In addition to the core academic curriculum, students must take courses in health and fitness to promote the wellness and mind/body integration essential to adolescent development. Through their course work, students have the opportunity to develop an informed, nuanced picture of the world as viewed through the various disciplines and diverse lenses of perspective to practice and hone their powers of higher-order thinking and analysis to refine their skills of lucid, persuasive written and oral communication to exercise and expand their creative imagination and to establish a lifelong passion for learning. Students are encouraged to think and perform independently and to solve problems in innovative ways through group discussion, one-on-one conferences with faculty, and individual work. Our Upper School curriculum is designed to provide an engaging, comprehensive, and stimulating academic program that prepares students to perform at the highest level in college as well as to lead and serve honorably in the larger community. In doing so, we build on students’ strengths and test the areas that most challenge them, laying the groundwork for an imaginative and intellectually vibrant life that will sustain them in college and beyond. Poised on the brink of great opportunity and adventure, Upper Schoolers engage in a college preparatory curriculum that draws on both a diverse array of unique course selections and more traditional pedagogy. Our Upper School students are also active members of their communities, donating thousands of hours to community service projects each year-hours beyond the minimum 10 required of each student per year.

Participation in co- and extracurricular activities is encouraged-from athletics to the arts, Global Programs, student government, science clubs, leadership experiences, and much, much more-in order to explore new interests and hone existing talents. Upper School: A time dedicated to developing independent thinkers, collaborative workers, and honorable, compassionate citizens. At Pingry, students are challenged and encouraged to strive for academic and personal excellence. Learning is hands-on and experiential, wherever possible, and occurs everywhere-in the classroom, laboratory, and art studio, around the campus trails and campsite, and on the stage and field, as well as through individual research, participation in group discussions, and one-on-one faculty conferences that encourage critical thinking and innovative problem solving within a close-knit community.

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