Co-Curricular Experience

Advanced Pingree Educational Experiences (APEX)

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

APEX American Cultural Studies

This interdisciplinary, year-long course offers full credit in both English and history. We’ll study key historical topics and read influential literary texts, as well as consider how art, music, film, and popular culture all play a role in shaping our culture and defining who we perceive ourselves to be as individuals and as a nation.

APEX Environmental Science

APEX Environmental Science will equip students with a comprehensive understanding of scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies essential for unraveling the interconnected dynamics of the natural world. Environmental justice is at the core of the coursework, with a focus on the unequal impact of global change on different populations. The course integrates a focus on civic engagement, with students gathering local data and proposing sustainable changes or new community programs.

APEX Pingree Music Ensemble

This course serves as a pinnacle of music studies at Pingree and is geared toward students who have developed and refined their musical skills through prior courses and personal work. This course will require students to synthesize skills learned in prior courses in order to fulfill expectations that explore the intersection of musical performance, creation, and research. In each trimester, students will participate in individual and collaborative performances within and beyond the Pingree community.

APEX Calculus: A World in Flux

This APEX calculus course explores the mathematics of change. The goal is to understand how calculus can lead to deep insights, powerful real-world models, and practical problem-solving techniques. Beginning with a limits-based approach to understanding an “instantaneous rate of change” and progressing through the essential techniques of derivation to the “accumulation of change” and integration, this course will provide an interdisciplinary appreciation of how calculus can model the world around us.

COURSE LIST

English

  • APEX Creative Writing
  • APEX Existential Literature - The Meaning of Life
  • APEX Voices of Captivity - Literature of Incarceration

History/Social Science

  • APEX Historiography of the Holocaust
  • APEX Art History: Navigating Canons and Cultures

English/History/Social Science (double block, double credit)

  • APEX American Cultural Studies

Language

  • APEX French: The Evolving Global Reach of French-Language Culture and Identity
  • APEX Spanish: Art and Social Change in Spanish-Speaking Communities
  • APEX Chinese

Math/Programming

  • APEX Calculus: A World in Flux
  • APEX Statistics: The Power of Data
  • APEX Computer Science: Coding and Society

Science

  • APEX Biology: A Scientific Exploration of Life
  • APEX Chemistry: Green Organic Chemistry
  • APEX Environmental Science: Sustainability in the Face of Global Change
  • APEX Physics
  • APEX Engineering: The Just Energy Transition

Arts

  • APEX Music Ensemble: Roots and Influences
  • APEX Music Ensemble: Explorations & Innovations
  • APEX Studio Art Changemaking: Origins & Influences
  • APEX Studio Art Changemaking: Innovators & Improvisers
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