History

Our Young Pre classroom is for ages. This age group is working on developing their fine and gross motor skills, that are gaining independence and developing their social skills through play.

1931, Founded in Princeton

Over the next twenty years, the school grew to encompass a faculty of six and a student body of forty, all housed in Mrs. Chapin’s cramped apartment in “downtown” Princeton.

1958, Moved

Remembered as “a white-haired Southern lady with a heart-shaped face, fine nose, nice eyes and a manner of beetling her eyebrows to command

1961, 30th anniversary

Remembered as “a white-haired Southern lady with a heart-shaped face, fine nose, nice eyes and a manner of beetling her eyebrows to command

Students Graduate Empowered

It started out as a preschool with five students in a church located in the heart of Princeton. Growing rapidly, the school moved into a larger church.

Students are Prepared

It started out as a preschool with five students in a church located in the heart of Princeton. Growing rapidly, the school moved into a larger church.

Home of Mrs. Frances Edmond

It started out as a preschool with five students in a church located in the heart of Princeton. Growing rapidly, the school moved into a larger church building on All Saints.

11 Mercer Street.

It started out as a preschool with five students in a church located in the heart of Princeton. Growing rapidly, the school moved into a larger church.

Herbert O. Hagens '60

It started out as a preschool with five students in a church located in the heart of Princeton. Growing rapidly, the school moved into a larger church building on All Saints.

Bernard Kilgore

It started out as a preschool with five students in a church located in the heart of Princeton. Growing rapidly, the school moved into a larger church.

National Association of Independent Schools
Association of the French Schools
New Jersey Association
National Association of Independent Schools
Association of the French Schools
Association of the French Schools
Tiffany Blassingame
Educational Advisor

Tiffany Blassingame is a graduate of Columbia College with a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and a Master’s degree from Clemson University in Education Administration. She holds teaching endorsements in both reading and gifted education.

Dr. Maya Corneille
Head of School

Dr. Maya Corneille is the Director of Nia School. She has a Master’s degree in child clinical psychology and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University and a certificate in education from Duke University. She has more than 15 years of experience teaching college, elementary school, and preschool learners. She specializes in parent and community education and has facilitated racial, gender, and disability justice workshops for organizations such as the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Research, VCU Autism Center for Excellence, and Duke Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Danielle Corneille
Speech-Language Specialist

Danielle Corneille, MS, CCC-SLP is the founder of High Five Language and Learning. She is a speech-language specialist licensed in Georgia and California.  A graduate of Duke University and the Medical University of South Carolina, Danielle has over ten years of experience working with minimally speaking and non-speaking autistic children at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and in private practice.