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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Amplify Dazzles at Music at the Parks
On Saturday, Amplify (our extracurricular Middle School chorus) performed at this year's Music at the Parks festivalRead More -
Cans for Good: Lower and Intermediate School Civics Project Feeds Chicago Families
The Lower and Intermediate School aluminum can collection was a huge success!Read More -
Choirs Selected to Perform at Illinois Music Educators Conference
We are incredibly proud to share some historic news regarding our vocal music program. For the first time in school history, Parker has been invited to perform at the annual Illinois Music Educators Conference (IMEC) in PeoriaRead More -
Community Celebrates 60 Combined Years of Service
The Parker community celebrated retiring faculty members Leslie Holland Pryor and Kate Tabor for a career spanning nearly 60 combined years of giving back to the Parker communityRead More -
Parker Red Cross Club Sounds the Alarm
Upper School students in Parker’s Red Cross Club spent a morning installing smoke alarms to make others’ lives saferRead More -
SOCA Social Celebrates Connection and Belonging
Members of Parker’s Students of Color Affinity groups across divisions gathered with advisors to close out another successful yearRead More -
Student Work Chosen as Official Selection at Film Fest
A film by seniors Ava Farhat, Wesley Knights and Chase Wayland has been chosen as an Official Selection in the 20th Annual CineYouth Film FestivalRead More -
Third Coast Percussion Educates and Entertains
As Parker’s 9th annual Joan W. Harris Visiting Music Scholars in Residence, Grammy Award-winning, Chicago-based percussion quartet and composer collective Third Coast Percussion spent two days sharing their unique sound and deep knowledge of all things percussive across all divisions of the school and beyondRead More -
Cookies Class Travels to Zumwalt Acres
One US Cookies class, organized by the Asian Alliance, traveled to Zumwalt Acres and hooked up with Lexi Weintraub ’00Read More -
Parker Track Races Away to State
The Parker Girls Track team took home a number of honors at the IHSA Sectional meet at Hope AcademyRead More
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Recent News
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Parker Perspectives
Parker Perspectives is an episodic video series featuring Parker community members sharing their experience with the school. -
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.