The Peddie News

New freshman study hall stirs debate

October 15, 2014

By: Cailin Brown ’17 Staff Writer Study hall is a time for boarding students to complete their homework, and it used to be in the comfort of their own rooms. However, this year the policy has changed, at least for the freshman...

New Faculty Join the Nest

September 24, 2014

By: Rajae McClinek ’16 Section Editor With the start of a new academic year, the Peddie campus has new policies, new students, and new faculty and staff. Thirteen new teachers and staff members joined the Peddie community this...

AP Courses and Exams Evaluated

May 25, 2014

By: Jessica Cha ’17 Staff Writer The end of the year means the end of AP exams, the three-hour long exams that students spend all year preparing for. Over half of the upperclassmen take at least one AP exam during their ...

The Spring Fling: Food, Music and Entertainment

May 25, 2014

By: Rajae McClinek ’16 Staff Writer From faculty to students, people from every part of the Peddie community walked through the rain to participate in the festivities of the Spring Fling. Although the Spring Fling was orig...

Want to get hypnotized?

April 16, 2014

By: Grace Gu ‘16 Staff Writer The SNA committee invited Tom DeLuca, a professional hypnotist who came to Peddie two years ago, to perform and interact with students a second time at the Geiger Reeves Theater on ...

Students Present their Summer Signature Projects

April 1, 2014

By: Grace Gu ’16 Staff Writer On March 19, Summer Signature students presented their diverse experience over their summer prior to senior year in Efros Auditorium. “The Summer Signature program ...

All the Classes That You Don’t Know

February 7, 2014

By Grace Gu ’16 Staff Writer Have you heard of the Popular Music in America or Eco-Art electives? Have you heard of the International Relations in Southeast Asia or Microeconomic Theory electives? Peddie offers students ma...

Winter Term Marks the Return of Wonderful Wednesdays

January 15, 2014

By Cindy Park Staff Writer On Dec. 11, Peddie students enjoyed an extra hour of sleep because it was a designated Wonderful Wednesday. On Wonderful Wednesdays, Community Meeting, which is normally scheduled from 10 to 11 a.m., is ca...

Girl Rising Advocates for Education Reform

January 14, 2014

By Grace Gu Staff Writer Kayce Freed Jennings, a producer of the film Girl Rising, made a speech on worldwide girls’ education and brought the powerful documentary to Peddie on Dec. 8. The film portrayed changes observed ...

Writing Center Greatly Helps Students

November 14, 2013

By: Radhika Sharma '14 Section Editor Peddie has created a Writing Center for upperclassmen students to teach, aide and understand other students’ writing. Held Sunday through Thursday from 8 PM to 10 PM and Tuesday and Thursda...

Students and faculty alike enjoyed dressing up for the annual Halloween dinner

November 7, 2013

Government Shutdown Changes Philadelphia Trip

October 17, 2013

Written by Caroline Casey Section Editor The government shutdown that began on Oct. 1 impacted the American history classes’ trip to Philadelphia on Oct. 3. As they do every year, the junior class was preparing to visit Independence...