On the heels of coaching the Girls' Varsity Lacrosse Team to their second consecutive state sectional title last spring—not to mention a #14 state ranking—Pingry's Director of Athletics is honored by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Following the departure of Dr. Reid Prichett at the end of the school year, Dr. Reid Cottingham will assume the revised, school-wide role.
Following a months-long search process that resulted in significant interest from a broad pool of candidates, Assistant Head of School–Basking Ridge Campus Dr. Delvin Dinkins and Director of College Counseling Tim Lear '92 are delighted to announce the newest member of the College Counseling team.
Members of the Balladeers and Glee Club, they describe the honor of singing at The White House.
With junior captains at the helm of a sizable team, Big Blue will capitalize on existing and growing talent this season.
Thanks to Thomas' hard work, Thomas Edison National Historical Park has a new exhibit.
With a third-place finish at both the Non-Public A Championships and Prep A Championships last year, the girls' team is looking ahead to another strong season.
Administrators and teachers hosted a delegation from a potential exchange school, Beijing Jianhua Experimental School.
As Pingry's ski racing team takes to the slopes, they hope to qualify once again this year for the State Championships.
In this year's winning New Year's card design contest, the artwork of Sheryl Chen '26 reminds Pingrians of the importance of unity and community.
The winner of Pingry's fifth annual New Year's greeting card design contest, Sheryl Chen '26, employed a bit of whimsy—the Basking Ridge and Short Hills Campus buildings holding hands—in her nod to the holiday season and "the unity of our school."
Using colored pencils and washable markers diluted with water—a "watercolor" technique she uses when drawing comics, one of her favorite past-times—the sixth-grade student explains that she began her design with just the iconic clock tower and various inanimate objects representing the School floating around it. Wanting to include both campuses, she then decided to add the Lower School. But an obstacle presented itself: New to Pingry, she needed to visit the Lower School to see what it looked like. Her parents gamely agreed to drive her to the Short Hills Campus one weekend so she could make some sketches.
Still, she wasn't completely happy; one final improvement remained. "To make it more fun, I decided to animate all the objects with faces and limbs so the card is lively and not so rigid and serious," she explains. She added a "2020" sign to signal their collective march toward the new year. A not-to-be-missed detail: See if you can locate the School's cuddly canine, Finn!
Creative submissions from all three divisions of the school were received this year. Selecting the card contest victor was no easy task for the panel of Pingry faculty and staff judges from both campuses. For this reason, with her beautifully simple, falling white snowflakes—rendered in blue watercolor and pen—Sienna Patel '25 earned Honorable Mention; her artwork (below) serves as the background for the card's interior.
Sheryl's festive card and its New Year's wishes were delivered to nearly 3,000 mailboxes, just in time to ring in 2020! We wish the entire Pingry community a very Happy New Year!
Photos: Sheryl Chen '26 (top) poses with her winning design; Sienna Patel '25 (right) stands with hers, the full version of which is displayed below.
Contact: Andrea Dawson, Senior Writer, adawson@pingry.org
