Pingree 2013–2014 i n g r e e P r o u d ly P Eric Stacey ’81 As you embark on Welcome to Pingree School! Director of the exciting process of choosing a secondary school, please read this 2013–2014 Admission B.A., Colorado “viewbook, go to our website and Facebook page, visit our campus, and talk to our College students and faculty. We are eager to share Pingree’s academic, athletics, and arts programs with you. We think you will be as excited as we are about Today’s Pingree, a school that encourages students to explore, discover, and achieve.
2013 – 2014 September 30 Tours and Interviews start “ October 19 Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
November 19 Information Night, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
December 7 ISEE (1st Pingree Scholar Test) (Independent School Entrance Exam)
January 4 SSAT (2nd Pingree Scholar Test) (Secondary School Admission Test)
January 11 ISEE (3rd Pingree Scholar Test)
January 15 Application Deadline
January 31 Financial Aid Deadline
March 10 Admission Decision Mailing
April 1, 4, 8 Revisit Days for Accepted Students
April 10 Accepted Students Notice of Intent
May 10 Placement Day
Admission C a lend r Applications can be accessed online from the Admission page of our website at www.pingree.org.
Admission Team: Eric Stacey ’81 Mary Dyer P’98, ’02 Michael Posternack Director of Admission Senior Associate Director of Admission Associate Director of Admission Dr. Timothy M. Johnson Facts and Figures Head of School B.A., Bowdoin College Pingree is a college preparatory day school in South Hamilton, M.F.A., Maryland Massachusetts. Our teachers guide students and open Institute College of Art their minds to new intellectual, artistic, athletic, and Ed.D., University personal challenges. of Pennsylvania
Campus Size: 100 acres Enrollment: 335 Average Graduating Class: 85 Hometowns of Students: 51 Faculty with Master’s Degrees: 60% Student/Teacher Ratio: 6:1 In a speech delivered at last spring’s Baccalaureate, a Average Class Size: 12 graduating senior read from a paper Students of Color: 16% she had written for an English class. Elevators: 2 “ The assignment involved describing Stairs: 444 a utopian society. “An idealistic Means of Transportation to Pingree*: train, bus, car, bike, feet community,” she wrote, “is one whose members can interact in an Average Length of Faculty Tenure: 12 years effortless manner, understanding AP Courses: 19 and respecting each other. When Number of AP Scholars last year: 10 faced with adversity, they all work 2012 National Merit: collaboratively to overcome the Commended Students: 4 challenge presented. The collective student and faculty body at Pingree Fireplaces in original house: 15 possesses each and every one of Seniors Accepted to College: 100% these qualities.” Students Participating in Pingree Athletics: 80% I invite you to visit our Pingree Students Participating in the Arts at Pingree: 89% community, an ideal place for 2013 Graduates Playing Collegiate Athletics: 21% students to work and play, to (18 out of 84) at Div. 1, 2, & 3 schools stumble and stretch, and to be Families Receiving Financial Aid: 31% known and encouraged as they grow into young men and women of * Pingree offers bus transportation to and from communities to the west, east, north, and south courage, compassion, competence, of the school, as well as pick up from the local train station. Please call to find out about the numerous options. and confidence. “ Every day I walk in the Academics at Pingree front doors of Pingree School, in view of the state of the art academic wing, new English “art center, and emerging field house, Four years required I feel fortunate that the heart of our Grade 9: Sharing Voices Grade 10: Literary Forms; Creative Writing elective school remains a home. More than the Grade 11: american Literature or American Cultural Studies (offered with building makes Pingree School a home. History Department); Creative Writing elective It is the atmosphere of trust, support, Grade 12: a choice of semester seminars (one required each semester); choices may include such courses as American Family Drama, Creative Non- curiosity, and commitment. It is the Fiction, The Middle East: A Mosaic of Literature, Soil and Humanity, Playwriting & Dramatic Literature, Engaging with Thoreau, or environment that encourages teachers Caribbean Literature; Creative Writing elective and students to think critically, embrace History intellectual risks, and consider the ideas Three years required Grade 9: Themes in World History: Cultures in Conflict and perspective of others. It is the culture Grade 10: Modern European History that values all its members as people, Grade 11: u.S. History, Advanced Placement U.S. History, or American Cultural not just as teachers and students. What Studies (offered with English Department) Grade 12: (Or grade 11 with department approval) Elective seminars such as an amazing place in which to teach, History of Racism, Economics of Globalization, Ethics, History of Sport, Migration Studies, World Issues, 20th Century War, Honors learn, and grow! Art History, Alaska, Big Ideas, International Relations, Latin American History, or Advanced Placement Art History Science Three years required, to include biology, chemistry, and physics “ Kristin Brown Grade 9: Biology or Accelerated Biology Academic Dean Grade 10: Chemistry, Accelerated Chemistry, or Honors Chemistry B.A., Dickinson College Grade 11: Physics, Accelerated Physics, or Honors Physics Ed. M., Harvard Grades University 11 and 12: Science electives that may include Engineering, Anatomy, Ecology, Oceanography, Advanced Placement Biology, Advanced Placement Environmental Science, Advanced Placement Physics, or Advanced Placement Chemistry For course descriptions and graduation requirements, consult the Academics pages on our website at www.pingree.org
Arts Additional One year required Elective Courses Grade 9: introduction to Performing and Visual Arts (students rotate through all arts throughout the school year) Pingree offers a Grade 10: Choice of a variety of electives including drawing and painting, sculpture, ceramics, comprehensive range of photography, dance, theater, instrumental ensembles, vocal ensembles, technical theater, full- and half-credit semester Music Technology Lab, and more courses open to students in Grade 11: Choice of a variety of electives as noted above including honors levels options, Honors grades 9 –12 (depending on Music Theory, Composition & Improvisation, and Music Technology Lab the course). These courses may vary from semester to Grade 12: Choice of a variety of electives as noted above semester and year to year. Mathematics Recent offerings include: Three years through Mathematics III required 4D Studio: Building a Story Some motivated students may, with permission, double up on math classes in junior or senior years. Occasionally, students may place into higher levels than what is noted below. 4D Studio: Lighting Creations Grade 9: Mathematics I: Methods in Algebra, Geometry, and Probability; or Mathematics II: Methods American Rap/Poetry in Algebra, Trigonometry, and Numerical Analysis (previously called Integrated Math I or II) Art of Recycling Grade 10: Mathematics II: Methods in Algebra, Trigonometry, and Numerical Analysis; Chamber Ensemble Mathematics III: Methods in Advanced Algebra, Geometry, and Proof; or Honors Mathematics III: Methods in Advanced Algebra, Geometry, and Proof Community Dance Team (previously Integrated Math II or III) Computer Programing (I and II) Grade 11: Mathematics III, Honors Mathematics III (previously called Integrated Math III and Contemporary Ensemble Honors Integrated Math III), Pre-Calculus, or Honors Pre-Calculus Conversational Spanish Grade 12: Calculus, Advanced Placement Calculus AB, Advanced Placement Calculus BC, Introductory Statistics, Inferential Statistics, Advanced Placement Statistics, Pre-Calculus, Current Events or Honors Pre-Calculus for students starting in Math I in grade 9. Drawing and Painting Language Genetics Three years in one language required Graphic Design (I and II) French: Levels I, II, III, Honors III, IV, Honors IV, Advanced French Literature and Civilization, and Improv Advanced Placement Spanish: Beginning, Accelerated I, II, Advanced II, III, Honors III, IV, Honors IV, Advanced Spanish Percussion Literature and Civilization, and Advanced Placement Photo Workshop Mandarin: Levels I, II, III, IV, V Portfolio Practicum Latin Studies offers an elective second language option. The course emphasizes the Roman and Greek Public Speaking bases of our modern world: Levels III (Prose), and Honors IV (Poetry) Rock Ensemble Grade 9: options include French, Spanish, or Mandarin. Grade 10: Progress to next appropriate level. May take second language. Singers Grade 11: Progress to next appropriate level. May take second language. Sports Nutrition Grade 12: Progress to next appropriate level. May take second language. Access at Pingree
Prep@Pingree Financial Aid
Prep@Pingree is our nationally recognized program that Pingree believes strongly that access to an excellent provides ongoing academic and cultural enrichment for talented, independent school education should be available to hard-working, middle school students predominantly from qualified students, regardless of their families’ financial underserved communities and strengthens the Pingree school means. In that spirit, Pingree offers a need-based financial community. aid program and hopes that no student will be discouraged from applying because of financial limitations. Currently, Each year, 45 to 50 middle school students who have completed 31 percent of Pingree’s student body receives tuition seventh or eighth grades engage in five weeks of academic assistance. Please consult the Admission page on the and co-curricular enrichment. Coursework in math, English, school website for complete information about applying for engineering design, and history involve in-depth classroom financial aid. discussions, homework, and detailed assessments in the forms of tests, papers, and presentations. Co-curricular activities provide opportunities for students to develop skills such as public speaking, interviewing techniques, and collaboration with one’s peers. One day each week is dedicated to off-campus trips designed to broaden each student’s perspective and teach important life lessons in perseverance, as well as physical and emotional health. Each component of Prep@Pingree is designed to prepare students for the rigors of eighth grade, high school, and beyond.
Prep@Pingree alumni matriculate to public, independent, and parochial schools. Currently, five percent of Pingree School’s enrollment is Prep@Pingree alumni. Other Prep@Pingree alumni have attended Brooks School, Central Catholic High School, Noble and Greenough School, Phillips Academy at Andover, St. John’s Preparatory School, and The Governor’s Academy. The first Prep@Pingree alumni graduated from college in 2011, a first for most of their families.
We are proud to be one of the few independent schools in the country that is intensely focused on providing access to high quality education to a wide range of individuals through this innovative and successful program. Beyond Tuition Assistance Scholars Program
Pingree School is committed to ensuring that all of our The Pingree Scholars Program offers two accepted ninth students have access to the many learning opportunities grade applicants the opportunity to receive a merit based that enrich the Pingree experience. Because of our deep scholarship for their four years at Pingree School. The commitment to educational access, Pingree has a fund Scholars receive a 75% tuition reduction for ninth grade reserved for those who might need financial support and 33% reduction for tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. beyond tuition; awards are granted on a case-by-case Students who receive the Pingree Scholars Award may basis as long as funds are available. Our Trips Financial apply for financial aid above and beyond their scholarship Aid Policy has been created to allow for increased amount. participation in academic and co-curricular trips. We also have a used book program so that we can alleviate this All ninth grade candidates interested in the Pingree expense for families. Furthermore, since we value the Scholars Program must visit campus on December 7, many important educational experiences that occur after January 4, or January 11 to take the Pingree Scholar our school day ends, late transportation can be provided Test (Independent School Entrance Examination or the for students after the afternoon bus departure time. Secondary School Admission Test). To register, go to www.iseetest.org or www.ssat.org. Registration forms are also available from our Office of Admission and may be requested by calling 978-468-4415 ext. 262. Students must register for the test no later than three weeks prior to the Coming to Pingree test date. was the best decision I Finalists are chosen from those candidates earning the think I've made so far in highest scores on the test. In addition to performance on my life. I have not only the Scholarship Test, the Admission Committee will “ been encouraged but also consider the following factors: supported by students and • Academic standing faculty to try new things. • Demonstrated effort I came in thinking I was • Citizenship nothing more than an • Participation in extra-curricular activities athlete, but after two years Notification of Pingree Scholar finalists is sent in mid- Kyle Lentini ‘14 I feel like I'm so much more. February. For more information about the Pingree Scholars Co-captain, Varsity Pingree is a place that allows Program, go to www.pingree.org and click Basketball you to grow as an individual on Admission. Spectrum Highlights and feel what it's like to be a A Cappella part of a community. “ Afternoon Programs Over the past four years, Pingree has become not only my second home, “ but also a gateway to greater things. Inside the classroom, I was challenged to think more critically in Engineering and to speak more articulately in Mandarin. Outside of the classroom, I was encouraged to be tenacious on the basketball court and graceful on the dance floor. As a result of my academic, athletic, and artistic discoveries, I firmly believe that Pingree has directly connected my dreams of higher education and success to reality.
All students are required to participate in our Afternoon Program Connie Truong ‘13 Wellesley College during each season. The only exception is for seniors who are allowed to take one season off. “
The Afternoon Program includes: • Athletics • Pursuit (outdoor education) • Community Service • Robotics • Dance • Theater/Musical Theater • School newspaper • Technical Theater • Yearbook • Independent Projects • Fitness • Team Management • Thoreau House (construction) • Musical Pit Orchestra/Band • Yoga/Zumba • Taekwondo ATHLETICS
Kenny Aboayge-Adinkra ’12 Amherst College
completing my After 2012 – 2013 Highlights • 80% of Pingree students participate in first year at Amherst • Evergreen League Championship: Football athletics in any given season. College, I realized that the • NEPSAC Class C Finalist: Football • Facilities include seven playing fields, a softball skills I learned at Pingree • NEPSAC Division V Championship: field, an ice rink, a gymnasium, eight tennis “ Girls Cross Country courts, a 1500-square foot fitness center, and a played a pivotal role in my premier cross country course. • New England Class C Second Place: success. My transition from Girls Swim Team • Pingree is in the Eastern Independent League (EIL) and is a member of the New England Prep high school academics to • EIL Champions: Boys Cross Country, School Athletic Association (NEPSAC). college was a very fluid Girls Cross Country, Baseball, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Ice Hockey • Football competes in the Evergreen League. process. Like many of my • Pingree fields 44 teams in 17 sports. • New England Prep School Tournament Appearances (2008–2013): 45 Pingree classmates, I was • We offer different levels of competition, prepared to think critically, providing opportunities appropriate for • New England Championships (2008–2013): 28 all athletes within each sport. • Number of 2013 express my opinions in All League Players: 57 the classroom, and build fall sports All New England Players: 6 Boston Globe All Scholastics: 2 relationships with my Cross Country • Field Hockey • Golf All American: 1 professors the way I did in Volleyball • Football • Soccer • Pursuit • Pingree Athletes are currently playing on high school. Pingree truly winter sports teams at Division 1, 2, and 3 institutions such as Amherst College, Boston College, Bentley taught me what it meant Basketball • Ice Hockey University, Brown University, Colby College, to be not only a student- Ski Team • Swimming Dickinson College, George Washington spring sports University, James Madison University, athlete, but also a leader Northwestern University, Trinity College, Union in all aspects of my college Baseball • Lacrosse • Sailing • Track College, University of Richmond, and the U.S. Tennis • Softball • Ultimate community. “ Military Academy at West Point. ARTS The arts are alive and growing at Pingree! We believe that art is humanity’s most essential, most universal language. Therefore, the arts are an integral part of the Pingree experience. Through the study of performing and visual arts, students gain intellectual and analytical skills and learn to interpret and communicate profound concepts and ideas as they discover new and fresh perspectives on life and the human experience. Our talented faculty is comprised of practicing artists who are inspiring mentors to their students.
Students may participate in a wide variety of offerings, including: • Vocal Ensembles • Dance • Art of Recycling • Instrumental Music • Pingree Singers • Body and Mind • Portfolio Preparation • Contemporary • Spectrum • Community Dance Team • Photography Instrumental Ensembles • A Cappella • Contemporary Dance • Bookmaking • Rock Band • Spectrum Highlights • World Forms • Printmaking • Percussion Ensemble • Theater Arts • Ceramics • Pegasus literary and • Classical Chamber • Technical Theater • Drawing visual art magazine Ensemble • Painting • Music Technology • Music Studio • Sculpture • Music Theory
Students may also take private instrumental • Fall Theater Production: • Spring Arts Celebration of music, and vocal music lessons on campus. Haroun and the Sea of Stories dance and theater performances, and a student art exhibition All first-year students participate in our by Salman Rushdie • Coffee Houses with music freshman arts program that includes a rotation • Winter Arts Celebration of music, dance and theater performances, and readings through each visual and performing art and a student art exhibition • Off campus performances at discipline. In subsequent years, students are • Winter Musical: Return to the the Citi Performing Arts Center – highly encouraged to pursue their studies in Forbidden Planet by Bob Carlton Wang Theatre and other venues one or more of the arts. • Music Studio Recital by students • Pegasus reading During 2012–2013, our arts calendar included: taking private lessons • Comedy/Improv Night clubs and activities
Pingree offers a variety of clubs and activities in which students can become involved. These take place primarily during the academic day, and are led by adult advisors and student leaders. Each year we encourage our students to come forward with new ideas for clubs and activities which reflect their interests and passions.
Current clubs and activities include: • College Bowl • Peer Help Program • Gay/Straight Alliance • New Columns school • Math Team • Social Concerns Group • Snow Sports Club newspaper • Model United Nations • Tour Guides • Maple Sugaring Club • Various vocal and instrumental groups • Science League • Student Council • Amnesty International • Affinity groups • Stock Market Club • Student Events • Yearbook • Women Empowered • Linux Users Group Committee • Movie Club • Technical Theater • Robotics • Latin Dance Club • Pegasus literary and (SLED) • Environmental Club • Pingree Multicultural art magazine Coalition Amal Tidjani ’14
Pingree is more than just a school; it’s my home away from home. I truly value the tight-knit community here at Pingree where you can turn to both your peers and teachers for “support and guidance. What Pingree has given me is the independence to step up and make a difference in my community. From starting my own club, Math It Up, to raising money for my charity, the Alzheimer’s Association, Pingree allows me to turn my passions into reality, and for that, I am forever grateful. “ Service Learning
Civic engagement is at the very heart of Pingree’s Service with people outside of Pingree, students learn how to Learning Program. During freshman year, Pingree adjust to the needs of others rather than expect them students build a foundation for their later service to adjust to their expectations. Our Service Learning learning by developing personal stewardship of the philosophy involves learning how to serve through school and their responsibility to not only conserve, but listening, being available, reflecting, relating, and improve, the Pingree community. As upperclassmen, advocating for others. Throughout their years at Pingree, Pingree students expand their service learning through students learn how to plan, lead, and inspire service in their involvement in organizations outside of Pingree. others at Pingree and in the community at large. Through long-term partnerships and direct interactions
Pingree maintains relationshipS with many organizations that provide students the opportunity to serve our local community, including:
• Acord Food Pantry • Salvation Army • Essex Greenbelt • Bellesini Academy • YMCAs • Beverly Bootstraps • Pettengill Food Pantry Association • Community hospitals • Community Giving Tree • Crombie St. Mission • Bread and Roses • School’s Out • Merrimack River • Ledgewood Nursing • My Brother’s Table • Lazarus House • Esperanza Academy Feline Rescue Home • Cape Ann Food Pantry • Trustees of Reservations • Boys and Girls Club • Cape Ann Animal Aid • Express Yourself • Wellspring House • Mass Audubon • Cyberspace • Northeast Animal Shelter • HAWC • Pathways for Children • MSPCA The Learning Across Borders Program (LAB)
During the 2012–2013 school year, Pingree students and their families hosted Eric Olson students, teachers, and administrators from Spain, Taiwan, Armenia, and P’04, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’08 Mexico. During their March vacation, Pingree students traveled to Barcelona, Mathematics Spain and Taichung City, Taiwan where they were hosted in turn by their Architecture new international friends. All students participated in classes and immersed B.A., St. Olaf College themselves in twelve days of language, art, history, and culture. One senior A.L.M., Harvard University completed her May Senior Project in Barcelona with a study of Antonio Gaudí and his architecture.
In 2013 – 2014, Pingree students and faculty will participate in a series of international exchanges which include:
1. The Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield, England 2. Århus Købmandsskole in Aarhus, Denmark 3. Collegi Pare Manyanet in Barcelona, Spain I love teaching 4. Taichung Municipal Hui-Wen High School in Taichung City, Taiwan mathematics at Pingree because 5. The Harkness Institute in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico I am allowed the freedom Throughout the coming year, LAB will continue to explore new destinations “ to connect with my students that provide more opportunities for our students to engage in travel in the most effective way experiences that complement their studies and allow them to make meaningful connections across local, regional, and international borders. I can. I have the opportunity The Learning Across Borders Program at Pingree provides international and to augment the academic domestic travel experiences that allow students to connect what they are experience with things such as learning in the classroom with the world at large. Through LAB’s program of project work, puzzles, computer student/teacher exchanges, students have opportunities to research, study, and experience people, cultures, graphics, artistic explorations, and languages different the geometry of snowflakes, and from their own. They learn the occasional math joke. All this to compare, question, examine, understand and makes teaching as easy as falling appreciate a broad range of off a logarithm. viewpoints, histories, and “ cultural perspectives. College from 2009 – 2013, pingree seniors matriculated at:
Allegheny College Dartmouth College Macalester College Smith College American University Davidson College Massachusetts College of Southern New Hampshire Pharmacy & Health Sciences University Amherst College Dickinson College McGill University Spelman College Arizona State University Drexel University Merrimack College St. Lawrence University Assumption College Elon University Middlebury College St. Mary College of Maryland Babson College Emerson College Muhlenberg College Stonehill College Bard College Emory University Musicians Institute Suffolk University Barnard College Fairfield University New York University Syracuse University Bates College Florida Southern College Northeastern University Temple University Bentley University Fordham University Northwestern University The Catholic University of America Berklee College of Music Georgetown University Norwich University The George Washington University Boston College Gettysburg College Parsons The New School for Design The University of Tampa Boston University Gordon College Pitzer College Trinity College Bowdoin College Hamilton College – NY Pratt Institute Tufts University Brown University Hampshire College Providence College Tulane University Bryant University Hartwick College Quinnipiac University Union College Carnegie Mellon University Harvard University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States Military Academy Champlain College Harvey Mudd College Rhode Island School of Design University of California Chapman University High Point University at Los Angeles Roanoke College Coastal Carolina University Hobart and William Smith Colleges University of Chicago Rochester Institute of Technology Colby College Indiana University–Purdue University of Colorado at Boulder University Indianapolis Rollins College Colby-Sawyer College University of Connecticut James Madison University Sacred Heart University Colgate University University of Delaware Johns Hopkins University Saint Anselm College College of Charleston Knox College Saint Michael’s College College of the Holy Cross Lafayette College Santa Clara University College of William and Mary Lehigh University Savanna College of Art and Design Colorado College Lesley University Sciences Po Paris Columbia University Lewis & Clark College Skidmore College Connecticut College Loyola Marymount University Slippery Rock University Cornell University Loyola University Maryland of Pennsylvania Curry College University of Denver University of Notre Dame University of Virginia Wesleyan University University of Maine University of Oregon University of Wisconsin, Madison West Virginia University University of Maryland, University of Pennsylvania Ursinus College Western New England University College Park University of Rhode Island Utica College Wheaton College MA University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Richmond Villanova University Wheelock College University of Massachusetts, University of Rochester Wagner College Whitman College Dartmouth University of South Carolina Warren Wilson College Williams College University of Miami University of Southern California Washington and Jefferson College Worcester Polytechnic Institute University of Michigan University of Southern Maine Washington University in St. Louis Yale University University of New Hampshire University of St. Andrews, Scotland Wellesley College University of New Haven University of Vermont Wentworth Institute of Technology The benefits of our college Counseling
• It is Pingree’s philosophy that college • Since Pingree college counselors counseling begins the minute a student walks into work with no more than 35 students at a time, the Pingree freshman year, since teachers and advisors relationship between each counselor and student is are immediately guiding the students’ educational very personal and close. The counselor gets to know and extracurricular choices towards their intellectual the student well and the student and parents trust the and personal growth and their next steps beyond counselor to guide them through the process wisely, Pingree. taking into account the particular skills, interests, and needs of each family and child. • Special interest evenings are offered for students and parents in all grades. Our • College applications have become more “Athletics in the College Admission Process” program complex in recent years. Should a student apply Early features a panel of coaches, athletics directors, Action? Early Decision? Early Decision II? How does and admissions liaisons from Division 1, 2, and this impact one’s chances of acceptance? How does 3 schools who discuss the recruiting process and this affect financial aid decisions? Navigating this answer questions. Our “Arts in the College Admission terrain requires not only experience, but also time, Process” hosts a group of college professors, wisdom, and sensitivity. Pingree’s Office of College admission officers from a number of art schools, and Counseling offers this to students every day. Their Pingree alumni who pursued the arts in their college doors are open for scheduled one-on-one meetings, education. Our “Financial Information and Planning” impromptu check-ins, college prep classes, and workshops offer information and guidance to families parent meetings every day. on how to pursue aid options.
• The college counseling staff meets with tenth grade parents to introduce them to the college process. Our three counselors explain the importance of course selection for junior year and that each student will have a counselor to work with individually during junior and senior year. • Our counselors not only know their advisees well; they also know colleges and universities throughout the country well. They visit schools around the country, attend professional development conferences, and host more than 100 college representatives on our campus each year. They have cultivated strong relationships with colleges and universities throughout the nation and in several other countries. Consequently, these institutions know who Pingree students are, what kind of education and • Our counselors have extensive character they bring with them to college, and how experience in college counseling and admissions they will contribute to their new academic and social work and have earned the respect of their peers and communities. colleagues. They are frequently asked to speak at conferences nationwide. For the second consecutive • As a result, our college counselors are able to year, Co-Director Meghan Farley has been named guide Pingree students towards the best fit for each to the College Counseling Advisory Board of the one of them. Over the past several years, over three Princeton Review, an honor bestowed on only 25 quarters of Pingree students have been accepted by college counselors from public and independent their first or second choice schools. secondary schools in the country.
• Our counselors work closely with students and families to help them apply for financial aid, scholarships, and grants. As the costs of higher education continue to rise, we believe it is essential that families have support in negotiating the complexities of financing college. Transportation Hampton, NH D Our students hail Options from 51 different communities and
West Newbury D arrive by bus, train, Newburyport D T car, bicycle, and foot. We’ll help your child come to
Lawrence A Pingree School. North Ipswich D Andover A A A Boxford Andover A Topsfield T Bus picks up from and drops off at Hamilton Wenham Commuter Rail Station Commuter Rail Peabody B C Wakefield A Lawrence • Andover • Boxford north Andover • Topsfield Woburn C B B Lynn B Peabody • Lynn • Swampscott Winchester C Swampscott C Medford • Woburn • Winchester Wakefield Medford C D NEW ROUTE Hampton, NH west Newbury • Newburyport Ipswich 2010-2011 Faculty 2013–2014 Teaching Faculty
Monica Brile Richard A. Erickson Ann Foye Eric Haltmeier Edward Kloman Appointed 2001 Appointed 1985 Appointed 2005 Appointed 2011 Appointed 2004 Art Department Chair Art History and College Director of Instrumental English Vocal Music B.F.A., Kent State University Counselor Music B.A., Trinity College B.M.Ed.,Westminster Choir B.A., Amherst College B.A., College of Creative Arts, M.A., Bread Loaf – College, Rider University Jay Esty M.A.T., Brown University West Virginia University Middlebury College M.Ed., Endicott College Reappointed 2010 M.A., Westminster Choir English Jon Gistis College, Rider University Wendy Lawton Kristin Brown Freshman Class Dean Appointed 2012 Appointed 2002 Appointed 1999 B.A., Amherst College History Mary Harbist Science Academic Dean B.A., Trinity College Appointed 2012 B.S., Lindenwood College B.A., Dickinson College Susan Esty M.A.T., Tufts University Science M.A.T, Rollins College M.Ed., Harvard University Appointed 2004 B.A., B.S., University of Director of Advising and John J. Glessner P’98, ’99 Pittsburgh Sheng-Chu Lu Sarah Carpenter ’97 Counseling Appointed 1992 Appointed 2010 Appointed 2007 Psychology History Jeffrey Holmes Mandarin Chinese Spanish B.A., Amherst College B.A., Harvard University Appointed 2012 B.A., Shih Chien University B.A., Middlebury College M.A., Tufts University J.D., Columbia University English (Taiwan) M.A., Columbia University Ph.D., Boston College B.A., Amherst College M.A., UMass-Boston David Goff Crystal U. Davis Katie Faulkner Appointed 2011 Timothy M. Johnson Ann Lyons Appointed 2010 Appointed 2011 French/School Photographer Appointed 2009 Appointed 2003 Dance History B.A., Colby College Head of School Director of Educational B.A., Emory University B.A., Harvard University M.A., Middlebury College Art Resource Center M.F.A., Texas Woman’s B.A., Bowdoin College Junior Class Dean University Steve Filosa Michael Gracey P’15 M.F.A., Maryland Institute B.A., Merrimack College M.A., New York University’s Appointed 2001 Appointed 2003 College of Art M.Ed., Lesley College Tisch School of the Arts. Executive Director English Ed.D., University of of Prep@Pingree B.A., Amherst College Pennsylvania James MacLaughlin ’84 Paul DeCourcy Mathematics M.Ed., Johns Hopkins Appointed 1988 Appointed 2002 B.S., Tufts University University Katherine Karch English Science J.D., Suffolk University Appointed 2003 B.A., Union College B.S., Fitchburg State College Christina Grenier Science M.S.T., University of M.A., Salem State College Dominic Fitzpatrick Appointed 2006 B.S., University of New Hampshire Appointed 2013 Director of Writing Center Massachusetts Kathryn Dedieu ’89 Mathematics English Anna Mae McCoy Appointed 2010 B.A., Bowdoin College B.A., Bates College Christina French Kennedy Re-appointed 2013 Science M.S., University of Maine Appointed 2010 History, Service Learning B.S.C.E., B.A., Bucknell Alice Grossman Mathematics Department B.A., University of University Appointed 1987 Chair Massachusetts, Amherst M.S., MIT Photography B.A., Bowdoin College M.A., Portland State B.A., Marlboro College M.A., Wesleyan University University M.Ed., Lesley University
Kathryn Dedieu, ’89 Science Engineering of Pingree as a place that fosters a Renaissance B.S., C.E., B.A., I like to think Bucknell University education. Pingree concentrates on the whole person: mind, body, and spirit. People in M.S., Massachusetts the Pingree community spend their days immersed in academic, athletic, artistic and Institute of Technology “philosophical challenges. One of the true joys of being a teacher at Pingree is watching students discover new interests or talents through Pingree’s multi-faceted curriculum. “ Jeffrey Holmes 2013–2014 teaching Faculty English (Continued) B.A., Amherst College
Amanda Marquard Michelle S. Ramadan Elizabeth Taft ’73, P’01, ’05, Appointed 2011 Appointed 2010 ’08, ’10 Science English Appointed 1978 B.A., University of Rochester B.A., Brown University Ceramics M.A., University of Illinois at B.F.A., University of Urbana Champaign Andrea Richards Massachusetts Appointed 2008 David Medvitz French Lila Teeters Appointed 2007 B.A., Dickinson College Appointed 2012 Technology Education History B.A., Northwestern University Jason Ries B.A., Vassar College M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School Appointed 2012 M.Ed., Columbia University Technical Theater Director Jessica Moore B.A., Marquette University Robert G. Van Tuyl P’14 Appointed 2005 Appointed 1994 English Department Chair Rosa Rogers Science Department Chair B.A., Middlebury College Appointed 1995 B.S., Trinity College M.A., Harvard University Language Department Chair M.B.A., University of Miami Spanish Eric Olson P’04, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’08 B.A., Vassar College Debora VanderMolen Appointed 1995 M.A., Boston University Appointed 1990 Mathematics Photography B.A., St. Olaf College Beth Savarese ’99 B.F.A., Massachusetts A.L.M., Harvard University Appointed 2003 College of Art Mathematics Two Year Certificate, Meghan E. O’Neill Senior Class Dean New England School students Appointed 2010 B.A., College of the Holy Cross of Photography Pingree Librarian M.Ed., Northeastern B.A., Bishop’s University University Michael Wilmot continually astound me (Quebec, Canada) Appointed 2010 M.A., Dartmouth College Sofia Sidmore History M.L.S., University of California at Appointed 2000 B.A., Colby College with the breadth of their Los Angeles. Spanish B.A., College of the Holy Cross John Young “ Carolyn Paczkowska Appointed 2004 accomplishments. What's even Appointed 1991 Merrill Stabler Mathematics History Department Chair Appointed 2013 B.Math., University of greater, perhaps, is their ability B.A., Middlebury College Spanish Waterloo – Ontario B.A., St. Lawrence University M.A., Brown University B.Ed., University of Western to leave all of their laurels at the Barbara Swanson Ontario Sarika Jain Patel M.A.T., Salem State College Appointed 2010 Appointed 1989 door and engage meaningfully Mathematics Latin Julie Zook B.S., Rutgers University B.A., Colby College Appointed 2011 each day with a multitude of Arlynn D. Polletta Harry “Buddy” Taft P’01, ’05, Spanish Appointed 2013 ’08, ’10 B.A., Grove City College Director of Theater Appointed 1979 M.A., Universidad de Granada subjects. All of this, combined B.A., Manhattanville College Dean of Student Life M.A., Emerson College History B.A., Wesleyan University with a passionate and open- minded faculty, makes Pingree a truly exuberant and dynamic place to learn and flourish. “ The Pingree student is at the center of the Pingree experience where academic excellence flourishes, relationships with a motivated and engaged faculty and staff are strong, and the facilities provide the most conducive environment for success and innovation. The pillars of a Pingree School education are designed to develop and encourage critical thinking, discipline of mind, and civic engagement. Communicate Communicate effectively through written, spoken, non-verbal, and creative means. Navigate Navigate complex information, by gathering, exploring, and assessing sources with adaptive and flexible thinking. Originate Originate in thought and action with imagination, confidence, creativity, and an innovative spirit. Participate Participate fully in the life of the community, collaborating, asking questions, initiating ideas, taking risks, and leading by example. Relate Relate with empathy, seeking to understand diverse perspectives while being mindful of the impact of actions and words on others and on the environment.
Sofía Sidmore Spanish Pingree is a rewarding place to work because B.A., College of we set high standards for our students and faculty. This encourages us to the Holy Cross “ continue learning and reviewing our content and curriculum. Pingree faculty members are open to new ideas including technology, instructional practices, and emerging philosophies. I feel fortunate to work in an environment that strives for educational excellence. “ Dedicated to academic excellence and development of high personal standards, Pingree believes that a love of learning flourishes best in a diverse community that respects truth, curiosity, creativity, humor, and independent and imaginative thinking. Above all, Pingree strives to instill in its students integrity, decency, compassion, self-esteem and commitment to one another and to the world at large.
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Pingree School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration policies, scholarship, and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. Pingree is a grade 9–12 independent co-educational day school.
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