Meet Chloe Huang '26

What It Means To Be Involved

Chloe Huang doesn’t know exactly why she came to Pingry. Like most people who came in Grade 2, her memory of that time is not so clear. Going into year 10 at the school, however, she knows why she stayed. 

After a promising freshman season playing for girls’ varsity lacrosse, Chloe tore her ACL, setting off a recovery process that kept her off the field until preseason of the next year. Encountering such a deflating setback takes equal parts mental and physical determination to overcome. Chloe says her mentors at Pingry helped her find the will. “Pingry has built a great community of support for me,” she says, and she leaned on that support through her injury. The strength coaches and the athletic trainers helped her return to form physically, while Carter Abbott, the head coach of girls lacrosse, was with her every step of the way. “Coach Abbott was incredible…she’s been a great source of guidance for me.” Now that she’s been at Pingry for more than half her life, Chloe has gotten used to this kind of care from the community around her. She has never taken it for granted, though, and she always looks to give that care right back.

To be clear, Chloe is not nursing her teachers and coaches back to health when they are sick. That would be pretty amazing, and there is no doubt that she would if given the chance (she’s on record as saying “I think all my teachers are really cool”), but that’s not her job. Chloe shows how much she cares by being involved. To her, this means more than just showing up—it means being an extension of the community. 

Over the last 10 years, Chloe has been making every effort to get to know Pingry. She’s gotten to know her teachers, so much so that she could not choose just one to give a shout out when asked. She has gotten to know the Honor Code, especially over the last two years as a member of the Honor Board. She has gotten to know the school’s resources to the point that she started a podcast on the research opportunities at Pingry. As a result, Pingry has gotten to know her, too. When asked if there is a passion she has that the community doesn’t know about, she was at a loss—not for a lack of passions, but for a lack of secrets. “I feel like I’m a pretty open book,” she said, straining to think back to a time when she wasn’t. 

As involved as she is, Chloe’s attitude amplifies her impact. “I try to bring a lot of energy,” she says with her ever-present smile, adding “I always feel super eager, like, every day.” Anyone who knows Chloe, whether as their leader in the Feminist Literature Club, their editor at The Pingry Record, their fellow Balladeer, their student, their manager on the field hockey team, or just as their friend, knows how true this is. Her positive energy, her sense of humor, and the discipline that underscores it all are palpable. And they’re infectious.