Anyone who is lucky enough to peek into our preschool classrooms knows what a magical experience our youngest students are having. At the beginning of the year, these classrooms start off deliberately neutral, with the idea being that the classroom environment should evolve organically to reflect the community of children it is serving. However, by …
One of the absolute greatest things about being a student at Parker is the love and support that flows into our school from our broader community. The importance of our wider community in nurturing the lives of our students cannot be understated. Knowing that parents, grandparents, and special friends value their school helps children feel …
Snapshot | November 12, 2021 One unique and special attribute of our middle school experience is our 8th grade student-led assemblies. Prior to the pandemic, these assemblies were open to our entire Parker community and held weekly on Friday mornings. Our entire student body attended, along with any parents, grandparents, trustees, or friends who were …
Our children have shared so many difficult experiences these past two years in school together — from wearing masks to learning online, giving up social traditions to remembering to physically distance while playing. This past Tuesday, many of our Parker 5-11 year olds finally got to share another difficult but hopeful milestone as they were …
Snapshot | October 28, 2021 When you look back on your experience as a middle schooler, what do you remember? For most of us, memories of middle school are a mixed bag of very big emotions. The middle school years are primarily marked by change — changes in schedules, changes in bodies, changes in …
This fall, we celebrated the launch of our brand new Forest Toddler program here at Parker. Forest Toddlers is designed for children ages 18-36 months and their caregivers, giving both the opportunity to connect, explore, and learn together outdoors on our beautiful, 77-acre campus. There was no question that the right teacher to pioneer this …
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This Thursday, students in our 1-2 and 8th grade classes spent the day at Staats Island collecting science data as a part of the annual A Day In The Life of the Hudson event. The eighth graders took on the role as science teachers for our younger students, leading them through stations where they learned about aquatic life …
Dear Parker Community, We all just lived through a year of schooling that was previously unimaginable. Here at Parker, we brought kids back to school full-time, in person, during a pandemic. We rearranged schedules and seating and outdoor classrooms to accommodate everyone’s safety. We also rearranged curriculums and priorities and goals to ensure EVERY child …
Walking the halls here at Parker is beginning to feel like home again. Student work is going up on bulletin boards and being featured in classrooms, and our building is beginning to hum with the vibrant student interpretations of inspiring projects that our teachers have launched. Parker has always been a school that thrives on …
Here at Parker, we believe that children learn and thrive when they are part of a community that sees who they are, hears their voice, and then supports each whole child as they establish their identity within their classroom. Nurturing a cohesive community of individuals is so integral to the culture here at Parker that …