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Fall/Winter 2020

Fall/Winter 2020

DEI at Park: The Work of Community

The launch of Park’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Implementation Plan represents months of collaboration between administration, faculty, staff, and parents centered on ensuring that, as a community of diverse races, religions, cultures, and backgrounds united by a shared mission, we strive to meet our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism.  The Plan itself outlines objectives… Keep Reading

Fall/Winter 2020

Head’s Lines: Silver Linings

In these days leading up to Park’s winter break, I find myself reflecting upon the merry tropes of the winter holiday season. As Head of School, I feel charged with the responsibility to steward all that hope, all those large aspirations, and all of the good cheer forward into the New Year.  And, at the… Keep Reading

Fall/Winter 2020

Letters from the Editor

The Park Parent Examines 2020 We’re so pleased to be publishing this, the first official issue of The Park Parent of this extraordinary 2020-21 school year. Our editors and volunteer writers met back in October for our first editorial meeting. It was later in the term than we usually get started. Given the upheavals in… Keep Reading

Fall/Winter 2020

DEI at Work: The Board of Trustees’ Commitment

The Park School Board of Trustees is actively committed to advancing the School’s work in fostering an anti-racist educational community. Among the Board’s leading priorities this year is supporting and monitoring the DEI Implementation Plan through targeted board development work and also through membership on the DEIIP Steering Committee. In addition, working with the Head… Keep Reading

Fall/Winter 2020

Lessons For Anti-Racist Action

The Parents’ Association DEI Committee invited Park’s School Counselor, Julie Mumford, LICSW, to attend their December open meeting and lead a presentation and discussion regarding race-based microaggressions. Park Parent editorial volunteers attended the meeting, and with the guidance and input of members of the PA DEI Committee, along with Julie, we hope to provide a recap… Keep Reading

Fall/Winter 2020

Park Creates – Fall/Winter 2020

Parents often see work made by our own children and their classmates, but without regularly touring all of Park’s hallways and classrooms, we are bound to miss so much else. This showcase of student art, visual projects, and writing complements the annual curated Park Anthology. “Park Creates” seeks to share an ongoing sampling of the… Keep Reading

Fall/Winter 2020

Check This Out!

Beginning in this issue of The Park Parent, “Check This Out” will feature not only items related to childhood development and education, but as well a wider variety of content from the realms of community engagement, art, and culture. As always, please submit your recommendations anytime to: howland72@yahoo.com. For Kids (mainly!) Something Happened In Our… Keep Reading

Fall/Winter 2020

Ripple Effects: Keeping Park Running Day to Day

Scott Young recently noted that when we opened in September, we were working hard to sustain on-campus learning as long as possible, but we truly were not counting on still being on campus when Halloween came around, let alone considering the potential impact of family holiday plans at Thanksgiving and Winter Break on campus health… Keep Reading

Fall/Winter 2020

Head’s Lines: Giving Thanks for Park

As we approach this most unusual of Thanksgiving holidays, it’s tempting to dwell on the things we are missing. Within our day-to-day on campus, we are missing the accustomed easy interaction with each other, face-to-face. Coffee in the Park lobby. Parents in the hallways. Boisterous children in the Dining Room. And while I do miss… Keep Reading

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