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Friday Night Lights

Celebrations and cheers during Friday Night Lights in September—an all-school community event and the Football Team’s only night game of the season. Pingry defeated Newark Academy 54-7.

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Honor Board Chair Olivia Telemaque ’22 and Student Body President Giles Burnett ’22 collecting students’ signed Honor Code pledges during Convocation, the official beginning of the school year. The event was held on Parsons Field on September 10 and included a moment of silence to remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

Boys’ Varsity Soccer Head Coach Miller Bugliari ’52, P ’86, ’90, ’97, GP ’20, ’24 celebrated his 900th win this fall (a 1-0 victory over the George School on October 9). Having helmed the team since 1960, he is the first New Jersey high school boys soccer coach—and only the second high school boys soccer coach in the country— to reach this milestone. With the win, his record as of October 9 was 900-128-76.

Lower School employees held their end-of-year party in the spring. at right: Head of School Matt Levinson, retiring Grade 5 Language Arts Teacher Dr. Joan Pearlman P ’89, ’92, ’96, Lower School Director (now Assistant Head of School for the Short Hills Campus) Dr. ThuNga Morris, and former Lower School Director Ted Corvino P ’94, ’97, ’02.

Latin I cooking at the farm. In October, Upper School Latin Teacher Judy Lebowitz’s Latin I class was in the midst of a unit on Roman food and cooking. Students researched recipes from the ancient Roman cookbook of Apicius and created a menu that needed to include an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert, all taken from Apicius’ cookbook. Some of the menus included a dish called Pepones et Melones (Water and Honey Melons), and since many of the ingredients are available on Pingry’s farm, Upper School Science Teacher and Assistant Director of Experiential Education (Sustainability) Olivia Tandon helped the class organize a visit to the farm. There, the students used Pingry-grown cantaloupe, parsley, honey, and herbs to make the dish.