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Learn More About From the Principal Board of Trustees Leadership Philosophy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion History Directions Contact Us Employment Remote Learning Resources COVID-19 About Parker provides our students, and our society, with a specific, invaluable and sustainable resource: Educated people who identify themselves as creative citizens capable of thinking for themselves and listening to others—especially to those who with whom they may not agree—in ways that inspire them to apply their idealism in pragmatic ways as they think critically and act collaboratively to solve problems facing our world. Learn More School Life Beyond the Classroom After-School Enrichment Athletics Clubs and Activities Food Service Summer Programs School Life Learning is always happening at Parker. Before and after classes each day, students have many outlets available to inspire their passions, creativity and critical thinking while learning more about themselves and the world around them. 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Parker School educates students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a diverse democratic society and global community. Parker Alum Raises $55,000 for Equal Justice Initiative 7/6/2020 As protesters poured onto the streets of Boston in early June, When We Disappear author Lise Haines (’69) watched with a growing sense of frustration that she could not join them. Read More “Finally: A Beetle Named After The Beatles” 6/12/2020 US science teacher Ryan Zaremba worked with Taxon Expeditions and uncovered two new species last summer on a trip to Vondelpark in Amsterdam Read More Junior Kindergarten Organizes Virtual Field Day 6/12/2020 Parker’s shift to remote learning required our teachers and staff to adapt and alter many plans; nowhere was this more evident than Field Day Read More Neighborhood Nature Walk in 2nd Grade 6/12/2020 Since they couldn’t all be together at school, Cathy Davidson’s 2nd Grade class held a virtual neighborhood nature walk Read More Pritikin Classes Go Global 6/12/2020 Upper School French Teacher Lorin Pritikin shows how even under stay-at-home conditions, students can “go global” Read More Two Weekly Reporters Receive Best of SNO Awards 6/12/2020 Weekly reporters Nick Skok ’21 and Tess Wayland ’22 received Best of SNO (Student Newspapers Online) Awards, which “showcase excellence in journalism” Read More Share in the Class of 2020 Commencement Exercise 6/9/2020 All are welcome to share in this unique moment in our school’s history and in the lives of our 12th grade students as they are honored and recognized in Francis W. Parker School’s first virtual Commencement Exercise. Read More In Support of Our Colleagues, Students, Alumni and Families of Color 6/1/2020 I have been thinking about our Parker colleagues, students, alumni and families of color, especially, in light of recent events Read More Bite into an Independent Study on Nutrition 5/29/2020 Senior Madeline Friedman has spent the last semester engaged in an Independent Study taking a closer look at people’s relationships with food. By studying diet, food and nutrition, Friedman wanted to gain a deeper understanding of why we need/choose to eat certain foods and how the human body processes and uses nutrients Read More Discovering the Beauty of Math Remotely 5/29/2020 These past months of remote learning have provi...