In November 2022, ChatGPT, the generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI, went live. Some schools panicked. Some banned it outright. Others waited, hoping the technology would recede like other digital trends that had promised to transform education and then quietly hadn't. Pine Crest chose a different path. Within weeks of ChatGPT's release, Pine Crest convened a cross-divisional think tank of faculty to wrestle with a forward-looking question. How do we empower students to harness this technology ethically, creatively and with purpose?

In 2019, Pine Crest faculty, staff, and administrators created and finalized the School’s strategic plan to be executed over the course of the following five years under the leadership of President Dr. Dana Markham ’18H.

by Ivy Pisani, Innovation Instructor

By Danielle Weisfisch ’20

Today’s pre-primary aged students are presented with a variety of different tech tools, many of which we use at Pine Crest School.