Tag: The Pennington School
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Eleven students inducted into Cum Laude Society of Pennington School
At The Pennington School’s Senior Prize Ceremony on June 3, Dean of Academic Affairs Scott Peeler announced the names of 11 seniors elected as spring inductees to the school’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society. Eligibility is determined by grade point average, and no more than 20% of the graduating class can be elected—up to…
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Pennington School Aviation Club students design plane, win second place in GAMA challenge
The Pennington School’s Aviation Club team recently won second place in the GAMA Design Challenge, competing against more than 60 teams across the nation. The competition, sponsored by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), challenged high school students to design a plane using flight simulation software. The planes were evaluated based on how fast they…
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Pennington School names members of alumni association
Head of School Bill Hawkey announced the appointment of two new leaders of The Pennington School’s Alumni Association: Jacob Levy ’09 as president, and Coltrane Stansbury ’92 as vice president. As president, Levy will also represent the alumni association as an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees. In these leadership roles, Levy and Stansbury…
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Pennington School students rank nationally in French competition
Two students at The Pennington School have ranked nationally in Le Grand Concours, a national French competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Sophia Farajallah, a freshman from Robbbinsville, achieved the second-highest score in the nation, earning a gold medal, while senior Trinity Pryor of Yardley, Pennsylvania, earned an honorable mention with…
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Pennington School Global Studies students present climate policy proposals
The Pennington School’s Global Studies students participated in the 2021 Global Economic Forum (GEF), sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. The 2021 forum brought teams of high school students together on March 2 in a virtual mock competition for funding from the World Bank. Students were tasked with proposing projects to combat…
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Pennington School student named ‘most improved delegate’ during Model UN conference
A team of Pennington School students attended a virtual Model United Nations (MUN) conference on Dec. 5 and 6, sponsored by the Institute for Domestic and International Affairs at Rutgers University. Twelve Pennington students participated in ConnectMUN: Scott “CJ” Caponi ’22, Maggie Clarke ’23, Jonathan Eaton ’22, Sydney Francis ’22, Soren Lloyd ’24. Ananya Madireddy…
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Pennington School teacher’s new play debuts at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
Anna Leader, teacher of French and English at The Pennington School, won Luxembourg’s national literary contest for young authors three times, and her literary translation work has garnered numerous prizes. Most recently, Luxembourg’s national theater commissioned her to write a play about the coronavirus pandemic. Her play, “Deliver Us,” debuted at the Grand Théâtre de…
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Seven Pennington School seniors to play Division I sports in college
Seven Pennington School seniors signed NCAA National Letters of Intent to play Division I sports in college. The students are Jack Borden (soccer, Lafayette College), David Curtiss (swimming, NC State University), Kylie Daigle (soccer, Rutgers University), Ben Eckerson (swimming, Virginia Tech), Oliver Gassman (swimming, University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Jordan Mahony (soccer, American University), and…
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Author Stephen Crane continues to impact alma mater
Author Stephen Crane has posthumously earned an induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. He joined Fran Lebowitz, General Martin Dempsey and Eli Manning in the Class of 2019-20 during a virtual ceremony in October. Crane is known for the classic novel “The Red Badge of Courage”. The war novel first published in 1895…