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A spectacular array of recent works by Parker’s talented student-artists are on display in the Kupcinet Gallery for the school community to enjoy

The Boys’ Basketball teams volunteered their time at Habitat for Humanity’s Chicago ReStore location

A group from the Midwest Workers Association visited Parker this week for a special Morning Ex to celebrate a partnership that stretches beyond 20 years

Upper School Robotics teams recently conducted a Morning Ex to share about what they do, how they do it and convey more about the accolades their teams have garnered leading up to a league tournament taking place at the school

This past week, senior student-athletes Payton Pitts and Caleb David each broke the 1,000-point mark in basketball for regular season play against Latin and Northside College Prep, respectively

Secrets of Success Club recently hosted Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for a Zoom interview

Parker is excited to announce that The Weekly is now open to the public

The Parents and Guardians of Black Students would like to thank the Parker community for donating and assisting with the assembly of the Blessing Bags for our Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Project. In total, 113 bags were created with love, which exceeded our goal of 100 bags

A COVID diagnosis did not stop Parker’s 5th Annual D’Rita and Robbie Robinson Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Speaker Ijeoma Oluo from sharing her time and message with the Parker community on Monday

Last week, 18 seniors in English teacher Alicia Abood’s Poetry Elective class came together to showcase their passion and work for their families, faculty and staff who gathered in the Harris Center

Parker’s community of teachers and learners recently honored the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in two special Morning Exes

Sixth grade students have been learning all about planet Earth in their science studies this year. Recently, each had to develop an independent project tied to their studies of climate change with the objective of encouraging others to take action to protect our shared environment

Upper School students in Travis Chandler’s Photoshop class recently put their newly acquired skills to some practical use when they designed book covers for their peers who recently completed novels as part of their participation in National Novel Writing Month

Upper School student filmmakers recently shared their final projects from the Creating Historical Documentaries course

Tim Sinclair’s iconic voice sounded all too familiar to Chicago sports fans during a Morning Ex this week. Sinclair serves as the public address announcer for the Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Fire and the University of Illinois Illini. Senior Emre Emanet interviewed Sinclair, asking questions about how he began his career in sports and sharing some of his amazing accomplishments, including being the PA announcer for the NBA All-Star Game and a voice on video games in the NBA 2K series

On Friday, November 11, 24 Upper School students took part in the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC), a written problem-solving contest more than 300,000 students nationwide take annually

Upper School singer-songwriters and musicians in Alec Synakowski’s Songwriting and Music Production class recently shared highlights of their work from the first semester in a Music Elective Morning Ex

Parker welcomes and encourages all families to visit the school to cheer for student-athletes when they play home games

Parker’s Boys’ Varsity Basketball team traveled to the Rich Township Big Dipper Tournament during the December Recess

Parker faculty and staff received a giant Happy New Year card to welcome them back to school this week

Students in Art teacher Caroline Gardner’s 7th grade classes, after wrapping up their unit in digital art, began a new lesson that focuses on sculpture and mixed media work. To kick off this new unit, students studied weaving

Lower and Intermediate School students prepared the Parker community for the December Recess with the annual Winter Program

Juniors and sophomores in Spanish III visited Ms. Liszka’s 3rd grade Spanish class to read stories and engage the children in some fun activities

Parker students across grades and choirs came together to share a program that was perfect for the winter months