Schools & Higher Education
Peterborough places high importance on public education and its
schools are rated in the top half within the state. The region has
many private elementary and secondary schools. There is a strong
Waldorf community in the area, with a Waldorf childcare center,
a preschool, two elementary schools, a high school, and graduate
education in Waldorf teaching. Private denominational schools are in the area.
Peterborough’s close proximity
to centers of higher education contributes to an ongoing educational
lifestyle for adults as well as children. There are also many day
care centers, home-based day care, and preschools located in the
Peterborough area.
Consult these maps for the locations of many of the schools listed below.
Peterborough Public Schools
The Contoocook Valley Regional
School District (ConVal) serves 3,100 students from Peterborough and eight surrounding towns.
Peterborough Elementary
School, K-4, 374 students
PES fosters curiosity and academic excellence, offering developmentally
appropriate hands-on activities and problem solving, and encouraging
critical and creative thinking.
South
Meadow Middle School, grades 5-8, 520 students
SMS recently won the New Hampshire middle school of the year award.
The school offers introductory courses in Spanish and French, an
honors algebra course, bands, choruses, and an extended learning
program that includes robotics, radio broadcasting, and journalism.
ConVal High
School , grades 9-12, 1,162 students. Student/faculty ratio:
23:1
ConVal is committed to academic excellence, offering an instructional
program that challenges students with high, attainable standards
and expectations. Honors classes in all grades; AP courses for
junior and seniors.
The Region
14 Applied Technology Center (ATC), offering career, vocational,
and technical education, is located on the ConVal High School campus.
Private Schools
Waldorf Schools
Waldorf Schools Home
Pine Hill Child Care Center, Peterborough, infants – age
5.
The first Waldorf-inspired child care center to serve children
of working families and as a learning lab for high school students
studying early childhood education. Located at ConVal High School,
in an area designed and built for child care.
Cobb Meadow School, Dublin.
Waldorf-inspired preschool and kindergarten.
Monadnock Waldorf School,
Keene
Young nursery for children ages 2 years, 9 months
to 3 ½; Nursery, for children 3 ½ -
5 years; Kindergarten, for children aged 5 and
6.
Grades 1 – 8: Waldorf curriculum that balances academics
and arts.
Pine Hill Waldorf School,
Wilton
Children’s Garden, birth to 3 years; Nursery,
3 – 4 ½ years; Kindergarten, 4 ½ -
6 years.
Grades 1- 8: The Waldorf curriculum is designed around
the concept that every individual, as he or she grows, passes
through stages parallel to the stages of human history.
High Mowing School,
Wilton. Boarding and Day Waldorf High School.
High Mowing is the oldest Waldorf High School in North America
and the only one to offer a boarding program.
Antioch University
New England, Keene. Waldorf Teacher Training Program offers
a Waldorf Certificate for class teaching or an MEd in Waldorf
Elementary Specialization.
Preparatory Schools
Dublin School, Dublin.
Grades 9 – 12. A coeducational college preparatory school in Dublin for 85 boarding
and day students.
Mountain Shadows School, Dublin. Grades 1 - 8. An integrated day curriculum for 65
students who study in a family-farm setting, with
all ages learning together.
The Meeting School,
Rindge. Grades 9 - 12. Small Quaker boarding and day high school on a working farm; non
traditional; college and life preparation.
The Well School, Peterborough,
Pre-K – Grade 12. Program includes rigorous academics, music,
art, yoga, meditation, communication, dance, theater, competitive
sports, and daily jobs to enrich both mind and heart.
 Christian Schools
Dublin Christian Academy,
Dublin. K – 12. Coeducational. Offers boarding and day
programs. 140 students; 40 boarding; 95 in junior and senior
high.
St. Joseph’s Regional School, Keene. Pre-K – 8.
Coeducational Catholic day school, enrolls 140 students. Offers
before and after-school child care. Operates under Roman Catholic
Diocese of Manchester.
St.
Patrick School, Jaffrey, K-8. Catholic day school of
165 students. Affiliated with St. Patrick Church in Jaffrey.
Trinity Christian
School, Keene. Pre-K – High School.
Affiliated with Trinity Lutheran Church. New school building
includes full-sized gymnasium.
Heritage Christian School,
Rindge. K- 8. 180 students.
Victory High School, Jaffrey. An alternative Christian school,
offering flexible schedules and individual instruction with an enrollment of 35 - 50 students.
Home Schooling
Monadnock Home School Network.
Affiliation of families in southwestern New Hampshire who have
homeschooling in common. The network does not endorse a particular
philosophy, method, or resource.
Colleges and Universities
Franklin Pierce University
A private, four-year, coeducational, university with a curriculum
that is a blend of traditional liberal arts, pre-professional
study, and teacher preparation programs. The main campus in Rindge,
is situated on 1,200 acres on Pearly Pond. Graduate and Professional
Studies are offered at five campuses, in Concord, Keene, Lebanon,
Manchester and Portsmouth, and online. The university enrolls
3,200 students at its undergraduate campus, satellite sites and
through online degree programs.
Keene State College
New Hampshire's foremost public liberal arts college, celebrates
its centennial in 2009 as a dynamic institution offering nearly
40 majors in the liberal arts and sciences, professional programs,
and selected graduate degrees. The attractive residential campus
is located in the heart of Keene.
Antioch University
New England
A pioneer in innovative adult learning, Antioch offers practitioner-oriented
Masters and Doctoral programs for the working professional. Degree
programs include Masters in education, environmental education,
Waldorf education, environmental studies, applied psychology and
management; and Doctoral programs in clinical psychology and environmental
studies.
Peterborough and Dublin Area Schools
Jaffrey, Keene, Rindge and Wilton and Area Schools
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