Wilberforce School
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99 Clarksville Road Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′52″N 74°39′25″W / 40.297679°N 74.657043°WCoordinates: 40°17′52″N 74°39′25″W / 40.297679°N 74.657043°W |
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| Type | Private , Classical Christian |
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Latin: Gratia et Veritas (Grace and Truth) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nondenominational Christianity |
| Established | 8 September 2005 |
| Founders | David and Awilda Rowe, Howe and Brenda Whitman |
| Sister school | Trinity Schools |
| Head of school | Howe Whitman |
| Academic Dean | Karen Ristuccia |
| Admissions Director | Christina Keddie |
| Faculty | 25 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | 185 |
| Average class size | 12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
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Blue and white |
| Team name | Wolverines |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Tuition | $17,775 (Lower School) $21,875 (Upper School for 2017-18) |
| Website | www |
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The Wilberforce School is a Classical Christian school in Princeton Junction, New Jersey serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Founded in 2005, the school is named in honor of noted abolitionist William Wilberforce. The Head of School is Howe Whitman and the Academic Dean is Karen Ristuccia.
The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2015; the school's accreditation expires in May 2022.
The school opened in the fall of 2005 following two years of discussion between David and Awilda Rowe and Howe and Brenda Whitman concerning educational options for their children. Initially, the school met in the Lutheran Church of the Messiah on Nassau Street in Princeton Borough with classes for kindergarten through third grade. The first head of school was Sara Capps, who had served for eleven years at the West Dallas Community School.
In 2006, Wilberforce gained a new principal, Karen Ristuccia, a graduate of Princeton University with a doctorate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Dr. Ristuccia had served for seventeen years as the head of the Westerly Learning Center, an educational ministry of Stone Hill Church of Princeton. The growth of the school, with enrollment of 28, prompted a relocation to the Princeton Church of Christ in Princeton Township, with plans for an expansion up through sixth grade.
Wilberforce moved to its third home, the former Saint Joseph's Seminary, in 2011, as part of a consortium with the French-American School of Princeton and the American Boychoir School. Having expanded up through eighth grade and with an enrollment of 114, the school found its former facilities greatly inadequate. The new 47 acres (19 ha) campus allowed for proper athletic facilities, separate wings for the middle and lower schools.
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