Verdesca’s Tunes: Listen and Learn
By Allie Verdesca (VI) Transitioning from summer to fall is tough. Having to balance a new schedule while also getting back into the swing of schoolwork makes it easy to get overloaded with new information. However, one of the benefits of this season of change is the...
Elliot’s Take on Today’s TV
By Alexis Elliot '18 Shots fire out at a local gas station. The culprit? Up-and-coming rapper Paper Boi. Atlanta opens up with a scene that epitomizes the message of the show: minor mistakes cause major damage. Coming off the heels of an Emmy award, Atlanta is a show...
Fu’s Favorites for Fall Fashion
By Kristine Fu '19 Although the summer season of sundresses and denim shorts has sadly ended, fall is the perfect season to mix and match your summer wardrobe with cozy sweaters and cardigans. With temperatures rising and falling from 50 to 75 degrees in a single...
How Much Privacy Do We Actually Have?
By Anna Wood '18 Simply put, media is powerful. A single hashtag or posted message can influence people for months. We’ve seen trends such as store robberies and dangerous stunts. We absorb the posts we see online, oftentimes more than we think we do. As members of...
Dear Freshmen: High School Is A Dim Sum Restaurant
By Felicia Ho (V) Transitioning into high school is a lot like walking into a dim sum restaurant. Sometimes you hear great ‘reviews’ of high school, sometimes you only hear about the huge amount of pressure during high school. However, you never know until you truly...
Editorial: The Bright Side of an Accident
By Megan Pan One morning last week, I was driving myself to school when I got into an accident. It wasn’t anything terrible. I was a little careless on the turn into the school driveway, and my car ended up scraping against the curbside stones. Aside from a harsh...
How Media Makes Us Smarter
By Ketaki Tavan (V) We’re told as children that sitting in front of the TV is a waste of time. It hampers creativity, creates couch potatoes, fosters laziness, and leads to a meaningless existence. We’re told that our time would be better spent reading a book instead....
Leaning into Discomfort in a Partisan World
By Miro Bergam (V) “Lean into discomfort.” This phrase may sound familiar from the multiple diversity assemblies you’ve been asked to attend in your years at Pingry. It is a part of a list of “conversation norms” that Pingry’s diversity work is grounded in. For many...
Editorial: Still Working on Our Story
By Rachel Chen I used to believe that if I didn’t read the end of a book, it never ended. Like if I didn’t finish Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix or Mockingjay, Sirius and Rue would go on existing perpetually, even aging and dying naturally. (Spoiler alert!)...
College: Dive Head First or Take a Breath?
By Darlene Fung (V) I still remember my first day of swimming lessons. Six-year-old me was splashing around, when my instructor clapped his hands and announced, “All right, you’re going to put your head in the water now!” I looked up at him through my oversized purple...
School Spirit Soars at Homecoming
By Allie Verdesca (VI) On a beautiful, hot Saturday in early October, Pingry hosted its annual Back-to-School Day and Homecoming. Just over 900 parents arrived promptly at 8:15 AM, prepared to experience a day in the life of their children’s schedule and a chance to...
Headmaster Conard Addresses National Debate on Free Speech
By Miro Bergam (V) Mr. Conard closed off last week’s morning meeting with a speech addressing our country’s current national debates over the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville and over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. Mr. Conard began his...
Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Author Dr. Momaday Shares His Story
By Paige Maultsby (V) Novelist, poet, and artist, Dr. N. Scott Momaday, visited Pingry on Thursday, October 5, for an assembly, a luncheon, and two creative writing workshops open to both Middle and Upper Schoolers. A Pulitzer Prize winning author and member of the...
Ms. Mahida Steps Into New Role as Form III-IV Dean
By Ketaki Tavan (V) This year, Ms. Carol Mahida, who taught English in the Middle School last year, has taken on a new position in the Pingry community. In addition to teaching two sections of Form III English, She is now the Form III and IV Dean of Student Life in...
Dr. Cottingham Becomes Academic Dean of Upper School
By Miro Bergam '19 This year, Dr. Reid Cottingham will be stepping into a new role in the Pingry community. Formerly teaching English full time, she now assumes the mantle of the Upper School Academic Dean. Dr. Cottingham will also continue her work with the English...