Christian School (New Jersey)
Timothy Christian is a private school in Piscataway, New Jersey for grades k-12.The campus of Timothy Christian School, founded in 1949, consists of several buildings, which used to be called Camp Kilmer. The school is an "interdenominational evangelical independent school that is fully accredited...
, Princeton Day School
Princeton Day School
Princeton Day School is a private coeducational day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey, serving students in grades pre kindergarten - 12. The largest division is the Upper School , with an enrollment of approximately 400...
, The Pennington School
The Pennington School
The Pennington School is a selective, independent, coeducational college preparatory school for students in grades 6 through 12, located in Pennington, New Jersey, a small community midway between New York City and Philadelphia in the northeastern United States.As of the 2009-10 school year, the...
, and Saddle River Day School
Saddle River Day School
Saddle River Day School is a non-discriminatory, coeducational, college-preparatory independent day school, located in Saddle River, in Bergen County, New Jersey...
. Rutgers Prep also regularly competes against other private and public schools including Blair Academy
Blair Academy
Blair Academy is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding high school with an enrollment of about 448 students for grades nine through twelve. The school has 78 faculty members...
, Peddie School
Peddie School
The Peddie School is a college preparatory school in Hightstown, New Jersey, United States. It is a nondenominational, coeducational boarding school located on a 280‑acre campus, and serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades, plus a small post-graduate class...
, the Hun School of Princeton
Hun School of Princeton
The Hun School of Princeton is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey, United States. The school has a Princeton, New Jersey mailing address. The school serves students from grades 6 through high school. Currently, the headmaster is Jonathan...
, and Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville School
The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9–12 located on in the historic community of Lawrenceville, in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, U.S., five miles southwest of Princeton....
.
Rutgers Prep also participates in an athletic tournament called the Headmaster's Cup, with Gill St. Bernard's School, which began in 2004. The contest, which alternates campuses every year, includes fall sports from both the middle and upper schools. Rutgers Prep won the inaugural event in 2004 and the two schools tied in 2005.
In the 2005-06 academic year, several Rutgers Prep teams won state championships, including girl's soccer, girl's basketball, and volleyball. In the fall of 2006, the top seeded girl's soccer team tied second seeded Ranney School in the title game, becoming co-champions. This match was a rematch of the 2005 title game, where Rutgers Prep upset the number 1 seed 1-0 in double overtime. This was the third consecutive year that the Argonauts have either shared the title or won it outright. The girls basketball team also repeated as State Prep "B" champions, as the top seeded Argonauts defeated the Knights of Gill St. Bernard's School by a score of 67-48.
Student publications
- The Argo — Award-winning Monthly Newspaper
- Excelsior — Bi-Annual Literary Magazine
- Ye Dial — School Yearbook
Notable alumni
- Marvadene AndersonMarvadene AndersonMarvadene Anderson is a Jamaican teenager, currently recognized as the world's tallest teenage girl at . Anderson is originally from Prospect in Clarendon Parish, where she attended Edwin Allen Comprehensive High School. She also played in the Jamaican U16 netball team...
, basketball player. - James BishopJames Bishop (Congressman)James Bishop was an American Opposition Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1855–1857....
(1816–95), represented in the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from 1855-1857. - William Henry Steele Demarest (1863–1956), Minister, President of Rutgers CollegeRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
(1906–24) and President of the New Brunswick Theological SeminaryNew Brunswick Theological SeminaryNew Brunswick Theological Seminary is a professional and graduate school founded in 1784, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to educate ministers for the congregations of the Reformed Church in America...
(1924–34). - Fred A. Hartley, Jr.Fred A. Hartley, Jr.Fred Allan Hartley, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey. Hartley served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives where he represented the New Jersey's 8th and New Jersey's 10th congressional districts...
(1902–69), member of the United States House of Representatives who sponsored the Taft–Hartley Act. - Robert Wood Johnson IIRobert Wood Johnson IIRobert Wood "General" Johnson II was an American businessman. He was one of the sons of Robert Wood Johnson I . He turned the family business into one of the world's largest healthcare corporations.- Early life :Johnson was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey...
(1893–1968), chairman of Johnson & JohnsonJohnson & JohnsonJohnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....
. - Stanley KamelStanley KamelStanley Kamel was an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Charles Kroger on the American television series Monk.-Biography:...
(1943–2008), actor who appeared on the television series MonkMonk (TV series)Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...
. - Aline Murray KilmerAline Murray KilmerAline Murray Kilmer , was an American poet, children's book author, and essayist, and the wife and widow of poet and journalist Joyce Kilmer .- Biography :...
(1888–1941), poet and author. - Joyce KilmerJoyce KilmerAlfred Joyce Kilmer was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a short poem entitled "Trees" , which was published in...
(1886–1918), poet and World War I soldier. - Matsukata KojiroMatsukata Kojirowas an early 20th-century businessman who devoted his life and fortune to amassing a collection of Western art which, he hoped, would become the nucleus of a Japanese national museum focused particularly on masterworks of the Western art tradition...
, son of Japanese Prime Minister Matsukata MasayoshiMatsukata MasayoshiPrince was a Japanese politician and the 4th and 6th Prime Minister of Japan.-Early life:...
and future director of Kawasaki Dockyard Company. - Keshia Knight PulliamKeshia Knight PulliamKeshia Knight Pulliam is an American actress. She is most recognized for her childhood role as Rudy Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Currently, she appears as reformed con artist Miranda Lucas-Payne on the TBS comedy-drama Tyler Perry's House of Payne.-Personal life:Keshia...
(born 1979), actor who appeared on the television series The Cosby ShowThe Cosby ShowThe Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...
. - Max RaabMax RaabMax Raab was an American clothing businessman and film producer.-Early life:Max Louis Raab was born to Herman and Fanny Kessler Raab on June 9, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother died when he was twelve...
(1926–2008), film producer who made his initial fortune in the garment industry. - Avital RonellAvital RonellAvital Ronell is a Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee and a Professor of German, comparative literature, and English at New York University, where she co-directs the Research in Trauma and Violence project...
(born 1952), philosopher, critical theorist, best known for representing deconstruction in America.
External links
- Rutgers Preparatory School website
- The Argo (Student Publication)
- College Enrollment History, 2001-2005
- Data for Rutgers Preparatory School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...