
This year Parker is welcoming back one of its own as the new art and woodworking teacher, Jake Rosenbluth. An alumnus of the school, Rosenbluth...

The familiar morning routine at Parker now begins with a scan. Before entering the building, every student must scan an ID, a small plastic card...

President Obama, the 44th president of the United States and a Chicago native, will open his presidential library in the spring of 2026. President...
Parker’s men’s soccer team has lost their homecoming game against Latin 1-0. In the past, all three of Parker’s men's soccer teams have played their Homecoming games against Latin on the Saturday of Homecoming....
On Saturday, September 20, after a long Friday of JV games and Saturday of varsity games against Latin, Parker students celebrated at the homecoming dance. The theme, “Rio Carnival,” was chosen to bring vibrant...
This year, Parker athletics welcomes a new face, Luke Drase. A former volleyball coach at Lane Tech High School and Communications Coordinator for the athletic department at Lake Forest College, Drase joined Parker...

Music echoes loudly across the fourth floor. You grab your computer, shove it in your backpack, and head to your next class, a typically mindless task. As you turn the corner to the stairway, you realize...

For generations, policy, deals, and legacies have rested on the art of debate. Debating is a way to prove a point or share a belief using evidence. It’s also a way to persuade others to be on a certain...

As students flooded into the auditorium, looking for their seats, a new melody with a familiar voice played over the speakers that caught many students’ attention. This wasn’t any song produced by...

Sociology is known as the study of human behavior, culture, and social systems. Parker alumnus and author Eric Klinenberg has explored how different events have changed and shaped how young people act...

Election season has officially come to a close. Colorful posters have been taken down, speeches have been given, and a new cabinet has begun...

In the second floor hallway, across from the auditorium, hangs a stone and metal plaque. In glinting silver lettering it reads “Karyn Kupcinet...

Parker students all know Alex Chaouki. He’s a multifaceted man: DoorDasher, student, reselling entrepreneur, and active Parker community member....
The field is the schools “largest classroom” where students learn during Physical Education class (PE), play during recess and after school, and compete in team practices and games. In fact, 70% of Parker’s...
Students pass by the doors of the Parker admissions office to go to the library, the cafeteria, to their classes, every single day. But what goes on behind those blue doors? The Parker admissions process is “tedious,”...
"Mr. McHale was my first Parker PE teacher and taught me what’s it’s like to be a Parker student and how to be a better member for the Parker community. He would always ask me countless reminders of my baseball...



When I came across the “David” protein bar on my TikTok For You page and saw that it has 28 grams of protein with only 150 calories, I had...
Over the years at Parker, I’ve found different pieces of myself in different corners of the school. Student Government helped me find my voice,...
Walk into any Parker women’s game and you immediately notice the lack of people in the stands, but when you walk into any Parker men’s game,...

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump's first day of his second term, he signed Executive Order 14149 “Restoring Freedom of Speech.”...
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There has been a sudden problem in the math classrooms, all starting with a leak in the pipes from around four years ago. Mold has been found in many of the first floor math classrooms. This finding ...
On the morning of Saturday September 20, our varsity homecoming athletic games took place on the Parker turf and in the big gym. With field hockey starting the day off at 9:00 a.m., followed by volleyball...
On Friday March 14, Upper School student journalists were recognized at the McCormick Foundation High School Media Awards. They were announced at the Scholastic Press Association of Chicago’s (SPAC)...



