https://parkerschool.org/bookfair/toddler-primary.html Dear Families and Friends,Parker is having an online book fair! This year we are going local and partnering with The Open Door Book Store to bring the book fair online! Our partners at Open Door have curated a list of amazing, high quality, and popular books for us this year, and you can find them all, …
Traditions are unique to human culture and help bond us together. For younger children especially, traditions give them an important sense of belonging, not only to their family, but also to their village. This is an essential component of helping children to define what their community values and figure out what their own identity within …
Dear Parker Community, Parker practices a progressive model of education. Each progressive school tends to invent itself, and yet all trace their roots to the thoughts of American educator and philosopher, John Dewey. One characteristic that progressive schools have in common, stemming from Dewey’s ideals, is that we seek to educate children so that they …
One of the fortuitous new changes the pandemic precipitated this year was the creation of a stand alone Kindergarten classroom here at Parker. An independent Kindergarten class has been a long-standing dream of Parker teachers and administrators alike. Kindergarten serves as a transformative transitional year, both academically and emotionally. This year, especially, we felt it …
Every October, we dedicate one Friday to celebrating our namesake, Robert C. Parker, or as we affectionately refer to him, “Bob.” Bob was the principal of Emma Willard School from 1979 to 1986. He and his wife Marlisa, who directed the PreK-3rd grade Children’s School at Emma Willard, were an inspiration to the parents and …
Teaching at Parker is rewarding for many reasons: Small class sizes mean relationships between students and teachers are strong. Teachers have the freedom to delve deeply into topics of high interest and respond to each class, each year. The ability to exercise creativity and to be in control of their curriculum is very appealing. We …
One hallmark of a Parker education is that we encourage our students to share their time, talents, and energy with others. Our students know that the work they do in the classroom has implications that reach beyond the halls of their school. This sense of creating for an authentic audience inspires students to produce work …
Being in the middle is a position not often celebrated in our society. Middle children, middle of the back seat, a mid-life crisis — all are associated with the need to cope with a special set of circumstances that somehow impacts one negatively. The same can often be said of middle school…but NOT here at …
Nurturing a cohesive community is so integral to the culture here at Parker that it is written right into our mission. As such, the beginning of our school year is full of intentional events designed to strengthen our school community. In a typical year, many of these events would take the form of social gatherings and …
