P ROUDLY P INGREE Pingree 2013–2014 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 R “ A 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) LEND January 4 SSAT (2nd Pingree Scholar Test) (Secondary School Admission Test) A 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 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