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
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
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
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
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
This has not been a good year for buffets. And eating family-style in a large dining room is out of the question. But Park’s Dining Services team has rallied with the support of the Park faculty and staff and managed to adapt. Chef Anthony Marco was gracious enough to answer my many questions about how… Keep Reading
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
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
A particular joy of my role as Lower Division Head at The Park School is the opportunity to walk the hallways and grounds, witnessing all the learning as it happens every day. It’s a joy that I usually get to share with colleagues and with the many parents who move freely around the hallways, witnessing… Keep Reading
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
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