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Life at Lawrenceville
Every day will challenge and transform you.
House, Harkness, & Heart
Through House and Harkness, Lawrenceville fosters a unique sense of belonging, gathering talented young people from far and wide to learn with and from each other. Students thrive on rigorous, creative engagement with exceptional teachers who inspire confidence, instill initiative, and spark a sense of optimism and purpose. Students discover who they are and what they stand for, strive to support a School culture of belonging, and contribute their unique intellect, passion, and drive to a strong and ever-evolving community.
Student Life
At Lawrenceville, every moment is an opportunity to unleash your potential and find your path to excellence. From a rigorous academic schedule, to competitive sports and clubs, to theater rehearsals and community service — your busy days at Lawrenceville will pave the way to the person you will become.
Harkness Learning
Harkness learning means forming your own opinions, recognizing the value of your peers’ viewpoints, and begining to understand the world from multiple perspectives.
Community
We are committed to nurturing a welcoming and inclusive community. Developing cultural competency is an integral part of life and learning at Lawrenceville. From the classroom to clubs and social events, and from diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to service efforts, there are myriad opportunities for personal and community enrichment.
Lawrenceville School News
![Shaezmina Khan ’19 Discusses Her Journey as a Muslim Woman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1679688395/lawrencevilleorg/mjxu9cztd1c190vis8nh/ShaezminaKhan19womenshistorymonthA.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1679688395/lawrencevilleorg/mjxu9cztd1c190vis8nh/ShaezminaKhan19womenshistorymonthA.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1679688395/lawrencevilleorg/mjxu9cztd1c190vis8nh/ShaezminaKhan19womenshistorymonthA.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1679688395/lawrencevilleorg/mjxu9cztd1c190vis8nh/ShaezminaKhan19womenshistorymonthA.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1679688395/lawrencevilleorg/mjxu9cztd1c190vis8nh/ShaezminaKhan19womenshistorymonthA.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1679688395/lawrencevilleorg/mjxu9cztd1c190vis8nh/ShaezminaKhan19womenshistorymonthA.jpg","width":2200}])
Shaezmina Khan ’19 returned to Lawrenceville on March 23 to discuss her identity as a Muslim American woman.
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Four years ago, it wasn’t a staggering leap of imagination to project Nikita Nesterenko ’20 as a future National Hockey League player.
![Lawrenceville School Pond in Spring]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1678901930/lawrencevilleorg/rskmr4yqnoca85cdppxi/springpond.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1678901930/lawrencevilleorg/rskmr4yqnoca85cdppxi/springpond.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1678901930/lawrencevilleorg/rskmr4yqnoca85cdppxi/springpond.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1678901930/lawrencevilleorg/rskmr4yqnoca85cdppxi/springpond.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1678901930/lawrencevilleorg/rskmr4yqnoca85cdppxi/springpond.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1678901930/lawrencevilleorg/rskmr4yqnoca85cdppxi/springpond.jpg","width":2200}])
Students in Lawrenceville’s 2023 Capstone course will explore an issue that literally affects every living thing on Earth: climate change. Steve Laubach, Lawrenceville’s director of sustainability, said the course will examine:
![Zaheer Ali at NAIS 2023]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1679064367/lawrencevilleorg/tdplzcycduqlot6jxxm7/ZaheerAliat23NAIS.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1679064367/lawrencevilleorg/tdplzcycduqlot6jxxm7/ZaheerAliat23NAIS.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1679064367/lawrencevilleorg/tdplzcycduqlot6jxxm7/ZaheerAliat23NAIS.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1679064367/lawrencevilleorg/tdplzcycduqlot6jxxm7/ZaheerAliat23NAIS.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1679064367/lawrencevilleorg/tdplzcycduqlot6jxxm7/ZaheerAliat23NAIS.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1679064367/lawrencevilleorg/tdplzcycduqlot6jxxm7/ZaheerAliat23NAIS.jpg","width":2200}])
Zaheer Ali presented Lawrenceville’s Hutchins Institute for Social Justice as a case study for teaching and programming social justice in secondary education last month at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) annual conference.
![Peyton Cosover '23]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1678892154/lawrencevilleorg/tivc4ganyn3r8iy96cys/PeytonCosoverQB7.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1678892154/lawrencevilleorg/tivc4ganyn3r8iy96cys/PeytonCosoverQB7.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1678892154/lawrencevilleorg/tivc4ganyn3r8iy96cys/PeytonCosoverQB7.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1678892154/lawrencevilleorg/tivc4ganyn3r8iy96cys/PeytonCosoverQB7.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1678892154/lawrencevilleorg/tivc4ganyn3r8iy96cys/PeytonCosoverQB7.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1678892154/lawrencevilleorg/tivc4ganyn3r8iy96cys/PeytonCosoverQB7.jpg","width":2200}])
For his excellence on and off the gridiron, Peyton Cosover ’23 won the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete-Leader award.
![Stuart Robertson ’11 Creates “Electric” Art for NBA G League Ignite]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677687534/lawrencevilleorg/wwkjecax8ozxpmm4qxdt/Stewy-covercopy.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677687534/lawrencevilleorg/wwkjecax8ozxpmm4qxdt/Stewy-covercopy.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677687534/lawrencevilleorg/wwkjecax8ozxpmm4qxdt/Stewy-covercopy.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677687534/lawrencevilleorg/wwkjecax8ozxpmm4qxdt/Stewy-covercopy.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677687534/lawrencevilleorg/wwkjecax8ozxpmm4qxdt/Stewy-covercopy.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677687534/lawrencevilleorg/wwkjecax8ozxpmm4qxdt/Stewy-covercopy.jpg","width":1755}])
Work by Lawrenceville’s Artist-in-Residence Stuart Robertson ‘11 has been hung in some of the nation’s most prestigious galleries – including the National Portrait Gallery – but no one has ever spun it until now.
![Bhushan Mohanraj ’24]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1678214687/lawrencevilleorg/e0laaryla8ttazqktimz/BhushanMohanraj_7193.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1678214687/lawrencevilleorg/e0laaryla8ttazqktimz/BhushanMohanraj_7193.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1678214687/lawrencevilleorg/e0laaryla8ttazqktimz/BhushanMohanraj_7193.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1678214687/lawrencevilleorg/e0laaryla8ttazqktimz/BhushanMohanraj_7193.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1678214687/lawrencevilleorg/e0laaryla8ttazqktimz/BhushanMohanraj_7193.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1678214687/lawrencevilleorg/e0laaryla8ttazqktimz/BhushanMohanraj_7193.jpg","width":2200}])
Fourth Former Bhushan Mohanraj has been invited to attend the 40th annual Research Science Institute (RSI) held in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is one of only 62 U.S. students selected to attend this program (along with 38 international scholars), which will take place June 25-August 5.
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On March 3, The Lawrenceville School recognized and celebrated the many accomplishments of its staff. While much of their work goes on behind the scenes -- from public safety to finance and from dining services to information technology -- Lawrenceville would not be the special place it is without the contributions of these vital members of the School community.
![Box of tomatoes]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677685340/lawrencevilleorg/zn1szb0kmek24ickihsm/Tomatoes_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677685340/lawrencevilleorg/zn1szb0kmek24ickihsm/Tomatoes_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677685340/lawrencevilleorg/zn1szb0kmek24ickihsm/Tomatoes_1.jpg","width":640}])
Lawrenceville’s food service provider, Sustainable Fair, received a Certificate of Support for its purchases of locally grown food for the School’s dining halls.
![Audrey Cheng '25 pole vault]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1677599000/lawrencevilleorg/qodrmkzr4wooyt2podss/AudreyCheng25PoleVault.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1677599000/lawrencevilleorg/qodrmkzr4wooyt2podss/AudreyCheng25PoleVault.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1677599000/lawrencevilleorg/qodrmkzr4wooyt2podss/AudreyCheng25PoleVault.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1677599000/lawrencevilleorg/qodrmkzr4wooyt2podss/AudreyCheng25PoleVault.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1677599000/lawrencevilleorg/qodrmkzr4wooyt2podss/AudreyCheng25PoleVault.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1677599000/lawrencevilleorg/qodrmkzr4wooyt2podss/AudreyCheng25PoleVault.jpg","width":1854}])
Lawrenceville’s indoor track team is sending eight student-athletes to compete at the 2023 U.S. Army Eastern States Championships Big Apple Invitational, to be held March 1 at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory in New York City. Representing Big Red will be Jolie Brasswell ’24 (girls’ long jump), Audrey Cheng ’25 (girls’ pole vault) Gabrieanne Chery ‘24 (girls’ high jump), Nishka Malik ‘24 (girls’ 800 meter run), Emmy Mercy ‘25 (girls’ pole vault), Malin Phelan ’23 (girls’ two mile run), Rhianna Scott ’25 (girls long jump), Sofia Swindell ’25 (girls’ 55-meter hurdles and 200 meter dash).
The Big Red Sports Network caught up with Cheng before she headed off to New York. Cheng has been on an absolute tear as the winter post-season approaches, breaking the School’s girls’ pole vault record on February 23 at 11’2” – it was her second personal record in five days.
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Campus and Location
Life at Lawrenceville means more than just having access to inspiring people, invaluable resources, and beautiful facilities. It means having access to some of the top historic and cultural destinations in the world. Situated near New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C., Lawrenceville offers a wealth of learning experiences beyond the classroom.
