Middle School Athletics/Activity Blocks

At Play in the Attic! is a fall theatre course that makes use of Pingry's acting studio space, the Attic Theatre. Students will choose a piece of theater, audition for parts, and collaborate in staging the production. They will select costumes, props, as well as devise a set, all from the Attic Theater’s own collections. The final show will be performed under lights, at the end of the trimester, for an audience. Rehearsals will incorporate acting warm-ups, creative blocking and staging exercises, and basic character work that will help young actors gain movement skills, self-confidence, as well as have fun putting on a play.

Head: Trish Wheeler

For a list of our Middle School interscholastic sports teams, which are open to students in Grades 6-8, see the chart above or visit Sports Offered.

To access team schedules by season, visit:

Fall Sports Schedules

Winter Sports Schedules

spring Sports Schedules

Every year the Middle School puts on a musical production. All students are welcome to participate; auditions are held for specific parts.

The Pingry outdoor adventure team will explore the wild areas of the Pingry campus and beyond. Guided by experienced wilderness “coaches,” participants will learn valuable backcountry skills, including map-and-compass, route-finding, fire-building, backcountry cooking, basic plant and animal identification, risk identification and management (safety in the backcountry), team care (pace-setting, group dynamics, etc.), trip-planning, and Leave No Trace principles. On most days, Pingry’s Outdoor Leadership team will “practice” during the normal middle-school athletics period on the beautiful “back forty” of the Basking Ridge campus, which includes nearly one-hundred acres of woods, streams, and pastures. Approximately once a week, participants will travel to nearby parks such as Chimney Rock, the Great Swamp, and Hacklebarney to apply the skills learned on campus to different environments. These will be the equivalent of “game days” for other sports teams.

Head: Jeff Feinberg assisted by Felicia Ballard

P.E. Fit/Sport Academy allows students to both vary their daily activity and become more deliberate about fitness. Each day, students will engage in a different game or activity, including but not limited to basketball, dodgeball and its many variations, hiking, four square, water polo, soccer, football, wall ball, spud, and team handball, with a particular focus—in the fall and spring—on ultimate frisbee. One day per week, students spend time in the Greig Strength and Conditioning Center with Pingry's strength and conditioning coaches to focus on these elements of fitness.

Co-Teachers: Matt Composto and Wade Bryant

Ultimate Frisbee is a highly active team sport incorporating the skills associated with throwing and catching a frisbee. Team play and strategies are also developed in this activity as teams are formed within an intramural league and games are played daily.

In this course, students will work as a team to design, build, and program their own robot. The parameters for the robot will be provided and students will compete against other teams. Students will work on problem-solving skills to debug the code for the robot. This course will emphasize collaboration and teamwork to reach a common goal.

*This is a continuous activity from Fall through Winter. You must commit to the full duration.
**This activity is capped at 15 students.

Every year in the spring trimester the Middle School puts on a musical and students are responsible for all aspects of the production, including tech. This is an opportunity to learn all about and be responsible for the lighting, set design and construction, sound, etc. All students are welcome to participate and be part of this exciting behind-the-scenes team.

This course is designed to empower young teens with practices they can use to create healthy bodies and minds. Today we live in a very fast paced and digital world, with implicit and explicit expectations of achievement. This can create stress which affects the ability of young people to learn, grow, and thrive. We will develop skills to handle stress, maintain emotional balance, and develop empathy for self and others. Physical poses and flowing movements which connect the poses will strengthen, stabilize, and open up the body, creating a sense of vitality and well-being. Breathing exercises, games, visualizations will open up the senses and allow for a feeling of being present, one breath at a time, in a safe space. Yoga, along with relaxation and meditation, has been scientifically proven to increase brain health. Everyday, we will explore ways to relax, nourishing our own lives and enriching the lives of others in the process.