The Pingry School - Definition and Overview

The Pingry School is a private college preparatory day school for K-12 education with two campuses in New Jersey. The Short Hills campus is for students in kindergarten through the 6th grade. The Martinsville campus is for grades 7 to 12.

Dr. John F. Pingry founded the school in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1861 as a boy's school. In the 1970s Pingry became co-educational.

Pingry's motto is "Maxima reverentia pueris debetur," a Latin phrase meaning "The greatest respect is owed to the boys".

Notable alumni

• William Halsey, Admiral in the United States Navy
• James C. Kellogg III, former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Douglas Macrae, writer of Ms. Pac-man and the interactive TV listings menu that originated on satellite TV.
• N. Gregory Mankiw, economist
• Andrew McCarthy, actor
• Edward A. Weeks, Jr., former editor of The Atlantic Monthly magazine.
• Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, actors and directors of the American Pie series of movies.

External link

• Pingry School official website (http://www.pingry.org)