Engaged Learning
Francis W. Parker School educates students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a diverse democratic society and global community.
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“Francis W. Parker School makes playoffs at Scholastic Bowl National Championship Tournament”
The US Scholastic Bowl was featured in the Daily Herald!Read More -
Chefs Compete in Chemistry Cook Off
Read MoreUpper School students learned the science behind an entree, prepared it and served it to faculty judges -
Chess Champion Among Top 100 in the Country
Read MoreSophomore Josephine McCloskey was recognized as one of the top chess players in the nation under 16 -
Creating Connections Between France and Parker
Thirty-seven sophomores from Saint-Augustin, a private school outside of Paris, were accompanied by four chaperones, including their school principal, for the first round of an exciting new exchange launched by our French programRead More -
Enrichment and Immersion in Upper School Mandarin
On April 16, Mandarin students took a field trip to Chicago’s Chinatown for a day of enrichment and immersionRead More -
Inaugural Horwitz-Barreto Visiting Scholar Talks Clean Water
Parker welcomed lead water strategist at Argonne National Laboratory and Co-Principal Investigator at the Great Lakes Water Innovation Engine Dr. Junhong Chen to campus as part of the inaugural Horwitz-Barreto Visiting Scholar programRead More -
Second Grade Experts Share Stories
Second graders began the nonfiction writing unit by writing a chapter book about something that made them feel they were an expertRead More -
Spring Music Explosion
Read MoreThe community was treated to a number of different musical performances showcasing the hard work of our students! -
Support Handmade by Harper + Libi
For their May Term Project, senior sisters Harper and Libi Horn are expanding upon a nonprofit initiative they created in honor of a friend they lost to cancer in 2021Read More -
Alum Producer Wins Three Jeff Awards
The work of Parker alum Mackenzie Jones ’11 was recently recognized with three Joseph Jefferson Awards—or “Jeffs”—Chicago’s version of the Tony AwardsRead More
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Recent News
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Parker Perspectives
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A Beautiful Subject
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On Finding the Right Fit
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On Cultural Competence
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On Messing Up
Upcoming Events
By the Numbers
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940
total students -
6:1
student-to-teacher ratio -
46%
self-identify as students of color -
6 Acres
urban campus -
88%
faculty holding advanced degrees -
$5.9 million
awarded annually in financial assistance
Francis W. Parker School educates students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a diverse democratic society and global community.