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Grandparents Day at Lower School

Parker’s Lower School held its annual “Grandparents & Special Friends Day” last Thursday at the Mission Hills Campus. Students, staff, and faculty welcomed 385 visitors.

Upper School Honors Indigenous Peoples in Land Acknowledgement Ceremony

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As part of advisory this week Upper School students gathered to participate in a Land...

Halloween Festivities at Parker

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It was a wonderfully festive Halloween at Parker. Middle School students and teachers, dressed in...

Upper School Band rocks Homecoming 2019

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Two months of work.

For the past eight weeks, the Upper School Band has been culminating their setlist for Homecoming 2019. The 32-member band performed last Friday during Parker’s Homecoming Carnival with an hour of music ranging from the Parliment-Funkadelic classic, “Give Up The Funk,” to a medley of Duke Ellington standards.

Homecoming 2019 Carnival & Parade

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Francis Parker School’s Homecoming 2019 celebration was held last Friday on the Linda Vista...

Homecoming Flag Raising at Lower School

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The Lower School’s Annual Homecoming Week Flag Raising Ceremony was held Monday, Oct. 21 at...

Exploration Time: Parker Summer Program Sees Double-Digit Increase in Participation

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More than 740 campers took part in Parker’s 2019 Summer Program, a roughly 14-percent increase...

Listen to Learn: ASB Awareness Week Tackles Important Topics of Identity, Mental Health

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During the week of April 1 to 5, Upper School’s Associated Student Body (ASB) held its 2019 Awareness Week. The purpose of Awareness Week is to shed light on different perspectives and experiences and to bring us all closer to understanding each other not only as peers, friends, students, and teachers, but as a multi-faceted community.

Parker Student Wins District Level DAR American History Essay Contest

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Isabella Loeffelholz, Class of 2026, didn’t realize what a talented historian she was when she entered her essay titled “The Women’s Suffrage Campaign” to the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) American History Essay Contest—an annual competition for students in Grades 5 to 8. Isabella not only won the Linares Chapter Grade 5 contest, but her essay also went on to win at the district level. Out of the 11 DAR Chapters in San Diego, Isabella was named the San Diego County 5th Grade winner.

Parker students raise more than $33,348 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

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United by the goal to make an impact on the fight against cancer, Parker juniors Umit Suri and Noa MacDonald together with a team of fellow students raised more than $33,348 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).

Parker named Green Ribbon School for reducing environmental impact

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Parker was named one of four Green Ribbon Schools in San Diego County for its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and improve the health and wellness of students, faculty, and staff. Only 20 public and private schools in the state of California were awarded this distinction, along with three school districts and one county.

What’s Your Blood Pressure? Parker seniors offer free checks at Spring Valley Swap Meet

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Their day starts bright and early: Saturday, 7 am. On a good day, the snooze button remains untouched. It may be the weekend for identical twins Sonali and Maya Chu, but there’s a car to load and a booth to set up. The daughters of two doctors, Sonali and Maya have been offering free blood pressure tests to people in the Chula Vista community for almost two years.