Head of School Paul Stellato invites parents of 7th graders to an evening devoted to exploring one of Princeton Day School’s greatest resources: The Upper School. On Tuesday, May 21st, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm in the Arts Atrium, the audience will hear from Mr. Stellato, as well as Director of College Counseling Sarah Graham, on the exceptional outcomes our seniors enjoy in the college process. In addition, Head of Upper School Carlton Tucker will speak on student program and opportunity, and Head of Upper School-Elect Jason Robinson (in his first Princeton Day School appearance!), will talk about the virtues of a day school experience. This should be an engaging program and a very productive evening.

The Princeton Day School chess team played a great tournament on May 11th—their last of the academic year. Chess teacher Bonnie Waitzkin remarked, “I continue to be impressed by the hard work and tenacity of our great chess team, who played so well in so many top tournaments this year and who should be recognized for their achievement.” On Saturday’s tournament, Arun Patel was first with 3 wins and one draw in K-1. Patrick Ming, 7th, Liz Zhao, 8th, Aiyan Doshi, 9th, and Brooke Bartlett and Kasra Haghighat also participated—first place team. In NOVICE I, Charlie Hogshire was 2nd, Sasson Ziv-Loewy 3rd, Aadi Shankar 4th, Will Bennett 5th and Devan Sakaria—first place team. In NOVICE II, PDS was first team with Trevor Mackles, Ian Nagelberg, and Boaz Ziv-Loewy. In RESERVE, Katie Jain was 6th. In OPEN, Delia McCarthy tied for first place with 3 points.  Harrison Bernardi played up to the OVER 1000 CLOSED section and scored 2 out of 3. Albert Ming and Kai Shaw were first and second in FUTURE MASTERS, and Winston Ni, Nick Jain,Rahul Rajaram, and Dodge Martinson made it in the hotly contested Near Masters section for players over 1400 rated. In announcing the results, Ms. Waitzkin said, “These are the students who will be successful as adults because of their patience, problem solving skills, and calculation. I am also impressed by their camaraderie and the elegance of their studying together, competing together, and sometimes, as they did this weekend, competing against one another with great affection.”