As a Community, Pingree’s teachers, students and trustees are resolute in our focus on innovative approaches to teaching, learning and design thinking. Our shared commitment increases collaborative opportunities, interdisciplinary and experiential programs and authentic professional development. We are are able to look forward with pioneering confidence because of the people who came before us, the faculty, alumni and trustees who developed the culture and mission to guide our future. The passions and vision for it all begins with Robin Rogers, our founding headmaster.

In early November, a group from Pingree traveled to St. George’s School in Rhode Island to join in a memorial celebration of Robin’s life. An alum of St. George’s, Robin taught at his alma mater before and after his tenure at Pingree. The service was fitting of a friend, school leader, and master teacher.

Former students and colleagues spoke of Robin’s passion for learning and school life, his belief in students and his creative disciplinary tactics. Stories of his sharp wit and wisdom filled St. George’s beautiful Gothic chapel. A long-time chaplain and friend of Robin’s spoke of the seeds that educators sow, of the toil in the sowing, and of the rejoicing at harvest. With Robin, the harvest is reflected in generations of students, who, years later, come back to share their gratitude. For Pingree, the harvest is reflected in a thriving, joyful, adaptive, forward-thinking school.

I received numerous supportive notes from Robin over the years, commenting on our recent strategic efforts. He would have been glowing with pride to join us as we opened our new Arts and Athletics facilities and celebrated our reunions, especially our first 50th, this September.

We learn from Robin about the importance of passion, of finding that thing that moves you and taking hold of it, of giving ourselves over to something bigger than ourselves. This sort of passion, when harnessed and sustained, changes lives, and in our case, creates a school that educates the future. The momentum of Pingree School and the stories within this magazine owe a debt of gratitude to the man who modeled the way. - Timothy M. Johnson

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