Pingry School Explained

The Pingry School
Motto:Maxima reverentia pueris debetur.
The greatest respect is due students.
Type:Private Day school
Headmaster:Tim Lear[1]
City:Basking Ridge and Short Hills and Pottersville
State:New Jersey
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.62°N -74.5672°W
Enrollment:841 (as of 2017–18)
Faculty:118 FTEs
Ratio:7.1:1
Us Nces School Id:02043698
Class:16 students in Lower School, 14 in Middle School, 13 in Upper School[2]
Sat:Middle 50%: 620-730 critical reading, 630-760 math, 630-760 writing[3]
Tuition:$47,336 (2022–23 for grades 9–12)[4]
Endowment:$91 million[5]
Budget:$46 million[6]
Athletics:20 varsity sports
Colors: Blue and
White
Team Name:Big Blue
Mascot:Big Blue (bear)
Athletics Conference:Skyland Conference
Newspaper:The Pingry Record[7]

The Pingry School is a coeducational, independent, college preparatory country day school in New Jersey, with a Lower School (K–5) campus in the Short Hills neighborhood of Millburn, a Middle (6–8) and Upper School (9–12) campus in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township, and a campus for experiential learning in Pottersville. The school was founded in 1861 by John F. Pingry.[8] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Student body

The school currently enrolls 1,129 students; 288 at Short Hills and 841 at Basking Ridge; 270 in the Middle School and 571 in the Upper School. Students come from 100 area communities in twelve counties and over 90 municipalities in New Jersey.[9]

As of the 2017–18 school year, the middle and upper schools had an enrollment of 841 students and 118 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.1:1. The school's student body was 48.5% (408) White, 22.0% (185) two or more races, 18.1% (152) Asian, 9.0% (76) Black and 2.1% (18) Hispanic.[10]

In 2022, the SAT and ACT scores for the middle 50% of students were 1290-1540 and 30-34, respectively.[11]

The school claims an acceptance rate across all of its grades of 12%.[12]

Awards and recognition

Niche ranks Pingry 1st on its list of 2023 Best Private K-12 Schools in New Jersey and 2nd on its list of Best College Prep Private High Schools in New Jersey. Over the years, Pingry has been frequently ranked by Niche in the top 3 in New Jersey and in the top 1% nationally.[13]

History

Pingry School was founded by John Francis Pingry, a Presbyterian minister, in 1861 to provide both scholastic training and moral education for boys.[14] The outbreak of the American Civil War that year caused enrollment to dry up at the Pingry Select School for Boys, an academy Pingry had founded in 1854 in Roseville. After learning that the only professional educator in Elizabeth, New Jersey had decided to enlist in the Union Army, Pingry moved to Elizabeth in 1861 where he founded the Pingry School.[15] Although Pingry gave talks on Proverbs and used the Bible for instructional purposes, the school has never been affiliated with any church or denomination.

The school moved from the Elizabeth schoolhouse to the Parker Road campus in 1893. After Pingry retired in 1893, several headmasters with relatively short tenures held his position.

C. Mitchell Froelicher was headmaster from 1917 to 1920. He was succeeded by Charles Bertram Newton who focused on the Country Day School philosophy and served until 1936.[16] From 1936 to 1961, E. Laurence Springer was headmaster, and his tenure was the longest in Pingry's history.[17] He oversaw the 1953 move from Elizabeth to Hillside, New Jersey, and a new facility constructed at a cost of $1.6 million (equivalent to $ million in).[18]

Early in the 1970s, Pingry began the transition to a coeducational school. The first female students, who graduated in 1976, were succeeded by other young women who today represent half the student body. Pingry grew again by merging with the Short Hills Country Day School to become a school with grades from kindergarten through grade 12. In this period of about twenty years, David C. Wilson and H. Wescott Cunningham each served as headmaster.

In 1983, the school moved to Martinsville, a rural area in the Watchung and Somerset Hills. The campuses are approximately 25 minutes apart, and both are located near the New York metropolitan area, which continues to provide many outside resources to supplement the classroom.[19] The old campus in Hillside is now used as a campus of Kean University. In 2013, the Martinsville location was renamed to "Basking Ridge" in an effort to make it easier to locate the campus using automated mapping tools.[20]

In 1987, John Hanly became headmaster. He served until 2000. Today, the Hanly Lecture on Ethics and Morality holds his name. John Neiswender became headmaster after Hanly, and served until 2005. Nathaniel Conard was headmaster from July 2005 to mid-2019. In late 2018, the school announced that Matt Levinson, of University Prep in Seattle, would be Head of School after Conard retired in mid-2019. Since Pingry's day, there have been 16 headmasters. Currently, Levinson holds the post, his appointment effective mid-2019.

Pingry School's motto is Maxima reverentia pueris debetur, a Latin phrase literally meaning "the greatest respect is owed to the boys." Since becoming co-educational, the school has modified the motto's translation to "the greatest respect is due to the students." John Pingry's personal motto, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Prov. 1:7), hangs as a sign in the C.B. Newton Library located at the Basking Ridge Campus.

In April 2020, the school received an unspecified amount in federally backed small business loans as part of the Paycheck Protection Program. The school received scrutiny over this loan, which was meant to protect small and private businesses. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tweeted that the schools should return the money, but Levinson stated they were keeping it, despite having an $80-million-plus endowment, due to the "significant challenges to our ability to serve our community" caused by the pandemic.[21] [22]

In February 2021, Purnell School announced that it would cease operations upon the completion of the 2020-2021 academic year.[23] Later that year, Pingry School paid $5 million for the 82acres campus in Pottersville in Somerset County, which will be used as an extension of its existing campuses.[24]

Athletics

The Pingry School Big Blue[25] competes in the Skyland Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Essex, Morris, and Somerset counties in west central New Jersey, and operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[26] Pingry is also a member of the New Jersey Independent School Athletic Association. Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had previously participated in the Colonial Hills Conference which included public and private high schools covering Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in west Central Jersey.[27] With 435 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public A for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 381 to 1,454 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group I for public schools).[28] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group B (equivalent to Group I for public schools) for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 64 to 223 students.[29]

The school offers 33 varsity teams, with a total of over 70 teams covering seventh to twelfth grade. Many of the school's athletes have been recognized as athletic scholars, and many have gone on to play for college teams. In addition, the school's facilities include two full-court gymnasiums, a 25-meter indoor pool, a state of the art weight and aerobics room with full-time trainers, athletic training room with full-time staff, full locker rooms for women, men and visiting teams, The Miller Bugliari '52 World Cup Field (which has hosted World Cup practices for the '95 Italian National team, the '02 United States National team, and the '13 Ecuadorian National Team) for soccer and baseball, Parsons Field (which offers stadium seating, a press-box and a scoreboard with a sound system) for football, lacrosse and track and field events, 212acres total that allow for a cross-country course, 12 tennis courts, and numerous practice fields including the John Taylor Babbitt '07 Memorial Field. The Miller A. Bugliari Athletic Complex was opened in 2017 and includes eight squash courts, two basketball gyms and a weight room.[30]

Pingry's soccer program has been led by Coach Miller Bugliari, who has coached the team for more than 60 years.[31] His 765 wins through 2011 ranked him as the second-winningest boys' soccer coach in the nation.[32] Bugliari was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in 2018, in recognition of his 58-year career coaching record of 850-116-75.[33] The boys soccer team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1995 (defeating Bishop Eustace in the finals), 1996 (vs. Wildwood Catholic High School) and 2014 (vs. Hawthorne Christian Academy), and won the Non-Public A title in 2001 (vs. Christian Brothers Academy), 2006 (vs. Christian Brothers), 2008 (vs. St. Augustine Preparatory School).[34] The 2006 team finished the season with a 16-2-2 record after winning the Parochial A state title by beating Christian Brothers Academy by a score of 1-0 in the tournament final;[35] during the season, the team also beat Don Bosco Prep, Delbarton School and Seton Hall Prep along the way, which (together with Christian Brothers) accounted for each of the previous four years' playoff losses. In 2007 the men's team climbed to fifth nationally. The girls' soccer team won the 2001 Parochial North A state sectional championship with a 1–0 win vs. Immaculate Heart Academy.[36]

The baseball team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1994, defeating St. Augustine Preparatory School in the tournament final.[37]

The boys cross country running team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1989-1992, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012 and 2013. The program's nine state titles are tied for sixth-most in the state.[38] In the 2005 and 2006 school years, the team won the conference championship as well as the Non-Public B state championship.

The girls tennis team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1991 (defeating Moorestown Friends School in the final match of the tournament), and won the Non-Public A title in 2002 (vs. Paul VI High School), 2003 (vs. Red Bank Catholic High School), 2004 (vs. Notre Dame High School), 2012 (vs. Kent Place School), 2013 (vs. Academy of the Holy Angels) and 2016 (vs. Kent Place). The program's seven state titles are tied for tenth-most in the state.[39] In 2003, the team didn't lose a single set in a 5-0 win in the finals against Red Bank Catholic.[40] The 2016 team won the Non-Public A title with a 3-2 win against Kent Place in the finals played at Mercer County Park.[41]

The girls soccer team won the Group I state championship in 1996 (as co-champion with Glen Rock High School), 1998 (vs. Glen Rock), and won the Non-Public A title in 2001 (vs. St. John Vianney High School), 2004 (vs. St. John Vianney), 2006 (vs. Red Bank Catholic High School), 2011 (vs. Red Bank Catholic), 2012 (vs. Immaculate Heart Academy), 2018 (vs. Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child) and 2019 (vs. DePaul Catholic High School) The program's 10 state titles are ranked fourth in the state.[42]

The wrestling team won the Non-Parochial B North state sectional championship in 1998.[43]

The girls cross country running team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1999, and won the Non-Public A title in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010.[44]

The field hockey team won the North II Group I state sectional title in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005, and won the North I/II combined Group I title in 2003. The team won the Group I state championship in 2000 (defeating runner-up Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School in the tournament final), 2001 (vs. Shore Regional High School), 2003 (vs. New Egypt High School) and 2004 (vs. New Egypt).[45] The 2000 team finished the season with a 25-0 record after winning the Group I title with a 4-0 win in the championship game against a Gloucester City team that had only lost once all season and hadn't been shut out all year.[46] The 2003 field hockey team won the Group I state championship with a 2–1 win over New Egypt High School in the tournament's final match.[47] The 2004 team repeated as Group I champion, defeating New Egypt High School in the tournament final.[48]

The girls' outdoor track and field team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 2001-2007. The program's seven state titles are tied for fifth among all schools in the state.[49]

The boys' lacrosse team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 2006 (defeating Morristown-Beard School in the final of the playoffs), 2015 (vs. Morristown-Beard), 2016 (vs. Montclair Kimberley Academy), 2017 (vs. Eustace Preparatory School) and 2018 (vs. Immaculata High School) The program's five state title are tied for seventh-most in the state.[50]

The boys track team won the Non-Public Group B spring / outdoor track state championship in 2007, 2009 and 2012.[51]

The boys swimming team won the Non-Public B state title in 1995-1997 and 2008-2020. The program's 16 state titles are ranked fifth in the state while the streak of 13 titles from 2008 to 2020 is the state's longest.[52] The 2013 boys team won all 11 events in the meet and defeated Newark Academy 131-39 in the Non-Public B finals.[53] In 2015, the team won the Non-Public B title with a 119-51 win against Gloucester Catholic High School in the tournament's final match.[54]

The girls swimming team won the Non-Public B state championship in 1997, 1998, 2010, 2014 and 2015.

The girls spring / outdoor track team won the Non-Public B state championship in 2001-2007; the program's seven group titles are tied for seventh in the state and the seven-year streak is tied for second-longest.[55]

The boys track team won the indoor track Non-Public Group B state championship in 2009.[56] The girls team won the Non-Public B title in 2017.[57]

The boys tennis team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 2014, against runner-up Delbarton School in the final match of the tournament.[58]

The girls track team won the Non-Public Group B state indoor relay championship in 2017.[59]

The girls fencing team was the épée team winner in 2020.[60]

The Pingry Middle School squash team won the 2013 Middle School Nationals, after reaching their previous best of sixth place overall in 2012. Pingry won their first two rounds by scores of 5–0 vs. Bala Cynwyd / Welsh Valley and Greenwich Country Day School, then defeated second-seeded The Haverford School A team by a score of 3–2 in the semis. In the finals, the team played Brunswick School, the top-ranked middle school team in the country and defending champion. After winning the first two matches, the team held on to win the championship by a 3–2 margin.[61]

The boys' ski team won the NJSIAA state title in 2024.[62]

Accreditation

The Pingry School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools,[63] the National Association of Independent Schools, the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools[64] and the New Jersey Department of Education. The Pingry School is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling.

Sexual abuse scandal

Initial allegations

On March 29, 2016, The Pingry School sent a letter to "parents of current students, the entire alumni and school trustees" informing them that the School had "recently learned from a few of our alumni that students were sexually abused by Thad Alton, an employee of Short Hills Country Day School from 1972 to 1974 and, following the merger of the two institutions, an employee of the Pingry School from 1974 to 1978."[65] The letter stated that Pingry had hired a security firm to conduct an investigation on behalf of the school. The letter was signed by Headmaster Nathaniel E. Conard and Jeffrey N. Edwards, chair of the board of trustees.

At that time, Crew Janci LLP,[66] "a law firm that specializes in suing schools and youth organizations for their negligent handling of sexual abuse[,] announced it has been investigating Alton's tenure at Pingry for over a year."[67] Crew Janci LLP's investigation on behalf of the victims was "credited with persuading the 166-year-old [Pingry] school to launch its own investigation[.]"[68] Crew Janci's website made clear that its investigation on behalf of the victims would continue, despite the announcement of the Pingry School's commissioning of an investigation.[69]

On April 1, 2016, The Star-Ledger revealed court documents indicating that Alton had previously been convicted for his sexual abuse of Pingry students. The spokesperson for the Pingry School was quoted as responding to this information by saying: "I'm afraid such a conviction is news to us" and that "[i]t wasn't until recently that the [Pingry] school's current administration knew anything about this situation in the '70s, which prompted us to act[.]"

A news article published on April 8, 2016, detailed how Alton moved from Pingry School in 1978 to The Peck School, "10 miles away in Morristown."[70] The Peck School sent a letter to its alumni explaining "that Alton had nothing but 'positive job references' when he was hired, fresh from six years at the Short Hills Country Day School, which merged with Pingry."[71]

After leaving the Peck School in 1979, Alton continued on as an educator at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York until he was arrested in December 1989 in relation to his sexual abuse of more than 50 children.[72]

On April 27, 2016, The Star- Ledger ran a report of interviews with several of the victims.[73] Then, on April 28, "Pingry Survivors" – a group of individuals who were sexually abused as children while at Pingry— posted an open letter to the "Pingry Community."[74]

In their open letter, the Pingry Survivors stated their goals as follows: "(1) For the Pingry Community to learn the whole truth about the extent of the problem of child sexual abuse at the Pingry School – including a complete and accurate disclosure about the School's response at the time of the abuse (and since); (2) For The Pingry School to hear, understand, and acknowledge the suffering of each victim and to make meaningful amends; and, (3) For The Pingry School to dedicate itself to ensuring that this history can never be repeated (including an independent review of policies, practices, and culture, as well as implementation of meaningful changes)." The Pingry Survivors went on to say that they "hope that we and the current Pingry School leadership – with the support of the greater Pingry Community – can find a path forward that is collaborative and allows for true healing and reconciliation."

Outcome

During the year following Pingry's announcement of its investigation in March 2016, the school's child sexual abuse scandal was mentioned in multiple national media reports on private schools with pervasive sexual abuse in their pasts, including Vanity Fair[75] and The New York Times.[76]

On March 28, 2017, The Pingry School released a letter announcing that it had concluded its "independent investigation into the sexual abuse allegations and circumstances surrounding Thad Alton's tenure." The school posted a "Report to the Pingry Community" on a website other than its official page called "www.pingryresponse.org."[77] It is unclear whether the school received a more comprehensive investigative report. The "Report to the Pingry Community" substantiated 27 victims of child sexual abuse by Alton, as well as abuse by other former Pingry faculty and staff.[78]

The school announced that their investigator's report "affirms the abuse by former Pingry teacher and assistant Lower School principal Thad Alton.[79] Pingry's investigative report revealed that at least one "school board member learned of Alton's activities in 1979," but that the Pingry School "never shared the information with its faculty, alumni or the family of its students."

The school acknowledged in its letter that "the culture, structure, and policies of the school... allowed such atrocities to occur in the past." The school asserted:

"[W]e are deeply sorry for the pain the survivors have suffered, and are grateful to them for coming forward. In our commitment to ongoing efforts to fully understand and address these troubling events in Pingry's past, we will be engaging with survivors to learn how we can best support them. Our hope is to heal as a community and continue to foster the culture of safety and well-being that our students deserve. This healing requires our continued partnership, collaboration, and candor."

In the days after the release of the Pingry School's report, victims of abuse at Pingry went to the media with their stories about the abuse and the impact it had on their lives.[80] [81] In some of those media reports, the "Pingry Survivors" group asserted "their school knew what was going on" with the abuse at the time it was occurring.

Alton has never been criminally prosecuted for his sexual abuse of most of the Pingry victims. He lives in Manhattan and is a registered sex offender in the State of New York.[82]

On December 4, 2017, an article appeared on the front page of The New York Times detailing Pingry's attempts to invoke to statute of limitations to avoid compensating former students who were victims of sexual abuse at the school.[83]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.pingry.org/hp/news-page/news-pop-up-page/~post/the-pingry-school-names-timothy-p-lear-92-as-next-head-of-school-20220202 "The Pingry School Names Timothy P. Lear '92 as Next Head of School"
  2. https://www.pingry.org/about/ataglance Pingry At a Glance
  3. http://www.pingry.org/uploaded/Academics/college_counseling/1022-Profile15_10_8_.pdf 2015 Class Profile
  4. https://www.pingry.org/admissions/tuition-value Tuition & Value
  5. https://www.privateschoolreview.com/endowment-stats/new-jersey Average Private School endowment in New Jersey
  6. http://digital.turn-page.com/i/400273 2013–2014 Pingry Annual Report on Giving
  7. https://www.pingry.org/hp/pingry-record-archives The Pingry Record
  8. Book: Lurie . M.N. . Siegel . M. . Mappen . M. . Encyclopedia of New Jersey . Rutgers University Press . 2004 . 978-0-8135-3325-4 . June 22, 2019 . 640.
  9. http://www.pingry.org/admission Admission
  10. https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=02043698 School data for The Pingry School
  11. https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1635178938/pingry/ullwqrhdt4kbvxdls11j/2021-2022ProfileADM.pdf Pingry School Profile
  12. https://www.pingry.org/we-are-pingry/pingry-at-a-glance At a Glance
  13. https://www.niche.com/k12/the-pingry-school-basking-ridge-nj/ Niche Pingry School
  14. van Tassel, Priscilla. "Private Schools Wrestling With Diversity and Identities", The New York Times, October 13, 1991. Accessed March 1, 2024. "The most recent entries on the valedictorian plaque at the Pingry School in Martinsville would probably surprise John Francis Pingry, a Presbyterian minister who founded the school in 1861 for the sons of wealthy Elizabeth business leaders."
  15. Book: Noonan, Timothy . The Greatest Respect: Pingry at 150 Years . Heritage Histories . 2012 . 978-0-9851585-0-7 . Chapel Hill, NC . 2–5.
  16. via Associated Press. "Charles B. Newton", The Press of Atlantic City, June 11, 1936. Accessed March 1, 2024., via Newspapers.com. "Charles Bertram Newton, 64, headmaster of Pingry School since 1920, died at his home today. Illness had forced him to withdraw from active school duty last September. He was recognized as one of the founders of the country Day School movement in this country and was associated with secondary schools since his graduation from Princeton in 1893."
  17. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-e-laurence-springer-to/142441954/ "Pingry Head Will Retire"
  18. https://www.nytimes.com/1953/02/15/archives/new-pingry-school-in-jersey-dedicated.html "New Pingry School In Jersey Dedicated"
  19. http://www.pingry.org/about/history.html History of The Pingry School
  20. http://www.pingry.org/page.cfm?p=10 History
  21. News: Elite Prep Schools, Set Back by Virus, Face a Quandary on Federal Aid . . April 29, 2020 . May 13, 2020 . At Pingry, the head of school, Matt Levinson, concluded that the “economic conditions brought on by Covid-19 have presented significant challenges to our ability to serve our community.” He added that “we are grateful to have qualified for the PPP program, and appreciate that it will allow us to retain all our faculty and staff in a time of declining revenues, rising costs, and great financial uncertainty.” . Protess . Ben . McCabe . David .
  22. News: Think Twice, Mnuchin Tells Prep Schools Seeking Virus Loans . . May 2020 . May 13, 2020 . The Pingry School, with campuses in Short Hills and Basking Ridge, N.J., and a roughly $80 million endowment, confirmed that it qualified for the program but did not disclose a loan amount. . Protess . Ben . McCabe . David .
  23. Makin, Cheryl. "Pingry plans to open campus at former Purnell School in Bedminster", Courier News, June 21, 2021. Accessed July 26, 2022. "The Pingry School, an independent, co-educational, K-12 day school with campuses in Basking Ridge and Short Hills, announced Thursday that it is in the final stages of acquiring the campus of Purnell School in the Pottersville section of the township.... The acquisition comes after Purnell School’s February announcement that it will cease operations after 57 years upon the completion of the 2020-2021 academic year.... The 82-acre Pottersville campus — a 20-minute drive from Pingry’s Basking Ridge campus and a 40-minute drive from its Short Hills campus — includes 22 buildings."
  24. https://www.newjerseyhills.com/bernardsville_news/news/pingry-completes-purnell-purchase-in-bedminster-for-5m/article_d35ab38d-635d-5b97-87bb-32847ee503e3.html "Pingry completes Purnell purchase in Bedminster for $5M"
  25. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/pingry-school Pingry School
  26. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
  27. https://web.archive.org/web/20101119074316/http://www.colonialhillsconference.com/ Home Page
  28. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020
  29. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-08/Football%20%2722%20%26%20%2723.pdf NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2022–2024
  30. https://www.pingry.org/about/our-facilities/millerabugliari52 Miller A. Bugliari '52 Athletics Center
  31. Gay, Jason. "He’s Coached the Same Team for 63 Years, and He’s Not Retiring. He Has a Playoff Game. An afternoon on the pitch with the New Jersey high school soccer legend Miller Bugliari", The Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2022. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  32. Shealer, Sheldon. "All-Time Winningest Boys' Soccer Coaches", ESPN, March 13, 2012. Accessed February 3, 2021. "765, Miller Bugliari, Pingry School (Martinsville, N.J.), 1960-2011 (active) [765-92-48]"
  33. Knego, Lauren. "Soccer: Pingry's Bugliari to be inducted into National HS Hall of Fame", Courier News, June 30, 2018. Accessed February 3, 2021. "The Pingry School's Miller Bugliari, the nation's winningest high school soccer coach, will be inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame on Monday.... Bugliari, who ranks second nationally in boys soccer coaching victories, has been at the helm of Pingry's boys soccer program for 58 years and has compiled a record of 850-116-75. Under Bugliari, the Big Blue have won 15 Prep A championships, three Non-Public A titles, three Non-Public B championships and 27 county titles, including a record-setting five consecutive championships from 2004-2008."
  34. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/19-boys-soccer-history.pdf NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer
  35. Chodan, Melissa. "Pingry wins state title on rare goal by Fechter", Courier News, November 15, 2006. Accessed February 3, 2021. "He finally answered it Tuesday in the Pingry School's New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Non-Public A boys soccer championship-game victory over Christian Brothers Academy. rechter s hrst-halt goal stood up in the Big Blue's 1-0 victory at The College of New Jersey."
  36. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=9377&tclass=Parochial%20North%20A 2001 Girls' Soccer – Parochial North A
  37. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-baseball-history.pdf NJSIAA Baseball Championship History
  38. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/19-xc-group-team-champions_0.pdf NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions
  39. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/19-girls-team-tennis-history.pdf History of NJSIAA Girls Team Tennis Championships
  40. Staff. "Pingry, Bernards take group championships", Courier News, October 24, 2003. Accessed March 3, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The Bernards High School and Pingry School tennis teams reached the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament of Champions by winning group titles Thursday at Mercer County Park.... Pingry stormed past Red Bank Catholic 5-0 in the Parochial A finals without losing a set."
  41. Mendelowitz, Andy. "Tennis: Pingry, Ridge and New Providence win Group titles", Courier News, October 20, 2016. Accessed January 19, 2021. "New Providence High School and Pingry each gutted out 3-2 victories to respectively capture NJSIAA Group I and the Non-Public A crowns.... In the Public A final—there were no semifinals—Pingry defeated Kent Place 3-2. The Big Blue got wins from both doubles and third singles."
  42. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/19-girls-soccer.pdf NJSIAA History of Girls Soccer
  43. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-wrestling-history.pdf NJSIAA Wrestling Team Championship History
  44. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/19-xc-group-team-champions.pdf NJSIAA Girls Cross Country State Group Champions
  45. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/19-girls-field-hockey-history.pdf History of the NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships
  46. Schnatz, Pete. "Gloucester shut out in title game; The Lions were mauled by the Pingry School, 4-0, for the NJSIAA state Group 1 field hockey championship.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 20, 2000. Accessed March 8, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "It was a number foreign to the Gloucester field hockey team, whose high-octane attack had scorched opposing defenses en route to yesterday's NJSIAA state Group 1 championship match.... Using a voracious ball-control offense to control play throughout the game, the Pingry School dominated and beat Gloucester, 4-0, in frigid conditions at the College of New Jersey, in losing for just the second time this season Gloucester dropped a 3-2 decision to eventual state Group 3 champion Cumberland last month the Lions (16-2-2) suffered their first shutout.... Pingry (25-0) jumped on top with 19 minutes, 8 seconds remaining in the first half."
  47. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=49655&tclass=Semifinals%20%2F%20Group%20Finals 2003 Field Hockey – Semi-finals / Group Finals
  48. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=83384&tclass=Semis%2FFinals 2004 Field Hockey – Semis/Finals
  49. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/20-spring-track-group-history.pdf Summary of Group Titles Girls
  50. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-boys-lacrosse-history.pdf NJSIAA Boys Lacrosse Championship History
  51. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/20-history.pdf NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys
  52. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-swimming-history.pdf NJSIAA Boys And Girls Team Swimming History
  53. Kelly, Carol J. "Pingry dominant in swim to title", Courier News, February 25, 2013. Accessed January 25, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "After the first few races, it was clear that the top-seeded Pingry School was in command of the NJSIAA Non-Public B boys swimming team final at The College of New Jersey on Sunday. Pingry, the five-time defending champions, ended up winning all 11 events, crushing Newark Academy to claim a sixth straight state title with a score of 131 to 39."
  54. Deakyne, Brian. "Boys' Swimming: No. 6 Pingry secures eighth straight Non-Public B title with win over Gloucester Catholic", NJ Advance Media, February 21, 2015. Accessed May 5, 2015. "Behind a number of impressive performances and dropped times, Pingry, No. 6 in the NJ.com Top 20, defeated Gloucester Catholic, 119-51, to win its eighth consecutive NJSIAA Non-Public B championship at The College of New Jersey."
  55. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-08/21-spring-track-group-history.pdf NJSIAA Girls Spring Track Summary of Group Titles
  56. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-01/Boys%20Indoor%20Track%20%26%20Field_0.pdf Boys Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023
  57. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-01/Girls%20Indoor%20Track%20%26%20Field.pdf Girls Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023
  58. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-team-tennis-history.pdf History of Boys Team Tennis Championship Tournament
  59. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/20-relay-history.pdf History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships
  60. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/20-girls-fencing.pdf NJSIAA History of Girls Fencing Championships
  61. https://www.pingry.org/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=616 National Championship for Middle School Squash
  62. Epstein, Craig. "Skiing Team Championships: Pingry boys, Vernon girls capture state titles", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 27, 2024. Accessed May 17, 2024. "Ironically enough, its skill of going down a hill led Pingry to victory as it finished with a score of 11:38.15, beating out Delbarton (11:45.28) and Pope John (12:53.47)."
  63. http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(37NJ)&org=CIWA The Pingry School
  64. http://www.njais.org/page.cfm?p=365 List of Member Schools
  65. News: Elite prep school investigating allegations of decades-old unreported sex abuse . The Star-Ledger . November 2, 2017.
  66. Web site: Sexual Abuse & Crime Victims – Crew Janci LLP: Sexual Abuse Attorneys . Crew Janci LLP: Sexual Abuse Attorneys . November 2, 2017.
  67. News: Teacher at center of prep school sex probe played strip poker with pre-teen boys . The Star-Ledger . November 2, 2017.
  68. News: Abuse victim hid secret for decades; now he's telling his son . charlotteobserver . November 2, 2017.
  69. News: Pingry Victims' Attorneys Separately Investigating – Crew Janci LLP: Sexual Abuse Attorneys . March 28, 2016 . Crew Janci LLP: Sexual Abuse Attorneys . November 2, 2017.
  70. News: New details reveal how Pingry sex offender moved from school to school . The Star-Ledger . November 2, 2017.
  71. News: Prep school says at least 2 students were molested by former teacher . The Star-Ledger . November 2, 2017.
  72. Web site: The Journal.
  73. News: 'Ted's kids' detail years of alleged abuse by Pingry teacher . The Star-Ledger . November 2, 2017.
  74. News: Pingry Survivors' Introduction Letter – Pingry Survivors . April 29, 2016 . Pingry Survivors . November 2, 2017.
  75. Vanity Fair . Magazine . Vanity Fair . Vanity Fair . November 2, 2017.
  76. News: A Legal Industry Built on Private School Sex Abuse . Harris . Elizabeth A. . September 28, 2017 . The New York Times . November 2, 2017 . 0362-4331.
  77. Web site: The Pingry School . pingryresponse.org . November 2, 2017.
  78. Web site: T&M Protection Resources, LLC Report.
  79. Web site: The Pingry School . pingryresponse.org . November 2, 2017 .
  80. News: Abuse victim hid secret for decades; now he's telling his son . charlotteobserver . November 2, 2017.
  81. News: Pingry victim speaks publicly about abuse allegations, report says . The Star-Ledger . November 2, 2017.
  82. Web site: Sex Offender Recaptcha Page – NY DCJS . criminaljustice.ny.gov . November 2, 2017.
  83. News: In Sex Abuse Cases, an Expiration Date Is Often Attached . Harris . Elizabeth A. . December 4, 2017 . The New York Times . December 5, 2017 . 0362-4331.
  84. Nemcek, Brenda A. "Watch Warren's Michael Arrom on Glee Friday", TAP into Warren, February 5, 2005. Accessed March 4, 2021. "Michael Arrom, a 20-year-old resident of Warren and graduate of Pingry School, will perform in two episodes of the FOX television series, Glee. He is scheduled to appear on Feb. 6 and 13."
  85. News: The Pingry Review – Summer 2018 . August 9, 2018 . Issuu.
  86. https://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/hanna-beattie/6926 Hanna Beattie
  87. Longland, Julia. Clear round!: Interviews, p. 162. Mayflower Books, 1978. . Accessed December 24, 2019. "Frank Chapot was born on 24th February 1932 at Camden, New Jersey. The son of a salesman who rode for pleasure in his spare time and competed occasionally, Frank attended nearby Pingry School and graduated from Pennsylvania State University before military service in the USAF."
  88. Web site: October 6, 2015 . Indians elevate Antonetti, Chernoff to new roles .
  89. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/feb_05_03/personal_chertoff.html More Personal Look at DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff
  90. Web site: Career Day Returns to Pingry with Keynote Speaker Buzzy Cohen '03 . 2022-04-25 . www.pingry.org . en-US.
  91. Staff. "In Memoriam", The Pingry Review, Spring 2007. Accessed July 9, 2013. "'30 – William A. Conway died on March 31, 2006. Although William didn't finish high school and started work as an errand boy on Wall Street, he later began what turned out to be an illustrious banking career."
  92. https://umterps.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/mael-corboz/3186 Mael Corboz
  93. https://guhoyas.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/rachel-corboz/7131 Rachel Corboz
  94. Staff. "Frances Adams A Fiancee; Senior at Connecticut College Will Be Wed to Robert C. Crane", The New York Times, September 29, 1942. Accessed February 12, 2011.
  95. http://www.bentleypublishers.com/author.htm?authorId=43 Mark Donohue: Master of the Science of Speed
  96. Horowitz, Steven J. "Paul W. Downs' Feminist Ideals Are in His Work, Not on a T-Shirt", Esquire, June 19, 2017. Accessed March 14, 2022. "Comedy and acting have always been Downs' calling. Native to Sussex, New Jersey, he attended the private institution The Pingry School for his high school years, participating in its acting program and swimming, the latter of which he continued at Duke University for a short spell."
  97. Shtrakhman, Darina. "Prestigious Political Position for Steve Elmendorf ʼ78", The Pingry Record, March 10, 2006. Accessed July 9, 2013. "All you need in order to comprehend Steve Elmendorfʼs political prowess is to enter his name into the NYTimes.com search engine. Over the course of his 20-year career, Elmendorf ʼ78 has worked for such prominent Democrats as Dick Gephardt and presidential candidate John Kerry."
  98. Web site: March 7, 1978 . Willard F. Enteman . 2023-01-17 . Bowdoin Orient.
  99. Politi, Steve. "Teammates as kids, N.J.’s Jack Alexy and Matt Fallon are swimming for Paris Olympics stardom", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 23, 2024. Accessed July 30, 2024. "Matt Fallon was up first.... Not even landing at different prep schools — Alexy at Delbarton, Fallon at Pingry — changed that feeling."
  100. Havsy, Jane. "Morris swimmers dreaming of Olympic glory", Daily Record, June 26, 2016. Accessed August 9, 2016. "Nic Fink has been dreaming about swimming in the Olympics since he was a kid growing up in Morristown, watching races on television.... 'It'll be a good race with some good competition,' said Fink, who attended Pingry School and the University of Georgia."
  101. Havsy, Jane (July 21, 2021). "Swimmer Nic Fink, a Pingry graduate from Morristown, ready for 'new journey' at Olympics". Daily Record. Retrieved July 21, 2021. "Now that Fink is in Tokyo, he's trying to carry that feeling along. A Pingry School graduate who grew up in Morristown, Fink's quest for an Olympic medal in the 200-meter breaststroke continues Tuesday."
  102. https://www.pingry.org/uploaded/Student_Life/Publications/Review/review-mar2014.pdf#page=53 "Class Notes"
  103. Staff. "Music Best Bets", Courier News, December 11, 2003. Accessed February 11, 2011. "Like Emmich and Wayne-raised Fountains of Wayne, Guster also has a connection to Jersey. Vocalist-guitarist Adam Gardner is a 1991 Pingry grad."
  104. https://www.pingry.org/uploaded/Student_Life/Publications/Review/review-summer2012.pdf Class Notes
  105. Web site: January 24, 2013 . Hipmunk's CEO And Founder Adam Goldstein Discusses Its New Deals Product And The Road Ahead .
  106. http://www.pingry.org/uploaded/Student_Life/Publications/Review/review-fallwinter2010.pdf#page=64 "Class Notes: 1964"
  107. Weiland, Noah; Schmidt, Michael S. "It’s Mueller’s Investigation. But Right Behind Him Is Andrew Goldstein.", The New York Times, February 25, 2019. Accessed March 14, 2022. "The younger Mr. Goldstein went on to graduate from Princeton and teach government at his high school alma mater, the private Pingry School in Basking Ridge, N.J."
  108. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/229434493/ "School Achievers; Bridgewater"
  109. Web site: July 3, 2017 . The Pingry Review, Summer 2017 by The Pingry School - Issuu . issuu.com.
  110. http://www.pingry.org/page.cfm?p=1026 Achievement in the Arts Inaugural awardees
  111. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97642017/pingry-awards/ "Pingry presents first arts awards for alumni"
  112. [Meyer Berger|Berger, Meyer]
  113. Delia, Olivia. "Alumni Rock Out: Guster, Houston Calls, Tally Hall", The Pingry Record, March 10, 2006. Accessed March 14, 2022. "As artists with unique sounds, alumni Adam Gardner ʼ91 of Guster, Rich 'Okie' Okamoto ʼ00 of Houston Calls, and Andrew Horowitz ʼ01 of Tally Hall have each created distinct identities for themselves in the world of alternative rock music."
  114. Donahue, Chris. "Pingry dedicates", Courier News, May 10, 2003. Accessed February 11, 2011. "The center is named after the late parents of Amos B. Hostetter Jr., who graduated from Pingry in 1954 and his sister Janet Hostetter Wilson."
  115. Web site: News Post . www.pingry.org.
  116. Johnson, Jamie. "Biting the Silver Spoon That Feeds Him, on Film", The New York Times, October 12, 2003. Accessed September 17, 2018. "'I was pretty shocked by what some of the other kids had to say,' said Mr. Newhouse, who met Mr. Johnson at Pingry, a private school in Martinsville, N.J."
  117. http://www.njvoterinfo.org/ge2006/kean.php Thomas H. Kean Jr. Biography (Prepared by staff of the Eagleton Institute from public sources)
  118. Frezza, Harry Jr. "Central Jersey's 7 Olympians gear up", Courier News, July 24, 2004. Accessed February 11, 2011. "Fencer Dan Kellner, a Warren Township native and 1994 graduate of The Pingry School in Bernards, will compete in individual and team foil events."
  119. Staff. "Wayne Kasserman '94", The Pingry Review, Winter 2008.
  120. Staff. "The Kellog Family: Continuing the Pingry Tradition", The Pingry Review, Spring 2007, p. 7. "The Rankin/Kellogg connection to Pingry was renewed decades later when John C. Rankin Jr.'s granddaughter, Elizabeth "Betty" Irwin, married James C. Kellogg III, Pingry Class of 1933. Mr. James C. Kellogg III '33 was the first Kellogg to attend Pingry, setting a tradition for years to come."
  121. http://www.nber.org/vitae/vita354.htm CV for N. Gregory Mankiw
  122. Staff. "New Pingry School in Jersey Dedicated", The New York Times, February 15, 1953. Accessed February 12, 2011. "Dean Mathey, class of '08, board chairman of the Empire Trust Company of New York."
  123. https://www.nytimes.com/1945/10/17/archives/will-retire-this-saturday-as-head-of-public-service.html "Will Retire This Saturday As Head of Public Service"
  124. Staff. "R.H. M'Carter Dies; Lawyer Since 1882", The New York Times, May 31, 1941. Accessed February 12, 2011. "He attended the Pingry School and Newark Academy and was graduated from Princeton in 1882."
  125. Wax, Wendy. The Spiderwick Chronicles Official Movie Companion, p. 48. Simon & Schuster, 2008. . Accessed June 2, 2011. "Andrew McCarthy is Richard Grace, the dad of Jared, Simon, and Mallory.... Andrew began acting when he was a teenager, performing in plays and musicals at the Pingry School, a prep school in New Jersey."
  126. Kuperinsky, Amy. "Fyre Festival creator asks for early release from prison because of coronavirus pandemic", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 15, 2020. Accessed November 22, 2021. "In 2018, McFarland, 28, who grew up in Short Hills and is an alumnus of the Pingry School, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud."
  127. Book: Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide . J.J. Scannell . 1919 . 2 . 364.
  128. Wilson, Judy. "What Exit?", New Jersey Jewish News, December 20, 2007. Accessed February 12, 2011. "A year later, he was enrolled in the Pingry School in Martinsville. 'I had two friends – the two other Jewish kids in my class. I went from being part of the gang in grade school to feeling like a very peripheral kid with a couple of friends.'"
  129. http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/government/the_municipal_council/ronald_c_rice/ Ronald C. Rice – West Ward Councilman
  130. Staff. "Dani Shapiro Is Married to Dan Mitchell Storper", The New York Times, August 24, 1981. Accessed February 11, 2011.
  131. Salgado, Robert J. "Fencing Star and Coach Aim to Parry Europeans", The New York Times, March 1, 1987. Accessed February 3, 2021. "Shelley may retire after that from a sport that has dominated his life since he took it up as a freshman at Pingry School, then in Hillside and now in Martinsville."
  132. Pinsker, Beth. "`Dollhouse' director wary of success: Solondz stays modest despite prizes and praise", The Dallas Morning News, June 22, 1996. Accessed February 12, 2011. "The Pingry prep school in northern New Jersey wasn't kind to him. Neither was Yale. Now, at age 36, he's the poster boy of geek chic – a small man with thinning hair, nasal voice, thick glasses and unfashionable clothes."
  133. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001064 Charles August Sulzer
  134. Riess, Curt. They were there: the story of World War II and how it came about, p. 655. Ayer Publishing, 1971. . Accessed February 27, 2011. "Richard Tregaskis was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on November 28, 1916, and educated at the Pingry Day School for Boys, Elizabeth, New Jersey, at Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey, and at Harvard University."
  135. https://www.pingry.org/arts/hostetter-arts-center Hostetter Arts Center Gallery
  136. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97632124/sailor-carl-van-duyne/ "Young Sailor Races for Medal This Week at Olympic Games"
  137. Staff. "ClassNotes", The Pingry Review, Fall-Winter 2010. Accessed November 11, 2013. "Class of 1990... Although Gillian Vigman makes her living mostly from commercials, she has a recurring role on CBS' The Defenders. You can also see her in small roles in such films as Step Brothers, The Hangover, and Aliens in the Attic.

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