Academics
Academics at Peck
The Peck School Mission Statement
The Peck School inspires students to learn rigorously, grow in character, and lead healthy, productive, and principled lives.
Inquiry | Energized
Throughout the world of education, information delivery is being eclipsed by information discovery; a principle which lies at the heart of The Peck School’s emphasis on student-centered learning. This framework provides ample room for students to engage in collaborative experiences that promote active, responsible participation in one's own learning. Student-centered learning is most successful when teachers think inventively, model a growth mindset, and believe in their students’ innate capacity to lead.
Numerous projects and teaching approaches drawing upon the tenets of student-centered learning have energized inquiry at Peck—from using the Harkness approach in eighth-grade humanities classes, to the fifth-grade's yearlong civilizations project, to Mini-Mester and Lower School STEAM Week. The warm, nurturing environment of The Peck School’s Kindergarten flows into the balanced Lower School (K-4) curriculum, which in turn prepares students for success in the interdisciplinary Upper School (5-8) curriculum. At every stage, a Peck education incorporates and responds to your child’s individual learning style, abilities, and interests.
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Essential Questions
Essential Questions
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Agency By Design
Agency By Design
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Character and Values
Character and Values
THE PECK SCHOOL
247 South Street | Morristown, NJ 07960973-539-8660
Northern New Jersey's timeless and transformative co-ed independent elementary and middle school education for grades K-8.
The Peck School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.