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After thousands of practices and nearly 800 games, the Pennington School's turf field has been extensively upgraded. The original turf field, named for recently retired longtime faculty member Tom Liwosz, was purchased second-hand in 2009 from the New York Jets training facility. Ever since, the field has been an essential resource for Pennington's athletics program and home to some of our School's most honored annual traditions and community celebrations. It is a place where our students, families, alumni, and friends joyfully come together and share their Pennington pride.
The Girls in STEM club recently won the grand prize in the Lemonade Stand Contest, a competition by Whalebone Magazine and Faherty Brand designed to kickstart projects and small business. Girls in STEM's winning entry was a proposal for their hybrid sanitary napkin project.
Nicholas D’Amour ’19 will be competing in the Tokyo Olympic Games in archery. Nicholas, who is currently ranked third in the world in the men’s recurve division, will represent the US Virgin Islands.
Beatrix Kim '23 won third place in the 2021 Fighting Words Poetry Contest, an international Pulitzer Center competition for students in grades K–12. Kim's poem, "when we are at sea," was selected from over 725 entries from eleven countries and twenty states. In addition to a cash prize, Kim's poem is featured on the Pulitzer Center website.
Nineteen Pennington School students competed in the year-long American Computer Science League (ACSL) contest, which tests students from all over the world on computer science concepts. The team, which competes in the highly competitive Senior 3 division, tied for the silver medal with one other school and finished only two points behind the first-place team.
The Pennington School held a graduation ceremony on June 10 for 36 students completing studies in its Middle School. After an invocation from Head of Middle School Chrissie Knight, Head of School William S. Hawkey presented opening remarks.
Academics News
After thousands of practices and nearly 800 games, the Pennington School's turf field has been extensively upgraded. The original turf field, named for recently retired longtime faculty member Tom Liwosz, was purchased second-hand in 2009 from the New York Jets training facility. Ever since, the field has been an essential resource for Pennington's athletics program and home to some of our School's most honored annual traditions and community celebrations. It is a place where our students, families, alumni, and friends joyfully come together and share their Pennington pride.
The Girls in STEM club recently won the grand prize in the Lemonade Stand Contest, a competition by Whalebone Magazine and Faherty Brand designed to kickstart projects and small business. Girls in STEM's winning entry was a proposal for their hybrid sanitary napkin project.
Beatrix Kim '23 won third place in the 2021 Fighting Words Poetry Contest, an international Pulitzer Center competition for students in grades K–12. Kim's poem, "when we are at sea," was selected from over 725 entries from eleven countries and twenty states. In addition to a cash prize, Kim's poem is featured on the Pulitzer Center website.
Arts News
Beatrix Kim '23 won third place in the 2021 Fighting Words Poetry Contest, an international Pulitzer Center competition for students in grades K–12. Kim's poem, "when we are at sea," was selected from over 725 entries from eleven countries and twenty states. In addition to a cash prize, Kim's poem is featured on the Pulitzer Center website.
This year's edition of Pennyroyal, Pennington's student art and literary magazine, is chock-full of extraordinary poems, prose pieces, and works of art.
James Horan, teacher of music, composed an anthem honoring the memory of John Lewis, the civil rights leader and congressman. "Your Turn to Let Freedom Ring (The Ballad of John Lewis)," performed by the Pennington Singers, was played during the Chapel celebration of Black History Month on Wednesday, February 17.
Athletics News
After thousands of practices and nearly 800 games, the Pennington School's turf field has been extensively upgraded. The original turf field, named for recently retired longtime faculty member Tom Liwosz, was purchased second-hand in 2009 from the New York Jets training facility. Ever since, the field has been an essential resource for Pennington's athletics program and home to some of our School's most honored annual traditions and community celebrations. It is a place where our students, families, alumni, and friends joyfully come together and share their Pennington pride.
Nicholas D’Amour ’19 will be competing in the Tokyo Olympic Games in archery. Nicholas, who is currently ranked third in the world in the men’s recurve division, will represent the US Virgin Islands.
The following senior student-athletes carried the torch each day into their games and practices this spring. They each made their mark on Pennington Athletics as they contributed to the growth of their respective teams.