P ROUDLY P INGREE Pingree 2014–2015 Eric Stacey ’81 As you embark on Welcome to Pingree School! Director of Enrollment the exciting process of choosing a secondary school, please read this 2014–2015 Management viewbook, go to our website, visit our campus, and talk to our students and faculty. B.A., Colorado “ College 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. 2014 – 2015 September 29 Tours and Interviews start R “ Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A October 25 November 18 Information Night, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. December 6 ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) December 13 SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test) LEND A January 10 SSAT (Secondary School Admission Test) January 15 Application Deadline February 2 Financial Aid Deadline March 10 Admission decision notification April 3, 6, 8 Revisit Days for Accepted Students April 10 Deadline for accepted students to notify Pingree May 9 Placement tests administered to new students May 19 Spring Open House ADMISSION C Consult the website for details about steps in the application process. ADMISSION TEAM: Eric Stacey ’81 Mary Dyer P’98, ’02 Michael Posternack Denise DeChristoforo Director of Enrollment Management Senior Associate Director of Admission Associate Director of Admission Admission Office Coordinator Dr. Timothy FACTS AND FIGURES Johnson Pingree is a college preparatory day school in South Hamilton, Head of School B.A., Bowdoin College Massachusetts. Our teachers guide students and open M.F.A., Maryland their minds to new intellectual, artistic, athletic, and Institute College personal challenges. of Art Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania Campus size: 100 acres Enrollment: 336 Average Graduating Class: 85 Hometowns of Students: 50 Welcome to Pingree! Stairs: 444 What comes to mind when you hear the word Elevators: 3 “balance”? The first time you were able to Faculty with Advanced Degrees: 64% “ ride a bike without falling off? The time you whooshed down the mountain on skis in total Student/Teacher Ratio: 7:1 control? Or when you held your arms out from Average Class Size: 13 your sides and put one foot directly in front of Students of Color: 16% the other without having to step off the top edge of a curb? Means of Transportation to Pingree: train, bus, car, bike, feet At Pingree, “balance” conveys so much more. Average Length of Faculty Tenure: 12 years For our students, balance means being able Number of AP Scholars Last Year: 11 Scholars, 5 with Honors, to participate fully in academics, athletics, 5 with Distinction and the arts every day at school. Indeed, 2013 National Merit – Commended Students: 4 we consider all three “A’s” important and Fireplaces in Original House: 15 necessary for problem solving, creativity, and originality to flourish — indeed, for the growth Seniors Accepted to College: 100% and development of healthy minds and bodies. Students Participating in Pingree Athletics: 89% Thank you for your interest in Pingree. Please Students Participating in Arts at Pingree: 82% take a look inside these pages to get a glimpse Graduates Playing Collegiate of our thriving community. You will see that Athletics (2012–2014): 20% at Div 1, 2, & 3 Schools balance is infinitely complex but absolutely within reach at Pingree. The possibilities for Families Receiving Financial Aid: 35% students here are limitless. “ Every day I walk in ACADEMICS AT PINGREE the front doors of Pingree School, in view of the state of the art academic “wing, new art center and field house, ENGLISH FOUR YEARS REQUIRED I feel fortunate that the heart of our GRADE 9: Sharing Voices school remains a home. More than the GRADE 10: Literary Forms; Creative Writing elective building makes Pingree School a home. GRADE 11: American Literature or American Cultural Studies (offered with History Department); Creative Writing elective It is the atmosphere of trust, support, GRADE 12: A choice of semester seminars (one required each semester) that may include courses such as American Family Drama, Creative Non- curiosity, and commitment. It is the Fiction, The Middle East: A Mosaic of Literature, Soil and Humanity, environment that encourages teachers Playwriting & Dramatic Literature, Engaging with Thoreau, Caribbean Literature, The Shape of the Word, Nature of Place, Landscape of and students to think critically, embrace Literature, and Creative Writing intellectual risks, and consider the ideas HISTORY and perspective of others. It is the culture THREE YEARS REQUIRED that values all its members as people, GRADE 9: Themes in World History: Cultures in Conflict GRADE 10: Modern European History not just as teachers and students. What GRADE 11: U.S. History, Advanced Placement U.S. History, or American Cultural an amazing place in which to teach, Studies (offered with English Department) learn, and grow! GRADE 12: (Or grade 11 with department approval) Elective seminars such as History of Racism, Economics of Globalization, Applied Ethics, Migration Studies, World Issues, Honors Art History, Big Ideas, Latin American History, Century of Genocide, Just War, Modern American History through the movie Forrest Gump, or Advanced Placement Art History “ Kristin Brown Academic Dean SCIENCE B.A., Dickinson College THREE YEARS REQUIRED, TO INCLUDE Ed. M., Harvard BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND PHYSICS University Motivated students may, with permission, double up on science classes in junior or senior years. GRADE 9: Biology or Accelerated Biology GRADE 10: Chemistry, Accelerated Chemistry, or Honors Chemistry GRADE 11: Physics, Accelerated Physics, or Advanced Placement Physics I GRADES 11 AND 12: Science electives that may include Engineering, Anatomy, Ecology, Oceanography, Advanced Placement Biology, Advanced Placement Environmental Science, Advanced Placement Physics II, and Advanced Placement Chemistry For course descriptions and graduation requirements, consult the Academics pages on our website at www.pingree.org ARTS ONE YEAR REQUIRED Kelsey Dion ’15 GRADE 9: Introduction to Performing and Visual Arts (students rotate through all the arts during the school year) GRADE 10: Choice of a variety of electives including Drawing and Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Photography, Dance, Theater, Technical Theater, Building Arts, Music Technology Lab, as well as various instrumental and vocal ensembles GRADE 11: Choice of a variety of electives as noted above (including advanced honors level options), Honors Music Theory, Composition & Improvisation, and Music Technology Lab GRADE 12: Choice of a variety of electives as noted above MATHEMATICS THREE YEARS THROUGH MATHEMATICS III REQUIRED Please note that students may place into higher levels than what is noted below. Motivated students may, with permission, double up on math classes in junior or senior years. has al- GRADE 9: Mathematics I: Methods in Algebra, Geometry, and Probability; or Mathematics II: Methods in Pingree Algebra, Trigonometry, and Numerical Analysis lowed me to explore GRADE 10: Mathematics II: Methods in Algebra, Trigonometry, and Numerical Analysis; Mathematics III: who I am and who I Methods in Advanced Algebra, Geometry, and Proof; Honors Mathematics III: Methods in want to be. I’ve been Advanced Algebra, Geometry, and Proof GRADE 11: Mathematics III, Honors Mathematics III, Pre-Calculus, or Honors Pre-Calculus afforded the opportunity GRADE 12: Calculus, Advanced Placement Calculus AB, Advanced Placement Calculus BC, Introductory to discover my interests, Statistics, Inferential Statistics, Advanced Placement Statistics, Pre-Calculus, or Honors Pre- ranging from partici- Calculus for students starting in Math I in grade 9. pating in three varsity LANGUAGE sports, singing in the a THREE YEARS IN ONE LANGUAGE REQUIRED cappella group, and French: Levels I, II, III, Honors III, IV, Honors IV, Advanced French Literature and Civilization, and Advanced Placement traveling to DC for our Spanish: Beginning, Accelerated I, II, Advanced II, III, Honors III, IV, Honors IV, Advanced Spanish Model UN club. This is Literature and Civilization, Conversational Spanish and Advanced Placement entirely due to the fact Mandarin: Levels I, II, III, IV, V, and Conversational Mandarin that, at Pingree, we feel Latin Studies offers an elective option. The course emphasizes the Roman and Greek bases of our modern world. at home and safe while GRADE 9: Options include French, Spanish, or Mandarin. also feeling empowered GRADE 10: Progress to next appropriate level. May take second language. to stretch outside our GRADE 11: Progress to next appropriate level. May take second language. comfort zones. GRADE 12: Progress to next appropriate level. May take second language. I love H Block classes. I H BLOCKS took one every semester I was at Pingree. I took Pingree Singers, the Art of Recycling, Interested in genetics? Food justice? Financial literacy? Creative writing? “and Creative Writing. My H block classes Improv? Contemporary music ensemble playing? Constitutional law? allowed me to get to know underclassmen Mindfulness? Advanced photography? Digital storytelling? in a way I hadn’t before. Creative writing Pingree students in all grades choose from among courses like these each has now become a big part of my life. Two year. Our unique H Block courses offer students 1/2 credit opportunities in conflict-free time slots to take semester-long special interest classes with of my pieces workshopped in this class peers in all grades. were published last spring. I would not be Because H Block classes are half credit, they are easy for students to add the writer I am today without my H Block to their schedules. Freshmen are encouraged to try one! It’s a great way for them to make friends in other grades. creative writing class. H Block classes Teacher proposals for H Block cover topics outside the general curriculum. appealed to me because I could elect Many of these courses are interdisciplinary; a few have embedded service to take a class that truly interested me learning components.