Since the school lacks a gymnasium or other interior recreational space, during the coldest months of the winter, every class goes ice-skating once a week as part of the physical education program.

Every year, for four to six weeks, PCS students learn a martial art such as Tae Kwon Doe or Kung Fu. The emphasis is on learning the controlled movements associated with the art.

Students engage in activities with McCarter teaching artists that culminate in a performance of a dramatic adaption of a play by Shakespeare.

Upper-school students have the opportunity every year to challenge themselves and learn to cooperate as a team at an outdoor challenge camp.

Students in Kindergarten through grade two have 45 minutes of chess instruction every week.