Traveling Abroad And Exploring At Home: Seniors Tackle ISPs With Passion
By MIRO BERGAM '19, NOAH BERGAM '21, MEGHAN DURKIN '21, VICKY GU '20, FELICIA HO '19, ANEESH KARUPPUR '21, BROOKE PAN '21, EVA SCHILLER '21, KETAKI TAVAN '19, BRYNN WEISHOLTZ '20. After completing their classes in early May, 139 seniors pursued Independent Senior...
Be that Dim Sum-body at Chengdu 1 Palace
By Felicia Ho '19 Feeling cranky after oversleeping on a beautiful Sunday morning? Looking for a great place to unwind and chat with friends and family? Tired of waiting as the minutes slowly tick by for only a bite-sized meal? Look no further than the dim sum at...
Dear White People Offers Comedy and Criticism
By Alexis Elliot '18 Netflix boasts many originals and blockbusters. In the case of shows like Black Mirror and Narcos, viewers are given a taste of what they are about to watch, obviously, from the show or movie title. However, the show Dear White People is...
Boys’ Lacrosse Mid-Season Update 2018
Outplay, Outwork, Outlast! Pingry boys’ lacrosse is certainly on their way to do all three of these things this season, which began in early March. The team has participated in eleven games so far, and has won the majority of their meets, with a record of 11-7. “We...
Annual Research Exhibit Showcases Student Research in the Sciences and Humanities
By Aneesh Karuppur (III) On April 15, the sixth annual Pingry Research Exhibit, organized by Dr. Colleen Kirkhart this year, featured student-led and student-performed research and engineering projects. New this year were the humanities and...
Girls’ Lacrosse Mid-Season Update 2018
“Lacrosse: Turning violent personalities to world class athletes.” If this statement is true, then most of the twenty members of Pingry girls’ varsity lacrosse team must be in dire need of anger management. Their final regular season record stands at a whopping 14-6....
“Proactive, Globally-Minded” Seniors Break Records in College Admissions
By Miro Bergam '19 This year’s graduating class both applied to and will be attending a record number of colleges. The class of 2018 applied to 183 different schools, nearly matching the record 184 in 2014. The range and diversity of colleges applied to are reflected...
Holocaust Assembly Emphasizes the Importance of the Written Word
By Meghan Durkin '21 On April 13, Pingry’s annual Holocaust Assembly brought to life critical issues of the past and their relevance in society today. Actor Marc Spiegel performed a one-man play entitled Time Capsule in a Milk Can. In 2003, the United States Holocaust...
Juniors and Seniors Rock the Night Away at Prom
By Brynn Weisholtz '20 On Thursday, April 19, the annual Prom was held at the Stone House at Stirling Ridge in Warren for the fourth year in a row. From 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, juniors, seniors, and chaperones alike danced the night away in what was described as a night...
Congratulations New Student Government Representatives!
Form VI Student Body President: Andrew Cowen Class President: Ethan Malzberg Vice President: Matthew Keller Miroslav Bergam Jack Gambello Felicia Ho Allison Matthias Leonard Zhu Form V: Class President: Burke Pagano Vice President: Brian Li Roger Matthews...
A “Whirlwind Year”: Student Body President Michael Weber Re ects
By Michael Weber '18 Wow... it’s over. One whirlwind year as Student Body President and four total years on Student Government, all done as of two weeks ago. The more time I’ve had to reflect on the past year in particular, the more I’ve come to appreciate just how...
Editorial: What Colleges Want
By Rachel Chen '18 If I had a penny for every article or piece of advice I’ve heard about getting into college, I’d be rich enough to actually pay my college tuition. And what I’ve gleaned from them is this: Good grades and test scores are a must, supplemented by...
Embrace the “Weird” and Unexpected
By Shruti Sagar '18 A couple weeks ago, we had our final peer group meeting, and hidden in between a few different side conversations, I heard one of my peer groupies quietly ask how bad junior year really is. I started to talk to him about junior year a bit, and...
Happiness is Only Real When Shared
By Megan Pan '18 Since perhaps as early as the beginning of the year, I have been thinking about what to write for my last editorial. There are so many things I would want to say about my time here at Pingry that it became impossible to choose one aspect that could...
Taking a Leap into the Unknown
By Owen Wolfson '18 About a month and a half ago, I was on a PSPA panel. One of the questions asked was focused on how to further integrate students into the community, and how to make them feel fully included in Pingry life. After Mr. Conard listed off community...
February 1st: A Day in the Journal
By Jenny Coyne '18 This year I started journaling. Every night, after I finished up my WebAssign problem sets, English poetry journals, and French causettes, I would crawl into my bed and begin my nightly reflection. My journal was not littered with earth shattering...
Strength in Numbers: The Empowering Pingry Experience
By Alexis Elliot (VI) On my first day of kindergarten, in 2005, as I walked up the mini ramp towards the Lower School gym, I was beaming with excitement. Our entire grade would be together for gym class. As we all changed out of our school shoes and put on our...
Learning to be Flexible
By Ethan Chung '18 Throughout high school, I have often found myself struggling to find a balance between these two opposite tenets: “College is everything” and “Friendship is the most valuable thing in life.” I have sat through countless speeches delivered by my...
Listening to Unlock Pingry
By Ouarida Benatia '18 I showed up to my first day at Pingry in the September of 6th grade wearing the preppiest outfit I could think of: khaki shorts, a pastel orange shirt, and tennis shoes. I had gone to a Newark public school for my entire life up until then, and...
Class of 2018 College Placement
Zachary Aanstoots University of California, San Diego Arnav Agrawal Cornell University Alexy Alin-Hvidsten Washington and Lee University Naiyah Atulomah Johns Hopkins University Benjamin Barral Trinity College Ouarida Benatia Northeastern University Alice Berndt...
Summer Never Looked So Good
By Kristine Fu '19 This past winter had such unpredictable weather changes that we were left confused as to whether we should grab our snowcoats or umbrellas. After what seemed to be an interminable winter, temperatures have finally started to rise. Spring fashion at...
Boys’ Baseball Mid-Season Update 2018
Led by Head Coach Jake Ross and Captains Max Scherzer (VI) and Nate Hefner (V), the boys’ baseball team has enjoyed relative success so far this year. The team currently holds a record of 5-4 in regular games and a record of 4-2 in conference play. When asked about...
Boys’ Track and Field Mid-Season Update
The boys’ track and field team has started the season off with a strong 1-3 record. The team, led by Coach Mark Sepkowski and Captain Obi Nnaeto (VI), has many outstanding athletes this year. Coach Sepkowski noted that,“Zach Aanstoots (VI) is a school record holder in...
Girls’ Softball Mid-Season Update
The girls’ softball team has finished its regular season with a record of 10-13. Coach Chip Carver said that, in their last three games, “we played our best softball of the year.” Captains Kassidy Peterson (VI) and Maddie Parrish (VI) stayed optimistic throughout the...
Girls’ Golf Mid-Season Update 2018
The girls’ golf team has started their season with an outstanding record! The team, led by Head Coach Rob Mauer and captains Ami Gianchandani (VI) and Christine Shao (V), ended the regular season with a 14-0 record. They placed third with a total score of 315 at the...