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Does AI Have A Place at Parker
Does AI Have A Place at Parker
Christina Merikas, Copy Editor • May 22, 2025

AI in school. Horrible. Detestable. Can’t stand the thought of it. Sick to the stomach.  AI in school. An opportunity. Learning experience....

Platforms To Posters To Polls
Platforms To Posters To Polls
Miriam Johnson, Sports Editor • May 22, 2025

Posters, debates, and sweets are an indication of election season. Since before April  break, candidates worked on their election campaigns,...

The Culminating Capstone
The Culminating Capstone
Chloe Deutsch, Copy Editor • April 24, 2025

“The entire goal is to equip students with skills so that they can go and impact change,” Head of Upper School Cory Zeller said. This is...

Chess Team Victory
Shriya Chaudhari April 24, 2025

The Chess Team has been big news this year at Parker. They are the only Parker team to have gone undefeated their whole season. Team member and ninth grader Abe Erlinger had many emotions about winning. “I feel...

Stories From Seville
Sascha Keller April 24, 2025

As the plane carrying 22 Parker students took off for Spain, the students were filled with “excitement and nervousness, and still a tang of homesickness,” sophomore Lilah Weed said.  Little did she know...

Careful The Wish You Make
Miriam Johnson April 24, 2025

Despite the “agony” of sickness and other challenges, this year's Upper School musical “Into the Woods” received several standing ovations.  “Into the Woods” featured Ellis Brown as the Baker, Graysen...

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How Does Popularity Play Into SG?
How Does Popularity Play Into SG?
Soraya Parke May 22, 2025

Parker is a place where the student body’s  voice is valued. Parker created Student Government so that students have a say in what happens in the Upper School. It is where the whole Upper School gathers...

Freshman For The Win?
Freshman For The Win?
Lila Gupta May 22, 2025

“I think her business cards are a smart idea.” “She seems very responsible, but she doesn’t have much experience.” “It’s nice to see freshmen running for high-level positions.” “Treasurer...

Faith Colliding with the Academic Calendar
Faith Colliding with the Academic Calendar
Chloe Deutsch, Copy Editor • May 22, 2025

“Many religions and faith practices are represented in our community, and we honor the celebrations that occur during the school year. On days when students are celebrating, their absence is school-sanctioned....

The Worst Month of the Year
The Worst Month of the Year
Madeline Brown April 24, 2025

Students often hear from their parents that Parker gives too many breaks. While Parker has April break, February break, a winter break, and occasional holiday off, all of these breaks in school start to...

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Screenshot of the Student Government ballot.
Election Allegations
Sascha Keller June 6, 2024

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

Karyn Kupcient
Karyn Kupcient
Ellery Singer June 6, 2024

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

Alex Chaouki. Photo courtesy of Parker portal.
Who is “The Chaouk Man?”
Sejal Ahuja, Online Editor • June 6, 2024

Parker students all know Alex Chaouki. He’s a multifaceted man: DoorDasher, student, reselling entrepreneur, and active Parker community member....

A Bright Future
Miriam Johnson June 6, 2024

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...

The Parker Admissions Process
Christina Merikas, Staff Writer • May 10, 2024

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,”...

Parker mourns the passing of Pat McHale, beloved Physical Education teacher & coach
The Parker Weekly May 1, 2024

"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...

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Designed By A Committee
Designed By A Committee
How and why committees need to change
Annoshae Mirza
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Eighteen
Eighteen
On turning legal‭, ‬feeling like a kid‭, ‬and what five-year-olds can teach us about growing up
Annabel McIntosh
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The Captain Conundrum
The Captain Conundrum
The contradiction of the new captain system
Graysen Pendry, Online Editor
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The Scoop With Sloane
Sloane Demetriou, Columnist • April 24, 2025

On October 7, 2023, I woke up in Washington D.C. to see Hamas raining terror and chaos on Israel. I saw videos of Israeli children being dragged...

Balancing The Busy
Annabel McIntosh, Editor In Chief • April 24, 2025

I had a Shopkins trading gig at six, a lemonade stand at eight, a slime business at ten, and babysitting at thirteen. But it wasn’t until the...

When Silence Speaks Volumes
Jayden Patel April 24, 2025

“We know that our ability to think for ourselves expands when we engage in healthy, nuanced discussion and persevere with integrity when complexity,...

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Selfish Service
Selfish Service
The Parker Weekly May 22, 2025

Navy blue and white. The colonel. Bagels. These are all Parker staples, but perhaps there’s nothing more Parkeresque than wasting time and...

The Parker Show
April 24, 2025
Youth is for the Young
December 20, 2024
Missing the Mark
December 3, 2024
“The Parker Weekly” Leadership

The 2023-24 school year will be ‘The Parker Weekly’s” 113th year of continuous publication.

 

Editors-in-Chief Uma Morris ’25, Sejal Ahuja ’25, Annabel McIntosh ’25 currently lead “The Parker Weekly.” Kate Tabor and Eric Rampson serve as “The Weekly’s” faculty advisors.

 

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

“The Parker Weekly” Online Policy

Articles and editorials published on this website do not reflect the views of the Francis W. Parker School. Our opinions do not represent those of the school. All articles undergo a thorough publication process and are edited and reviewed by the editors-in-chief of The Parker Weekly and our faculty advisors.

 

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

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The Scoop With Sloane
Sloane Demetriou, Columnist • April 24, 2025
Interweb Intel
Jack Adee March 18, 2025
Playlist of “The Weekly” – Volume CXIII, Issue 10
Lucas Werneck Fraga May 10, 2024

Parker journalists win McCormick Foundation High School Media Awards
March 21, 2025

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)...

Mean Girls Debut
Phoebe Josephson March 13, 2024

On Wednesday, March 13 at 5:00 pm, Parker will debut Mean Girls The Musical in the auditorium. The musical will also be performed on March 14 at 7:00 pm, March 15 at 7:00 pm, and March 16 at 1:00 pm for...

Colonel Closing
Chloe Deutsch, Brief Writer • January 12, 2024

At 9:47 pm tonight, Thursday, January 11th Principal Dan Frank ‘74, and Assistant Principal Priyanka Rupani emailed a notification to students, faculty, staff, and parents and guardians, letting them...

Meet the Staff
Miriam Johnson
Miriam Johnson
Sports Editor

Miriam Johnson is a sophomore who is writing for "The Parker Weekly" for her second year. Aside from writing, she enjoys playing sports and spending time with friends and family. She is so excited to be a sports editor for the Weekly this year!

Jayden Patel
Jayden Patel
Opinions Editor

Jayden is excited for his second year on The Weekly as the Opinions Editor. Aside from writing, you can find him playing tennis, in a cabinet meeting, or getting a drink from Starbucks.

Annabel McIntosh
Annabel McIntosh
Editor In Chief

Annabel McIntosh is beyond thrilled to serve as Editor-In-Chief after proudly performing as Opinions Editor, Culture Critic, and Staff Writer in previous years. Outside of "The Weekly," Annabel holds the positions of Director of Cross-Grade Communications for Student Government, and is the head of the Parker Democrats Club. Annabel can be found on the turf with her hockey stick, napping in the Publications...

Alayna Mack
Alayna Mack
Junior Social Media Manager

Alayna is excited to be beginning her first year on the weekly as the Junior Social Media Manager. In her free time you will find her debating in Model UN or busy acting in a play, musical or commercial!

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