The Pike School
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The Pike School, founded in 1926 by Cynthia E. Pike, is an independent, coed day school in Andover, Massachusetts that serves students in grades Pre-kindergarten through Nine. The mission statement is: "The Pike School seeks to develop within its community a life-long love of learning, respect for others, the joy of physical activity, and a creative spirit.
"A Pike education is a journey that prepares students to be independent learners and responsible citizens." (http://www.pikeschool.org/home/pikeglance/mission)
One of the following languages is also mandatory:
Additionally, in the seventh grade and eighth grades, most students will also take Latin
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In ninth grade, students drop one language, either Latin or their modern language (Spanish or French).
Pike offers a 9th grade program.
The Pike School Speech Team competes in the Massachusetts Middle School Forensics League. They go to the Junior Forensics Finals annually and have received the "School of Excellence" for the past six years.
In September 2008, Pike opened the Dahod Center for Community and Creative Thinking, which includes a new performing arts theater and expanded arts facilities.
"A Pike education is a journey that prepares students to be independent learners and responsible citizens." (http://www.pikeschool.org/home/pikeglance/mission)
General information
It enrolls approximately 438 students in grades pre-kindergarten through ninth. The school is divided into three sections: lower school (pre-kindergarten through second grade), middle school (third grade through fifth grade), and upper school (sixth grade through ninth grade). The average class size in upper school is 15 students. The current head of school is John "Muddy" Waters.Courses
The following courses are mandatory in grades sixth-eighth:- EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
- ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
- ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
/DramaDramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
/MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
(each is taken for one term each year)
One of the following languages is also mandatory:
- SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
Additionally, in the seventh grade and eighth grades, most students will also take Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
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In ninth grade, students drop one language, either Latin or their modern language (Spanish or French).
Pike offers a 9th grade program.
Athletics
- Soccer
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
*Try-outs required* - HockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
- TrackTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
*Try-outs required* - SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
Clubs
- Math Club
- Affinity Group (open to students of color)
- Chess Club
- Multi-Cultural Group (open to all students)
- Model UN
- Literature Circle
- Verbatim
- Web Team "Sprites"
- Speech Team
- Knitting Club
- Magic The Gathering Club
The Pike School Speech Team competes in the Massachusetts Middle School Forensics League. They go to the Junior Forensics Finals annually and have received the "School of Excellence" for the past six years.
External links
In September 2008, Pike opened the Dahod Center for Community and Creative Thinking, which includes a new performing arts theater and expanded arts facilities.