![First time at boarding school? Here’s some advice.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1534349298/peddie/jjwahhuqsfxifsaooc8p/CampusShots-4.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1534349298/peddie/jjwahhuqsfxifsaooc8p/CampusShots-4.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1534349298/peddie/jjwahhuqsfxifsaooc8p/CampusShots-4.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1534349298/peddie/jjwahhuqsfxifsaooc8p/CampusShots-4.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1534349298/peddie/jjwahhuqsfxifsaooc8p/CampusShots-4.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1534349298/peddie/jjwahhuqsfxifsaooc8p/CampusShots-4.jpg","width":2200}])
Going away to boarding school is thrilling, but it can also be a little scary. Tour guide Nadia Bhatti ’19 shares some advice for your first days at Peddie.
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![Mia Huang '22 and drama teacher Mark Cirnigliaro]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1560280886/peddie/zgjvogo8rht37rcg7qfk/firstyearfalcons.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1560280886/peddie/zgjvogo8rht37rcg7qfk/firstyearfalcons.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1560280886/peddie/zgjvogo8rht37rcg7qfk/firstyearfalcons.jpg","width":800}])
Surprising personal discoveries for a first-year day student and new drama teacher as they recap their first year at Peddie.
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Melissa Goodspeed ’19 knows why Peddie’s home is aces.
![New faculty pose on wall outside history house]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1566577165/peddie/a2j528clzpihgrei468x/IMG_2359.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1566577165/peddie/a2j528clzpihgrei468x/IMG_2359.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1566577165/peddie/a2j528clzpihgrei468x/IMG_2359.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1566577165/peddie/a2j528clzpihgrei468x/IMG_2359.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1566577165/peddie/a2j528clzpihgrei468x/IMG_2359.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1566577165/peddie/a2j528clzpihgrei468x/IMG_2359.jpg","width":2200}])
Eleven new faculty members join the Peddie community for the 2019-2020 school year.
![Top 12 Dorm Essentials]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1533586489/peddie/iejwzfvmg0rpf1ilauag/20150519-385A3128.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1533586489/peddie/iejwzfvmg0rpf1ilauag/20150519-385A3128.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1533586489/peddie/iejwzfvmg0rpf1ilauag/20150519-385A3128.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1533586489/peddie/iejwzfvmg0rpf1ilauag/20150519-385A3128.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1533586489/peddie/iejwzfvmg0rpf1ilauag/20150519-385A3128.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1533586489/peddie/iejwzfvmg0rpf1ilauag/20150519-385A3128.jpg","width":2200}])
If it’s your first time living away from home, it’s hard to know what to pack. Fortunately, tour guide Marissa Boice ’20 has your back. Here are her top 12 dorm essentials (that you haven’t thought of yet)!
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We asked Peddie's faculty to describe their back to school mood.
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Pizzo ’94 and Sanderson ’92 team up to serve people with disabilities in Florida.
We asked Peddie's faculty to describe their back to school mood.
![Nikita Dahiya ’21 golf fundraiser]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1565192468/peddie/uzsdyly5bzkeztyeyjby/golffundraiser.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1565192468/peddie/uzsdyly5bzkeztyeyjby/golffundraiser.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1565192468/peddie/uzsdyly5bzkeztyeyjby/golffundraiser.jpg","width":800}])
How first-time event planner Nikita Dahiya ’21 raised $3,000 to help students in India
Going away to boarding school is thrilling, but it can also be a little scary. Tour guide Nadia Bhatti ’19 shares some advice for your first days at Peddie.
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Youcef Soltani ’20 and Shabrina Supriyono ’20 extol the virtues of Potter and Masters, the boys’ and girls’ freshman dorms at Peddie.
![Matt and Sam Singer Strings4Smiles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1562180864/peddie/q06dbknujwpoukntgtpb/strings4smiles2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1562180864/peddie/q06dbknujwpoukntgtpb/strings4smiles2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1562180864/peddie/q06dbknujwpoukntgtpb/strings4smiles2.jpg","width":800}])
These Peddie students are helping children with special needs experience the joy of tennis.