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“College is all about leaving, but we want students to come back. We want them to feel like Pingry is their second home.” —Tim Lear ’92, P ’25, ’27, ’30, Director of College Counseling

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About
The Pingry Experience
“Pingry is all about collaboration; it’s this balance between collaboration and individualism. In many ways, you can’t be successful in one without the other.” —Emma Claire Marvin ’17
Admission
The Pingry Difference
"It's a little bit bonkers to think you can start down a path here, at Pingry. This is where it can all start." —Adam Gardner ’91, guitarist and lead vocalist, Guster
Arts
Expression at Pingry
"At Pingry, art isn’t just an extra hour in the schedule; it's essential to the human experience.” —Lindsay Baydin P '26, '29, Lower School art teacher
Athletics
Pingry Pride
“Being part of a community that values athletics and academics, where you get to be a student and a team member, what could be better?” —Ami Gianchandani ’18
Teaching & Learning
A Pingry Education
"We are challenged to question what we think and to look at things from all angles—not just a single perspective—to try to understand. And from there, we can make our own decision." —Josie Cummings ’18
Giving
Proud to be Pingry
“Pingry gave me the confidence and set me on the path to do big things as I continue to grow with such a strong foundation of knowledge.”

—Julia Dannenbaum '17

Give Now!
Our Community
The Pingry Family
“College is all about leaving, but we want students to come back. We want them to feel like Pingry is their second home.” —Tim Lear ’92, P ’25, ’27, ’30, Director of College Counseling

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Computer Science

The Computer Science curriculum seeks to give students a breadth of experience that will prepare them for future study in the discipline, as well as develop skills that are relevant to other areas of study. Computer Science projects are immersive and allow students to work with both hardware and software to find creative solutions to problems.

Middle School Computer Science Courses

Robotics 6 (Friday Course)
Computer Thinking and Design 7
Computer Thinking and Design 8 (#09445)

Robotics 6 (Friday Course)

The robotics course offers students hands-on experience with designing, building, and programing modern robots. Using the Lego Mindstorm EV3 robotics kits, students explore ways in which robots can sense data from their environment and be programmed to make decisions based on that data. Students will develop critical thinking and problem solving skills through regular challenge projects, and advanced or highly interested students can explore more difficult projects.

Computer Thinking and Design 7

This trimester course exposes students to both the technical and creative aspects of computer science through a sequence of hands-on projects. Project topics will include web development, physical computing, video game design, and, time permitting, big data analysis. As students develop their own original websites, they will learn how the Internet and world wide web work, and learn key principles of computer security. Next, students will learn about computer hardware and how to program a device they built themselves. Finally, each student group will design and program their own video game to learn about event-based programming. If time permits, students will investigate the role of big data in our society and learn some techniques for data processing.

Computer Thinking and Design 8 (#09445)

This trimester course exposes students to both the technical and creative aspects of computer science through a sequence of hands-on projects. Project topics will include web development, physical computing, video game design, and, time permitting, big data analysis. As students develop their own original websites, they will learn how the Internet and world wide web work, and learn key principles of computer security. Next, students will learn about computer hardware and how to program a device they built themselves. Finally, each student group will design and program their own video game to learn about event-based programming. If time permits, students will investigate the role of big data in our society and learn some techniques for data processing.