At the end of my first year at Park, I want to pause to reflect upon my family’s and my move across the country from sunny California to Goddard Avenue. The opportunity to work in a PreKindergarten to Grade 8 school, specifically Park, which has a national reputation for excellence in elementary and middle school… Keep Reading
Congratulations to the Class of 2019! Our soon-to-be graduates have completed their arc at Park in stellar fashion. They are academically and socially prepared to be leaders on their next schools’ campuses, both public and private listed below. Collectively, they submitted 233 applications to over 45 independent schools. Not surprisingly, our students continue to be… Keep Reading
What does a ten-year educational arc look like? Intuitively, we understand that children grow tremendously from age 4 to 14. Those ten years are truly transformational for children. To better understand the arc in application, we traced a single strand as children grow up at Park: literacy. Lower Division by Young Ju Rhee, Park Parent… Keep Reading
Tori Alvarez returns to Park as 2019 Graduation Speaker six years after her own graduation from Grade IX. Since Park, Tori has lived and studied in the Boston area, on the West Coast, and abroad. Throughout, she’s maintained a commitment to community service and an interest in language and culture that has roots in her… Keep Reading
At the end of each school year, the Park Library launches faculty and staff into summer with The Informed Teacher presentation, a celebration of “very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction and nonfiction for the adult reader.” Inspired by the long-standing tradition of the ALA Notable Books List, our own selections are… Keep Reading
Summertime is always the best of what might be. ~ Charles Bowden Park students, faculty, and parents all agree – summer is special! It is a time to slow down, relax, have fun, recharge, and eat popsicles. Just the mention of “summer” can make you smile, get a far away look in your eye, or… Keep Reading