the park parent september 2011

21st Century Technology and AssessmentBY JERROLD I . KATZ, Head of School

volume 44 number 1

A PUBLICATION

OF THE PARK

SCHOOL PARENTS’

ASSOCIATION

SEPTEMBER 2011

in this issue:

FUN FACULTY

QUIZ // 2

WELCOME BACK

FROM THE P.A. // 3

NEW TEACHERS,

STAFF // 5

CHANGE IN BOARD

LEADERSHIP // 7

The Park Parent

The 2011-12 academic year will feature a num-

ber of important initiatives designed to advance

Park School education in the 21st century. This article will focus on exciting work that is underway

in the areas of technology and assessment. Later in the fall, I’ll describe additional new initiatives in the areas of science, commu-nication, and faculty leadership.

Park is on the cusp of a “great leap forward” in the use of technology to enhance and support classroom instruction. Last spring, we entered into an innovation planning partnership with November Learning, an internationally recognized educational technology consulting firm. November Learning conducted a multi-day site visit and a series of interviews to measure Park’s current technology efforts against international benchmarks for

continued on page 4

It’s that time again! Whether you are returning to Park or a

newly admitted member of this community, welcome to

another year of growing and learning. If we are lucky, 2011-

12 will hold much that will fascinate and challenge each of us.

Alongside the children, we will stretch our thinking, ponder unexplored possibilities, and navigate a year of foreseeable as well as surprising “bumps and curves.” A school year replete with work, work, and more wonderful work needs to be accompanied by a healthy dose of play. When I googled ‘play as an antidote to stress in children’ there were a whopping 2,400,000 results. Hmmmm….

Whether your child is in Pre-K or Grade IX at Park School, s/he will have access to a curriculum that is drenched in age appropriate content and rigor across many subject areas. Park teachers continue to pursue

Teaching and Trains: A Year of Work and PlayBY OLIVIA MOOREHEAD-SLAUGHTER, Psychologist

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SEPTEMBER 2011 // PAGE 3The Park Parent // PAGE 2

1. Was a finalist in the Pillsbury Bake-Off® and took first prize ($2,500) in the hearty appetizer category with a roasted red pepper, prosciutto, spinach, pesto, and olive calzone.

2. Taught tiny tot roller skating classes in the ’80s; a few students went on to be speed skating champions.

3. Once served chicken fettuccini to Tony Danza while working as a singing waitress in Times Square.

4. Traveled 12,000 miles along the Silk Road in a specially outfitted truck.

5. As a 10-year-old, received a short haircut to play Oliver in a local production of Oliver Twist.

6. Worked as a black jack dealer at Harrah’s Club, Lake Tahoe and paid for senior year tuition with the tips.

7. Spent two days blowing up balloons in exchange for a free pass to the 1990 New Year’s Eve Grateful Dead show in Oakland, California.

8. Spent a year in “solitary confinement” with no contact with the outside world.

9. Met the “boy next door” at age 10, married him at age 21, and is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year!

10. Won the school basketball trophy in 5th grade for being the best free throw shooter.

11. Has worn something green to school every day for ten years.

12. Loves Elvis Presley and has been to Graceland twice to visit the Jungle Room.

13. Skied the headwall on Mt. Washington in the 8th grade.

14. Worked at a fashion magazine in London.

15. Spent four months teaching English on the island of Kyushu, Japan before having to return home due to a bacterial infection caused by eating chicken sashimi.

16. Saw the Red Sox make two triple plays in one game.

17. Worked in a fish market for three summers and never smelled after a day of work!

18. Netted, tagged, and tracked migratory birds and bats in Veracruz, Mexico.

19. Taught SCUBA for 12 years.

20. Was a certified aerobics instructor.

21. Has taught school in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Indiana, California, Nebraska, Arizona, and Montana.

22. Drove an orange Subaru named “Bob” to Chucky Cheese and was offered a job there.

23. Beat Chris Evert’s sister in a game of doubles tennis.

24. Was a state tennis champion and high school All-American.

25. Sold top-end oil and vinegar at a specialty food shop and knew every detail about over 30 products!

26 Cooked and cleaned for a community of people with mental handicaps in France.

27. Has hiked down the Matterhorn eight times.

28. Sunday night bingo caller for a year and a half.

29. Spent seven summers inspecting and collecting bear scat while a working as a forest service ranger.

30. Spent a summer as a waterskiing instructor.

31. While caving in West Virginia, crawled on hands and knees through a crack in the rock 7 feet high, 3 feet wide and 400 feet long with a stream running underneath.

32. Served as an official bus driver in Grand Teton National Park.

33. Thinned apples in a Washington state orchard with a group of Native Americans.

34. Informal New Hampshire record holder for most hay bales stacked in a pick-up truck.

Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Faculty & Staff?BY KATE LaPINE, Director of Communications

Edith Adams

Janice Allen

Joy Bartlett

Susan Bogue Myslik

Peter Bown

Kat Callard

Carole Carter

Brian Cassie

Emily Cause

Kathy Coen

Chris DeBlois

Kimberly Formisano

Kyra Fries

Carolyn Fugalli

Toni Gilligan

Cyndi Guerard

Judy Hale

Steve Kellogg

Tory Lane

Kate LaPine

Jen Lindstrom

Marshall Neilson

Paul Newmark

LaToya Peltier

Christian Porter

Alli Raabe

Jen Riley

Alan Rivera

Steve Savage

Andrew Segar

Margo Smith

Dana Studley

Ted Wells

Jerilyn Willig

Answers on

page 9

Park prides itself on close relation-

ships among students, parents, and

teachers. But how well do you really

know the Park faculty and staff? Try

matching each little-known fact to

the appropriate faculty member.


P.A. CORNER

The start of the school year is met with excitement and anticipation from parents and students alike. Whether your family is new to Park or seasoned, beginnings come for all in

the form of new teachers, division heads and administrators, as well as new curriculum, friends, and milestones for our children. This is the perfect time for parents to discover or reacquaint themselves with the workings of the School.

One of the roles I value most as Presi-dent of the Parents’ Association is helping parents understand how the P.A. works – discovering ways to get involved, and learn-ing how we support the school community, raise money, and allocate those funds. All parents are “automatically” members of the P.A. and we hope many of you participate in ways that best meet the needs of your family. Our volunteer fair, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5 is a great way to learn about the many different opportunities available. (For a preview, click here.) I wel-come your questions, ideas, and interests. The Park culture would not be what it is without the energy, talent, generosity of time and overall commitment to the School that parents bring to the P.A. Join us!

While parent energy is what makes most of the work of the P.A. possible, we do have a budget generated by fundraising events, which generates revenue and also builds community. Fundraising for the P.A. has evolved over time as our community and needs have changed. Several years back, the P.A. ran four to five fundrais-

ers each year. Recognizing changing times, we now focus on just three—the fall Craft Fair, Springfest, and a third rotating event (e.g. Art Cards, Take Home Foods, Gift Wrap Sale, EcoProducts, and Family Portrait Day). This fall brings us back to the popular

“Take Home Foods” event. You’ll learn more about it from your class representatives and our P.A. postings in the coming weeks, but suffice it to say it involves delicious food! Due to the work and commitment of hundreds of parents, these three fundraisers gener-ated almost $65,000 this past year. Even during difficult economic times, we are fortunate to have raised a similar amount over the past few years, and as a result, have budgeted for expenses at a similar level to what we supported last year.

The funds raised by these events go to support a range of programs that are organized and implemented by P.A. committees. These programs enrich the life of the School and include curricu-lum and program enhancement, student enrichment, community building within and beyond the Park community, and community enrichment including parent education, school-community com-munication, and faculty/staff appreciation. As illustrated by the pie charts, you can see the categories of programs that are supported. The sidebar includes a more detailed list of actual programs. Note that P.A. fundraising is separate from the School’s Annual Fund, which offsets ten percent of the School’s operating budget.

Welcome Back!

BY CAROLINE SCHERNECKER, Parents’ Association President

new and returning parents are invited to

“A Second Cup of Coffee”

Volunteer Fair

Wednesday, Oct. 5 8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

in the dining room

an informal forum to learn more about the Parents’ Association

continued on page 9

Parents' Association Budget 2011-12

https://www.parkschool.org/ftpimages/189/download/pa_committee_list.pdf


educational “best practice.” Following are some of their key obser-vations and recommendations:

n The School has done a very good job of providing teachers and students with the hardware needed for effective teaching and learning. (Note: Park owns a total of over 350 laptop computers. In addition, by the opening of school this fall, all Grades II-IX classrooms will be outfitted with a workstation connected to an LCD projector.)

n Park students have a basic knowledge of information literacy that stems both from experience outside of school and instruc-tion within their classes and in the library. (Note: November Learning particularly praised our library for being well-posi-tioned to become the hub of 21st century learning at The Park School.)

n The leadership and support of the administration, technology staff, and librarians is greatly appreciated by the Park faculty. Many teachers are eager for more ongoing coaching and profes-sional development related to technology use. (Note: More than 30 Park faculty members have committed significant time this summer to technology learning and skill development.)

n Park parents appear eager to move forward toward more advanced/global use of technology, but they are concerned about addressing issues of safety and privacy.

n The administration should work with the school community to establish a common vision of how technology is going to sup-port and enhance learning and student achievement at Park.

I’ll be working with Ray Stewart, our new director of informa-tion technology, (see p. 6) to address this latter imperative. Park is determined to be both thoughtful and a “fast adapter” of tools and practices that can deepen and extend student learning. Following are several of the significant investigations and decisions we have to make regarding the instructional use of technology over the months ahead:

How soon will we transition to ubiquitous student use of

tablet and other hand-held computing devices?

How can we best support the rapid development of

classroom web pages?

What new learning opportunities are associated with

applications in “the cloud?”

At the same time that we are re-visioning the use of technol-ogy to facilitate student development of 21st century skills, Park

will also be participating in an ambitious national effort to become more effective in measuring essential skills that currently are not quantifiable. Through a partnership agreement with other lead-ing independent schools around the United States and with ETS (Educational Testing Service) in Princeton, NJ, we will begin this fall to pilot in our Upper Division a standardized assessment of student development in each of the following areas:

n Creative thinking/Problem solving

n Teamwork/Collaboration

n Ethics

n Time Management

n Resilience (i.e., perseverance when confronted with a challenge)

n Love of learning

It should be very interesting to partici-pate in and to follow the progress of this pilot project. While the Park faculty has a long-standing commit-ment to being inten-tional in teaching each of these skills, I believe that our ability to effectively demonstrate

the “21st century” value added by a Park School education will be more important than ever over the course of the years ahead.

Welcome to the beginning of another engaging, exciting, and forward-moving year at Park!

Jerrold I. Katz, Head of School

21st Century, continued from page 1

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Adam Young explains a math problem on a SmartBoard.


Introducing New Members of Park’s Faculty & Staff

BY JERROLD I . KATZ, Head of School

NEW FACES 2011

I am pleased to introduce the following new members of Park’s faculty and staff, as we look forward to the opening of the 2011-12 academic year. The collective energy, perspectives, and skills of these new members of our community surely will enrich the learning environment at Park for both children and adults.

– Jerry Katz

Diana Bateman (Academic Support) –

Park School is very fortunate to have

attracted Diana (BS University of

Missouri) to our strong team of academic

tutors. Over the past fourteen years,

Diana has served in similar positions at

both Chestnut Hill and Fayerweather

Street schools. Her extensive experience

in supporting both language arts and

math skill development is matched by

Diana’s abiding belief in and ability to

connect with kids.

Kimberly Catlin (Kindergarten

Assistant and After-School

Instructor) – We are delighted to

be keeping Kimberly on our faculty

following her intern year at Park. Her

strong early childhood training (BA,

MAT Simmons College) and her warm

personal style prepare Kimberly well for

her new roles working alongside Nicole

Siverls in Kindergarten and as a daily

member of Park’s After-School team.

Kathy Come (Spanish) – Kathy

(BA Cornell University; MA New York

University) joins our modern language

department following a very successful

year teaching Spanish at Trevor Day

School in New York City. Having

previously lived and taught in Madrid,

Kathy surely will bring a passion for

Spanish language and culture to her

new position at Park. Thoughtful and

enthusiastic about working with early adolescents, Kathy also will

serve as a Grade VI advisor this year.

Paul Newmark (Pre-K Associate

and After-School Instructor) – Paul

is another former Park intern who is

a “keeper.” We are thrilled that he

has agreed to stay on to co-teach with

Betsy Platt in her Pre-K classroom and to

continue each afternoon as a member of

our After-School staff. Over the course of

the 2010-11 school year, Paul (BA Boston

College) could rarely be seen without

a group of Park children drawn to him like a magnet. Gentle in

nature and kind in spirit, Paul is sure to be a most valued presence

on our early childhood corridor throughout the year ahead.

Bea Sanders (Director of Development) – There was cheering

up and down the administrative

corridor when Bea accepted our offer to

join Park’s leadership team as our new

director of development. Following

almost twenty years of service as a

development professional at Shady

Hill School, Milton Academy, and, most

recently, Noble and Greenough School,

Bea (BA Amherst College) certainly

is well prepared for her new role.

Smart, passionate, wise, and fun loving, Bea is a real “people

person” with an abiding commitment to the difference that an

independent school education can make in the lives of children

and families. Our development program plays a critical role in

enabling the faculty and staff to fulfill Park’s mission, and we

could not have a better individual guiding this effort than Bea

Sanders.

Ritu Singh (Pre-K Associate) –

Following several years of teaching at

the Charles River School, Ritu returns

to the Park faculty this year to co-teach

with Hilary Fabre in Pre-K. A native of

India and parent of Vikrum (Grade IV)

and Anika ’11, Ritu (BA, MA University of

Rajasthan, India) will bring considerable


experience and skill to her new role at Park. I know that many

faculty members share my excitement about having Ritu rejoin us

as a colleague this fall.

Raymond Stewart (Director of Technology) – Park won

the jackpot when we attracted Ray

to move here following six years of

extraordinary technology leadership

at The Potomac School (McLean, VA).

Described by a colleague as “the

most talented educator on our

entire faculty,” Ray (BA University of

California, Berkeley; MA San Francisco

State University) is a visionary thinker

and a brilliant programmer, but he

sees himself first and foremost in the role of teacher. Ray comes

to Park at a particularly important time. Working with an eager

faculty, a new website, and a talented team of technology

specialists, Ray is excited about the opportunity to create a

compelling vision for utilizing technology to move instruction,

assessment, and communication at Park to new levels over the

course of the years ahead.

ANNUAL CHOP-A-THONFriday, Sept. 30, 3-5 p.m.

Please join the P.A. Community Service Committee

to chop, peel, and weigh vegetables for guests at

the Pine Street Inn. The Chop-a-thon yields over 100

pounds of vegetables that are frozen and used for

many months in stews and soups. All ages of children

are welcome and can participate. It is a great way to

meet new families and make new friends.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 6–9 p.m.

honathonP arents’ark

A N N U A L F U N D

New Faculty, continued from page 5

Admission by the Numbers

In 2010-11, Park School continued to experience high demand for admission. Some 598 families requested infor-mation about the School, and 339 applied for admission.

l Pre-K and K had 194 applications for 53 openings.

l Grades I-V had 78 applications for 10 openings

l Grades VI-VIII had 63 applications for 17 openings

In the end, a total of 562 returning and new students accepted positions and will attend Park for the 2011-12 school year. Of those, 80 children will be new to the school, with 33 having a sibling already at Park. Of the 374 families at Park this year, 42 families (about one in nine) will be brand new to the school.

A warm welcome to all from the Park School Admission Office!

Last year, more than 92 percent of Park’s parents chose to make a gift to the Annual Fund. When the phone rings on October 6, please make your gift to Park. Thank you!

Featured in the Library

Please visit the library to enjoy each month’s featured book and explore the new horizons it presents.

Highlights for September include ‘Welcome’ and ‘Banned Books Week’ September 26 – 30.


GOVERNANCE

Setting priorities, defining and assessing tradeoffs, and targeting fundraising are the most challenging tasks facing any institution. At Park, these decisions fall primarily to the

Board of Trustees. This past summer, Kevin Maroni stepped down and Suzie Tapson, the first woman to serve in 18 years, took over as Chair of the Board. These two parent leaders of our community sat down with The Park Parent to share their views on the role of the trustees, the job of chairing the Board, and the main chal-lenges facing the School in the year ahead.

Kevin Maroni has served as chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2007. The Trustees, according to Kevin, have three main jobs: to establish broad policy for Park, ensure long-term financial prosperity, and evaluate the Head of School, Jerry Katz. Cooperation between the Head of School and the Board is critical. The Board exercises an oversight function, making sure that the operation of the school is consistent with the values and mission of Park. In concert with the administration, the Board establishes budget priorities that require decisions in many areas including tuition increases, compensation policy, financial aid policy, capital improvements, the use of the endowment for current operations, where to invest the endowment, and fund-raising goals. Jerry Katz discusses needs and priorities with the faculty, and along with Kim Boyd, assistant head of school for finance and operations, proposes a budget, which requires Board approval.

The Board Chair is elected annually from the current board of trustees and typically serves for three to four years. Kevin remarks that chairing the Board, as opposed to serving as a Trustee, reminds him of the old joke, “the difference between the chicken and the pig at breakfast is that the chicken is involved and the pig is committed.” The position embodies a huge responsibility: work-ing in partnership with the Head of School, acting as a sounding board over policy decisions, and working with committee chairs and trustees to ensure all parties are moving in the same direction. A subtle, but important challenge, according to Kevin, is to avoid complacency. Park is a high performing school, but the trustees and administration need to work together to continue to maintain excellence. Kevin emphasizes that it’s important to remember that independent schools were originally founded precisely to isolate children of privilege, but in today’s world a world-class education requires tearing down the walls of isolation and ensuring that our children learn in a diverse environment and strive toward becom-ing world citizens. “We need to always understand and implement best practices, and the new strategic plans aims to do precisely that,” says Kevin.

A parent of three current Park students, and a Park Trustee since 2008, Suzie Tapson has her work cut out for her. Last year, she chaired the subcommittee that developed Park21, the new strategic plan for the School, and now finds herself at the helm of the Board with the task of guiding the School through its implementation. Suzie notes that, “Trustees are not educators. Our role is to set a tone for the School, which helps guide policy. To this end, the Board develops a budget which reflects pri-orities, balances the various needs of the School, supports the best of Park, and at the same time assures financial viability.” A major role for Trustees is to help the Park community understand the various tradeoffs the School faces and to work closely with the development committee to help find the resources needed to achieve Park’s long-term goals.

Suzie notes, with a characteristic twinkle in her eye, that many people have approached her and said, “Congratulations, or should I say condolences?” Suzie feels that both may be appropriate. “It’s a big job, but I’m very excited. Last year we developed a strategic plan for Park and now I can help herald it in. Going forward there will be many changes in the educational environment at Park, not the least of which will be a major introduction of new technology in the classroom. We all need to be ready to push Park forward into the future, and I’m looking forward to working with the faculty and staff to do just that.”

A New Chair for the Board of Trustees

BY TODD IDSON, The Park Parent Editorial Board

This summer, Suzie Tapson assumed the role of Board Chair from Kevin Maroni.


professional development to keep abreast of best teaching practices and differentiating instruction to make learning accessible for a range of learners. As a school, there is great emphasis placed on making the learning experience for each child as rich and meaning-ful as possible. The pace of a Park day is brisk and “breathtaking.” On the work front, we’ve got it covered! From September through June, your children can anticipate a year of very busy and produc-tive school days. Perhaps the greater challenge will be how to bal-ance the work with ample amounts of play.

Play at its best requires time and space to do that which one finds delightful and amusing, nothing more and nothing less. It does not require a rationale, a tangible outcome, or a “screen.” This is not meant to be an indict-ment of screen time in all of its varieties, but rather a cautionary note that parents consider limiting the amount of time spent in front of screens. Technology is surely here to stay. Both children and adults alike need to be responsible consumers of the wealth of information and capacity for connection so readily accessible to them. Parental guidance is required to ensure that your children’s screen time is both safe and responsible.

As with most aspects of taking care of your growing child, children are best served when home and school are in partner-ship. Play is no exception. There is ample research that suggests that children need to play and that it does indeed reduce stress. For young children, play is the medium through which they accomplish much of their learning. Play helps them to understand the world around them, to solve problems, to learn to interact with peers, and to become connoisseurs of “what if.” Watching young children learn as they play can feel magical as their delight is often inno-cently unrestrained and audible.

The need for play does not diminish with age. Young children, pre-adolescents, teens, and even adults, need time to play. Making play accessible and encouraging children to engage in activities that bring them enjoyment for enjoyment’s sake can sometimes be easier in theory than in practice. As children’s lives have become

more scheduled and pressured, the number of waking hours in any given day may allow little (if any) down time for the pleasure of play. Both in school and at home, it is tempting to believe that the demands of an excellent academic curriculum and engagement in extracurricular activities trump play every time. The result can be that children of all ages may have precious little time when they are not expected to be on-task and at attention. After-school lessons and sports are valuable endeavors, but they are not the same as free-flowing and unstructured time to play.

On the surface, I suspect that what has been proposed here may sound somewhat whimsical and perhaps to some, much like a really easy home-work assign-ment. The test will be in the implementa-tion. Holding Park School and yourselves to the “high bar” of making

time and space for play will likely require both intention and a good measure of courageous resolve. At a time when children are seemingly pressured to do more, to consume more, and to be more plugged in, advocating for less of all of the above may prove daunt-ing. Yet, this just may be a defining September moment for home and school, one where we join together, link arms, and declare a partnership in defense of play. Together, we can clear a path and allow children of all ages to discover what they would like to do when there is no dictation of what they must do.

This September, many in the Park community are missing Peter Amershadian, our beloved language department colleague and friend, who retired in June after 42 years of teaching. Those of us who had the privilege and pleasure of working with Peter know

that he threw his considerable intellect, energy and passion into both teach-ing...and trains. Here’s to you, Peter, and to a productive year of work and play.

Teaching and Trains, continued from page 1


1. Jen Riley

2. Janice Allen

3. Emily Cause

4. Kate LaPine

5. Jen Lindstrom

6. Margo Smith

7. Marshall Neilson

8. Joy Bartlett

9. Chris DeBlois

10. Judy Hale

11. Brian Cassie

12. Dana Studley

13. Steve Kellogg

14. Kathy Coen

15. Peter Bown

16. Alli Raabe

17. Kimberly Formisano

18. Alan Rivera

19. Steve Savage

20. Edith Adams

21. Susan Bogue Myslik

22. Tory Lane

23. Carole Carter

24. Christian Porter

25. Kyra Fries

26. Paul Newmark

27. LaToya Peltier

28. Jerilyn Willig

29. Kat Callard

30. Andrew Segar

31. Cyndi Guerard

32. Carolyn Fugalli

33. Toni Gilligan

34. Ted Wells

Answers to Faculty/Staff Quiz

The funds raised by the P.A. are meaningful only when paired with the breadth and depth of support offered by the energy, skills and talents of parents who contribute in a wide variety of ways. The parent community is the heart and soul of the P.A.

Feel free to approach me or any active member of the P.A. with questions. I hope you will consider getting involved this year. You can find out more about P.A. committees and volunteer opportunities at our volunteer fair on Oct. 5. Here’s to a terrific year!

Caroline Schernecker,

Parents’ Association President

617.487.5889

[email protected]

Faculty-Related Support

n Curriculum Enhancement (faculty grants)

n Faculty/Staff Appreciation

Student Enrichment Programs

n Arts and Assemblies

n Community Service

n Chess Club

n Green Committee

Community Enrichment Programs

n Diversity Committee

n All-School Evening/Parent Forums

P.A. Outreach

n The Park Parent

n Committee Event Publicity

n Yearbook Ad from P.A.

n PIN (Parents’ Independent School Network)

Community Building Events and Programs

n Parent Dinners

n Hospitality

n Craft Fair Grants

n After-School Advisory

n Springfest (Fundraiser)

n Craft Fair (Fundraiser)

n Park Apparel/DVDs

After a run of 43 years in print, our classified section is going electronic. As a reminder, members of the Park School community (parents, faculty, staff, and alumni) may place free classified ads, and “sponsor” non-Park advertisers by including their own contact information as well. You can post an ad (with photos) for up to four weeks. Look for the new Parking Space on the School website at www.parkschool.org/parkingspace.

The Parking Space

Goes High-Tech!www.parkschool.org/parkingspace

Welcome Back, continued from page 3

P.A. Programs

mailto:cks.unc%40gmail.com?subject=Park%20School%20P.A.

www.parkschool.org/parkingspace

http://www.parkschool.org/parkingspace


The Park School171 Goddard AvenueBrookline, MA 02445617-277-2456

SEPTEMBER 2011

The Park Parent

UPCOMING DATES OF NOTE

September 7 Wednesday Opening day of school All students K-IX; half Pre-K Noon dismissal Pre-K & K After-School Program begins VI-IX fall sports/drama begin

September 8 Thursday All students K-IX; half Pre-K Noon dismissal Pre-K only

September 12 Monday IV, V fall sports begin

September 13 Tuesday VIII, IX Parents’ Night (7 p.m.)

September 20 Tuesday VI, VII Parents’ Night (7 p.m.)

September 22 Thursday Pre-K, K Parents’ Night (7 p.m.)

September 23 Friday Student Picture Day

September 26 Monday VIII parent/student meeting on Grade IX (7:30 p.m.)

September 27 Tuesday III-V Parents’ Night (7 p.m.)

October 4 Tuesday I, II Parents’ Night (7 p.m.)

October 18 Tuesday Pre-K–V noon dismissal (parent conferences)

October 25 Tuesday Pre-K–V noon dismissal (parent conferences)

The Park ParentEditor:

ANNE HARVEY KILBURN

Director of Communcations:KATE LaPINE

Editorial Board Chair:TODD IDSON

Editorial Board: LAURA CARROLL, TC HALDI, PAULA IVEY HENRY, PAM MATHEWS, GEOFF O’HARA, CHRISTIAN PORTER, DOROTHY RICHARDSON, DARSHAK SANGHAVI, STANLEY SHAW, CAROL SMITH, JEAN WILMERDING

President, Parents’ Association:CAROLINE SCHERNECKER

Chairs, Aide Brigade:KATIE BULLIVANT, LAURA SALCEDO

Chair, Board of Trustees:SUZIE TAPSON

Head of School:JERROLD I . KATZ

Read The Park Parent online at www.parkschool.org

The Park Parent is a newsletter that highlights academic, extracurricular, social, and fundraising activities at The Park School. It is currently published six times a year, and its readership includes parents, grandparents, faculty, alumni, and other friends.

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