This e-newsletter is sent every other Wednesday to parents, faculty, and staff.
What is The Beacon?
100
The members of the Peck community who are most instrumental in attracting and retaining students.
Who are Teachers? :)
100
This (mandatory :) sit-down dinner is one of Peck's signature events that occurs the first Friday after the start of school; filling the Athletic Center with more than 400 parents, faculty, staff, and administration.
What is the Welcome Back Dinner?
100
When you ask yourself, (or a parent asks him/herself), "hmm, what IS my login to the Peck website?" you contact this person.
Who is Jen Cleary
100
The name of the Fund that is the foundation for giving for all independent schools - many times it is referred to as "filling the gap"
What is the Annual Fund?
200
If you're flipping through a local magazine in your doctor's waiting room, you might see an advertisement or editorial on The Peck School created by this NEW person, who works closely with both Advancement and Admission.
Who is Chris Starr, Director of Marketing and Community Outreach?
200
All Peck faculty participate in which two events held in the fall to welcome and inform prospective parents about The Peck School.
What are Open Houses?
200
The name of the two "Peck-signature" musical concerts held each year.
What are the Christmas Sing and Spring Sing
200
If you (or a parent) needs labels, name tags, or wishes to update contact information, you talk to this NEW person in the Advancement Office.
Who is Sue Yuhas
200
Although we work very hard to increase the dollars raised every year through the Peck Annual Fund, what we emphasize and are most proud of is this.
What is Participation?
300
What is the most repeated line of our mission statement?
What is "We believe that, in life, knowledge is guided by values."
300
The THREE groups charged with reviewing student applications at the end of the admissions process?
What is the Kindergarten Admissions Committee, the LS Admissions Committee, and the US Admissions Committee?
300
The annual event in which we welcome our alumni back to campus.
What is Reunion
300
When posting a photo of one of your students to your Haiku class page, what school policy should you be aware of?
What is the Publicity Policy.
300
Ended in 2007 and raised 15.5 M bringing us two new buildings; the Eckert-Huff Academic building (and the Higgins Library) and the Athletic Center.
What is The Campaign for Peck?
400
Our entire constituency--Alumni, Grandparents, Friends and Foundations, and Past and Current Parents, Trustees, Faculty, and Staff, (and even students!)--read up on the "best of Peck" in this annual magazine.
What is the Peck News
400
Two community festivals in which the Admissions Office participates by hosting a booth.
What is the Morristown Festival on the Green, and the Madison Bottle Hill Day?
400
Art, music, athletic feats and grade-level "tug-of-wars" all converge on this day.
What is Grandparents and Friends Day
400
When school is closed due to inclement weather, parents are notified via this service.
What is Honeywell Instant Alert.
400
The difference between what tuition revenue covers and the true cost of an independent school education.
What is to "Fill The Gap"
500
What publication is immediately out-of-date as soon as we print it?
What is the Family Directory?
500
83% of our accepted students chose to enroll at The Peck School. This factor is referred to in Admissions as our:
What is Yield?
500
This dinner is held bi-annually for former and current trustees.
What is the Mahlon-Pitney Society dinner?
500
These representatives from the PA distribute classroom information to their grade-level parents on a weekly basis.
Who are Class Parents?
500
For many schools capital projects such as new or renovated buildings and endowment fundraising is a necessary next step. We completed one in 2007.