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Grades 7 and 8 students learn importance of community and giving back

Parker’s core values of global perspective and inclusive community demonstrate the importance of looking beyond the self and giving to the broader community. On Oct. 26, students in Grades 7 and 8 stepped out of their normal academic routines to participate in Community and Global Awareness Day.

Sharing the love of teaching with our colleagues abroad

For the past five years, Parker has enjoyed a special exchange program with the YK Pao School in Shanghai. Each year, both schools send a group of students and faculty to experience school life in China and America. This year, Ms. Irene Gong, Grade 2 Mandarin and science teacher at YK Pao visited Parker for two weeks in October.

Getting in the Game: Middle School Athletics Preparing Student-Athletes for the Next Level

Parker’s Middle School Athletics team believes that students benefit not only physically and emotionally by participating and competing in sports, they believe being on a team helps develop critical skills that promote success in the classroom, in college, and in life.

Francis Parker School | A Historical Overview

The doors of Francis Parker School first opened, in Mission Hills, on December 31, 1912. Founders Clara Sturges Johnson and her husband, William Templeton Johnson, based their educational philosophy on the work of Colonel Francis Wayland Parker and the experience of the Chicago school where Col. Parker’s principles were first put into practice.