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Read more... 2007-2008 Upper School Athletic Awards Announced at School-Wide Assembly June 3, 2008 The Upper School Athletics Awards Assembly took place on Wednesday, May 28, “to celebrate and honor the accomplishments of the Pingry athletic teams, coaches, and individual athletes that collectively produced a great year in athletics,” stated Director of Athletics Gerry Vanasse. Read more... Grade 5 Students Profit from Investment Simulation May 29, 2008 A team of four Pingry Grade 5 students recently participated in the New Jersey Stock Market Game, finishing first in the game’s elementary school division. The educational game is sponsored by the N.J. Read more... Special Project Shows Students' Thirst for Knowledge May 29, 2008 “This is the only water on Pingry’s campus today,” Ms. Fung-Kee-Fung told her Grade 6 science students. They stood lined up at water coolers next to the tennis courts, each student filling their own plastic milk jug with water. Read more... American Heart Association Honors Pingry Health Department May 28, 2008 Eight years ago, Pingry nurses Joanne Childs and Joy Livak and Health Department Chair Sue Marotto had the foresight to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for the school. Just a few years after the school acquired the devices, these three staff members found themselves using one to help save the life of staff member Hank Langowski. Read more... Lower School Students Study 'Spaceship Earth' May 28, 2008 Earth can be thought of as a kind of spaceship: a vessel traveling around the sun, transporting us through space. Of course, most people think of Earth simply as home. Read more... Lower School Concert Features Student-Penned Music May 27, 2008 This year’s Lower School Spring Concert included an original opera written and performed by Grade 5 students and based on the Greek myth of Pandora’s box. Read more... Form II Students Hear Firsthand Accounts of Vietnam Era May 16, 2008 In a hushed Hauser Auditorium, Pingry staff and teachers recalled life during the tumultuous Vietnam War era at the second annual Form II Vietnam War Era Seminar on May 1, 2008. Read more... Grade 6 Students Raise Money for GLP in a Unique Way May 16, 2008 Instead of receiving presents for their birthdays, eight Grade 6 students recently decided to use the occasion to give a collective gift to the Global Literacy Project (GLP). Read more... Math Class is Transformed into an Architectural Firm May 16, 2008 Tom Williams’s Grade 6 math class recently assumed the roles of apprentice architects to design and build scale models of houses and estimate the final construction costs. Read more... Lower School Students Entertain their Grandparents and Special Friends May 16, 2008 The Short Hills Campus bustled with activity on May 8, 2008, for Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day, a chance for students to share classroom experiences with the hundreds of grandparents and special friends in attendance. Read more... Middle School Students Take a Mythical Field Trip May 16, 2008 Grade 6 students traveled to the McCarter Theatre in Princeton on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, to see a matinée of Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts. Read more... Science Teacher's Photography Research is Published May 15, 2008 Demonstrating her interests in both science and art, chemistry teacher Amy Greenleaf’s research on the argyrotype photographic process has been published in the second edition of Christopher James’s book The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes. Read more... Upper School Assembly Focuses on Tibetan Struggle May 15, 2008 Each year Pingry’s Holocaust Remembrance Assembly asks students to learn something from past horrific acts, whether the Holocaust or other cases of genocide. The focus of this year’s assembly, held on May 2, 2008, was China’s “cultural” and human genocide against Tibetans, particularly Buddhists. Read more... Golf Coach Joe Forte Reaches Career Milestone May 15, 2008 Pingry golf coach Joe Forte earned his 300th career victory on April 14, 2008, in a match against Morris Catholic. Read more... Middle School Students Remember the Holocaust May 8, 2008 During the Middle School’s Holocaust Memorial Assembly on May 2, 2008, the room was quiet as students looked at photographs that were found in 1945 in Auschwitz following the liberation of that Concentration Camp. The victims had chosen these personal photos of loved ones as their way of remembering a civilized world. Read more... Pingry's SMART Team Works on Possible Solutions to Antibiotic Resistance May 8, 2008 Not all viruses are bad. Some, in fact, destroy harmful bacteria. Known as bacteriophages—or phages, for short—these bacteria-infecting viruses hold considerable promise as a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Read more... Artist and Poet Jon Sarkin ’71 Donates His Time and Talents May 8, 2008 Artist and poet Jon Sarkin ’71 visited with art and creative writing classes during the week of April 14-18, 2008, and shared ideas with students to unlock their creativity. Read more... Multicultural Assembly Showcases Student Dance Talent May 2, 2008 At Pingry’s annual Multicultural Assembly on April 11, 2008, students performed Indian and hip-hop dancing, showcasing the school’s cultural diversity, as well as the student body’s unique talents. Read more... Faculty and Staff Explore Issues of Diversity at Conference May 2, 2008 This year, Headmaster Nat Conard and Lower School Director Ted Corvino attended the People of Color Conference in Boston with 12 colleagues and six students. Read more... Academic Team Competing in "The Challenge" April 25, 2008 Senior Bobby Blatt, juniors Matt LaForgia and Andrew Sartorius, sophomore Sam Fisher, and team alternate sophomore Alex Daifotis are representing Pingry in “The Challenge.” Read more... Pingry's Mike Webster Reaches Milestone in Boys' Lacrosse April 25, 2008 Pingry boys’ lacrosse head coach Mike Webster earned his 200th career win on April 9, 2008, when the team beat rival Westfield. Read more... Green Group Enables Pingry to Recycle April 23, 2008 As of March 2008, Pingry students, faculty, and staff at the Martinsville Campus are recycling. Senior Wyatt Komarin and the Pingry Green Group led the efforts to start the program, with considerable input from Director of Facilities Michael Virzi. Read more... Grade 2 Students Present Stories of Significant Women April 23, 2008 Thirty-two Grade 2 students introduced 32 famous women to their classmates, parents, and the faculty at the Short Hills Campus on April 11, 2008, during the “Great Women in History” assembly. Read more... Stifel Award Recognizes Two Individuals April 18, 2008 The 21st annual Stifel Award, named for Henry Stifel ’83, was presented on April 8, 2008, to retiring faculty member Fred Fayen and Form VI student Nick Rescoe. Read more... Pingry's Robot Faces FIRST Competition April 18, 2008 The Pingry robotics team competed in their first competition the weekend of April 4-6, 2008. Arriving early Friday morning for the New York City Regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition at the Jacob Javits Center in New York, the team faced a daunting challenge. Read more... Music Teacher Publishes His First Lesson Plan April 16, 2008 Tom Berdos, a music teacher at both the Martinsville and Short Hills Campuses, is among the contributors to a resource book for elementary music teachers—Amy M. Burns’s Technology Integration in the Elementary Music Classroom. Read more... Happy Birthday to the Hostetter Arts Center April 16, 2008 The Pingry Community came together on April 5, 2008, to celebrate the arts and the fifth anniversary of the Hostetter Arts Center. More than 450 students, parents, faculty, and staff from both campuses attended the Family Arts Festival, which featured visual and performing arts galore. Read more... Novelists and Poets Share Insights and Advice at Writing Festival April 15, 2008 At Pingry’s 12th annual Justin Society Creative Writing Festival, novelist Rick Reiken ’84 shared an observation made by the writer Flannery O’Connor: “anyone who has survived childhood has enough material to write for the rest of his or her life.” Read more... William Reichle Honored as Coach of the Year April 14, 2008 Pingry boys’ swim team coach and math teacher William Reichle finished this season with two important honors—a state championship for his team and his selection by The Star-Ledger as Coach of the Year. Read more... Pingry Students Uncork Successful Designs April 11, 2008 Thirteen Pingry art students recently competed in a contest that required them to design miniature chairs using a novel material: the cork from two champagne bottles (including the corks’ foil and metal wire cages). Read more... South African Speaker Caroline Setsiba Visits Pingry April 3, 2008 During her first trip to the United States, Caroline Setsiba, Speaker of the Randfontein Municipality of South Africa since 2006, visited Pingry in February 2008 to share an episode in her life that she had recently started discussing after 30 years of silence—the story of her leadership of the Soweto Student Uprising on June 16, 1976. Read more... National Foreign Language Week Comes to the Middle School April 3, 2008 Pingry’s Middle School students had a chance to imagine life in France, Germany, and other countries as they sampled international cuisine and celebrated foreign languages and cultures as part of National Foreign Language Week in early March. Read more... Pirates Make Land at Macrae Theater March 7, 2008 Pirates recently stormed the stage at Pingry’s Macrae Theater, as the Pingry Drama and Music Departments presented Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance from February 28 through March 1. Read more... Pingry Varsity Skiers Post Record Season March 7, 2008 It was a big year for the Pingry Ski Team! The girls’ squad—Kelsey Hiscano (captain), Danielle Lashley, Jackie Reef, Elizabeth Roberts, Kate Strangfeld, and Blake Vessa—won the State Ski Championship Combined Event for the second consecutive year, an unprecedented feat in Pingry history. Read more... Novelist Lisa See Speaks at John Hanly Lecture on Ethics March 7, 2008 During her recent Pingry visit, novelist Lisa See posed tough questions about morality without giving any easy answers. Lisa came to Pingry on March 4, 2008, to deliver the annual John Hanly Lecture on Ethics and Morality in Hauser Auditorium. Read more... Spirit Ensemble Engages Students in World Music March 6, 2008 The Spirit Ensemble, a touring group of master percussionists founded in 1983, treated the students at the Short Hills Campus to an introduction to world music on February 15, 2008. Read more... English Teacher Dean Sluyter Discusses Volunteer Work as Buddhist Chaplain March 6, 2008 On Thursday nights, behind the razor wire fence of Northern State Prison, inside a grim, unadorned, cinder block chapel, Pingry English teacher Dean Sluyter teaches Buddhist Studies to a group of prison inmates. Read more... Actor Performs Greek Myths for Lower School Students March 6, 2008 On February 8, 2008, theater actor and playwright Seth Reichgott entertained Lower School students with a performance of Greek myths. Reichgott used masks and costumes to transform himself into various characters and enhanced his presentation with audience participation. Read more... The Robert H. LeBow ’58 Memorial Oratorical Competition March 6, 2008 Six students took to the stage in the Hauser Auditorium on February 15, 2008, competing for the Dr. Robert H. LeBow ’58 Oratory Prize. The oratorical competition offers sophomores and juniors the chance to give speeches that are informative, persuasive, or inspirational. Read more... Finance Café Speaker Discusses ‘Naked Economics’ March 6, 2008 “Economics is the most powerful tool we’ve got for understanding different facets of the world”—that was the overarching message from author, lecturer, and economics expert Charles Wheelan at a special Finance Café Pingry assembly on February 8, 2008. Read more... Six Field Hockey Players Earn National Honor March 6, 2008 Six Pingry senior field hockey players—Elizabeth Homan, Lauren Kronthal, Grace Lin, Danika Paulo, Taylor Sankovich, and Olivia Shelton—have been selected by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association for the 2007 High School National Academic Squad. Read more... Kindergarten Students Perform at Local Care Center February 29, 2008 Kindergarten students visited the King James Care Center in Chatham, NJ on February 11, 2008 and entertained residents by singing “High Hopes,” “God Bless America,” and other songs. Read more... Scene Around Campus: Playtime in the Snow February 26, 2008 There were smiles all around when Kindergarteners at the Short Hills Campus enjoyed their free time in the snow. Read more... Tanenbaum Earns All-time Scoring Record in Boys' Basketball February 15, 2008 Senior Jeff Tanenbaum on January 25, 2008, became the all-time leading scorer in Pingry boys’ basketball when he reached 1,401 career points. Read more... Pingry Assembles New FIRST Robotics Team February 15, 2008 This February, the Pingry robotics team is in the final stages of assembling a robot for the FIRST Robotics Competition. Many people consider FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) the premier robotics competition for high school students. Read more... Lower School Library Hosts National African-American Read-In February 14, 2008 To help observe Black History Month on February 4, 2008, Pingry students at the Short Hills Campus joined more than one million readers across the country for the 19th National African-American Read-In. Read more... Pingry's Waksman Student Scholars Work to Sequence Genome February 12, 2008 Working diligently in the lab after classes and on occasional Saturdays, three Pingry sophomores—Mac Cordrey, Danielle Cosentino, and Laura White—are conducting advanced molecular genetics research as this year’s Waksman Student Scholars. Read more... Exhibit by Harry Allen ’82 Documents His Versatile Design Concepts February 12, 2008 The recent exhibit in the Hostetter Arts Center Gallery by Harry Allen ’82 gave the Pingry community insight into how he balances his career with corporate and personal work. Read more... Sogliuzzo Named Hockey Player of the Month by NJ Devils February 11, 2008 Senior Jay Sogliuzzo, a star forward for Pingry’s boys’ ice hockey team, was selected as one of the New Jersey Devils’ High School Players of the Month for the month of December 2007. Read more... Two Seniors Cap High School Squash Careers February 5, 2008 Congratulations to seniors Aly Kerr and Brian O’Toole, who are in the home stretch of their high school squash careers, having spent the past four years competing both nationally and internationally. Read more... Hockey's Dan Weiniger Reaches 200 Points and Named Player of the Week February 5, 2008 Pingry senior Dan Weiniger, a center for the varsity ice hockey team, scored his 200th career point, a school record, in a recent victory over Mendham. Read more... Career Day Encourages Seniors to Follow their Passion February 1, 2008 Find a passion. Study a language. Be flexible. These were the recurring pieces of advice given by alumni at Pingry’s annual Career Day on January 25, 2008. Read more... Librarian is Honored by Global Literacy Project February 1, 2008 After traveling to South Africa to help establish a new library, Short Hills Library Director Ann D’Innocenzo has been honored with the “Librarian of the Year Award” from the Global Literacy Project (GLP), Inc. Read more... Pingry Alumni Enjoy Food and Fellowship at Back from College Luncheon January 29, 2008 Recent Pingry alumni returned to the Upper School on January 10, 2008 for a Back from College Luncheon, hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations. Read more... First Annual Tom Boyer Football Award Given January 29, 2008 This December, senior Cary Corrigan won Pingry’s first annual Tom Boyer Football Award. Created in honor of Coach Tom Boyer, who has taught and coached at Pingry for 26 years, The Tom Boyer Football Award recognizes the Pingry football player who best embodies the values of and commitment to the sport of football as exemplified by Coach Tom Boyer, and who demonstrates strength of character, courage on the field, and devotion to his teammates. Read more... Kindergarten Students Get a Taste Of First Grade January 29, 2008 The Lower School’s Kindergarten students enjoyed a special treat just before the holidays—eating lunch for the first time in the cafeteria. Read more... Pingry's Middle and Upper School Hold Assemblies in Honor of MLK Day January 18, 2008 To observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Middle School students and faculty gathered on Friday, January 18 for a special assembly. A group of students read from Dr. King’s book I Have a Dream and some of the book’s images were projected to accompany the readings. Read more... Form VI Student Jenna Devine Wins Two National Awards for Creative Writing January 18, 2008 Jenna Devine, Form VI, who has wanted to be a writer since kindergarten, is already, at age 18, a published, award-winning author. Last spring, Jenna won a national gold award in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her short story, “Song Ever Changing,” which she wrote when she was 14. Read more... *Brittani Bartok Named Courier-News* and The Star-Ledger Player of the Year** January 18, 2008 The Star-Ledger and the Courier News have both named Brittani Bartok, Form VI, as the Girls Soccer Player of the Year. These two honors cap an amazing season in which Bartok scored 38 goals (reaching a total 105 varsity goals) and netted the overtime game-winning goal in the Somerset County Tournament final. Read more... Basketball's Katie Occhipinti Reaches Milestone January 18, 2008 On Wednesday, January 9, senior basketball guard Katie Occhipinti scored her 1,000th career point, part of a 21-point game. She scored 19 points during the first half and reached her milestone at the start of the third quarter—a layup off a pass from junior forward Katie Parsels. Read more... American Red Cross Says "Thank You" January 17, 2008 Amy Sutton, executive director of the Greater Somerset County Chapter of the American Red Cross, visited the campus on Tuesday, January 15 with a message of thanks. Read more... Key Dates for the 2008-2009 School Year Announced January 14, 2008 Pingry Holds Assembly on Matheny Arts Access Program January 11, 2008 On January 11, 2008, Pingry’s Upper School hosted administrators and students from the Matheny Medical and Education Center for a special Arts assembly. Matheny administrators presented information about The Matheny Arts Access Program, which helps their developmentally disabled students pursue their artistic interests. Read more... Congressional Award Winner, Jack Jacobs, Addresses Pingry Community at Martinsville's Veterans Day Assembly December 11, 2007 On November 16, 2007, The Pingry School commemorated Veterans Day by holding a special assembly with guest Colonel Jack Jacobs, a Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient and former Pingry parent. Read more... Middle School Halloween Costume Parade November 2, 2007 Scenes from the Middle School costume parade on October 31, 2007. Lower School Halloween Costume Parade November 2, 2007 Scenes from the Lower School costume parade on October 31, 2007. Rufus Gunther Day 2007 November 2, 2007 On October 26, Middle and Upper School students celebrated Pingry’s Rufus Gunther Day—an annual event in which students participate in a fun-filled assembly followed by hands-on Community Service. Read more... Upper School Musicians Perform at the Short Hills Campus November 2, 2007 On the morning of October 19, Upper School musicians visited the Short Hills Campus to bring an inspiring mini-concert to Grades K-5. Read more... Children's Author Dan Gutman Spends Day with Short Hills Students November 2, 2007 Award-winning children’s author, Dan Gutman, visited Pingry’s Short Hills Campus on October 17. Gutman, whose books revolve around sports— particularly baseball—shared insight into his life as a writer. Read more... Katherine Dreyfuss, Form IV, Performs in Concert November 2, 2007 Katherine Dreyfuss, Form IV, was selected to perform at Crescent Concerts’ Showcase of Young Artists on October 28. Read more... Grade 1 Students Raise Chicks and Explore Farm Life November 1, 2007 Under the guidance of teachers Heather Smith-Willis, Mary Ogden, and Mary Lou Cilli, Pingry Grade 1 students spent October 2007 discovering how to raise chicks. Read more... Squash Scholar Athletes Announced November 1, 2007 US Squash recently announced its scholar-athlete award winners for 2007. Seventy-eight award recipients were chosen from public, private, or boarding schools nationwide. Read more... Andrew Egginton is Named Girls' Soccer Coach of the Year October 12, 2007 Andrew Egginton, Pingry’s varsity girls’ soccer coach, has been selected New Jersey’s Coach of the Year by the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association (NJSCA). Read more... Pep Rally Boosts Pingry Pride October 4, 2007 Spirit week concluded on Friday, September 28 with a riveting Pep Rally in the Bristol Gym at the Martinsville Campus. Read more... Pingry Welcomes Its New AFS Student September 28, 2007 On Monday, September 24, 2007, Matthias Tinzl, Pingry’s American Field Service (AFS) student, was honored during a welcoming event at the Martinsville Campus. Read more... Pingry Academic Teachers Showcase Artisitic Talents September 28, 2007 Since its inception in 2003, The Hostetter Arts Center (HAC) has been used to exhibit the works of both regional and national artists. Today, the center highlights the work of Pingry’s own chemistry teacher, Amy Greenleaf, and English teacher, Dean Sluyter. Read more... Field Hockey Team to Raise Funds for FOP Research September 28, 2007 Pingry’s field hockey players are uniting both on and off the field in support of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) research. Each team member is collecting pledges from friends and family members for every goal scored by the team. Read more... Students Begin School Year in New Middle School Building September 21, 2007 September 5, 2007 marked a historic moment for Pingry, as students in Grade 6 began their first full year at the Martinsville Campus. Read more... Convocation 2007 September 18, 2007 With each Convocation, The Pingry School officially reaches a critical benchmark—the start of another school year. As is customary, the ceremony included speeches by Board Chair Victoria Brooks, Headmaster Nathaniel Conard, and Senior Faculty Member Miller Bugliari ’52. Read more... 2007 Fall Athletics Pre-Season Practice Sessions August 8, 2007 Please remember that all athletes must turn in their Physical Form and their Athletic Participation/Release Form before August 10, 2007 or they will not be allowed to participate in team practices. Read more... Pingry Remembers Headmaster Cunningham July 27, 2007 It is with deep regret that we inform you that former Pingry Headmaster Hughes Westcott “Scotty” Cunningham passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Read more...