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The Parker Weekly

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The Parker Weekly

Cartoon By Delilah Davis
A Progressive Pedagogy
Sascha Keller, Online Editor • October 29, 2025

Pinned on bulletin boards around Parker, bright red letters reading “BRING BACK AP TESTING” were anonymously placed for all to see. Parker,...

Pushing Forward
Pushing Forward
Lexi Schneider, News Editor • October 29, 2025

To strengthen Parker’s mission, achieve academic goals, and remain competitive in the evolving private school market, Parker’s administrative...

Ongoing renovations in the Math wing
A Moldy Math Wing
Sascha Keller, Online Editor • October 29, 2025

“Hello All: For the next two weeks Advanced Precalculus will be relocated to room 485,” read the email from the registrar Matt McCaw on the...

Inside the Open House
Christina Merikas, Features Editor • October 29, 2025

“Having our progressive pedagogy on display will hopefully attract the students and families who will really love going to school here,” Head of Upper School Cory Zeller said. After decades of three open houses...

Peer to Peer
Miriam Johnson, Staff Manager • October 29, 2025

Last spring, Upper School learning resources teacher and Department Co-Chair Val Ginnan along with Upper School counselor Kirsten Williams introduced a new program called Peer Helpers. The program was created with...

Rosenbluth Returns
Ben Israel, Online Editor • October 10, 2025

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 brings  a deep connection to Parker’s community and his passion...

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Avi Grossman at rehearsal
Power, Protest, & Parker’s Stage
Claire Lee October 29, 2025

The stage lights dim, the audience quiets, and a performer steps into the spotlight. Behind that moment are hours of rehearsal, design, and collaboration, the work now culminating in Parker’s fall play...

Cartoon by Delilah Davis
Why Bedazzling Might Be Parker’s Most Surprisingly Popular New Club
Penny Wood October 29, 2025

Putting tiny gems on random items might sound tedious, but not to the 50+ students who showed up to the first Bedazzle Club meeting on Friday, September 26. To them, this new club was a hit. “Even though...

Upper School Science Teacher Bridget Lesinski At Girls Golf Sectional
Teacher Coaches
Ava Gary October 29, 2025

Bridget Lesinski - Upper School science teacher Upper School girls varsity golf coach Lesinski teaches classes at Parker from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the latest, and golf practice starts at...

Not quite 73 questions with not quite Vogue - Rosemary Abad
Not quite 73 questions with not quite Vogue – Rosemary Abad
Lila Gupta October 29, 2025

Current favorite movie? Pulp Fiction.  Current favorite book? To Kill a Mockingbird  Life advice for Parker kids? The sky is the limit and education is the number one priority.  Favorite...

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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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Denied At Dunkin’
Denied At Dunkin’
“No students” policy at Dunkin’ revoked
Madeline Boxerman
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Politicians Don’t Want To Agree
Politicians Don’t Want To Agree
Politicians focused more on personal gain than accurate representation
Charlie Gilligan
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Putting Purpose in PB
Putting Purpose in PB
Where should our Student Government funds go?
Sascha Keller, Online Editor
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“I saw it on TikTok!”
Vada Mescudi October 29, 2025

When you scroll on TikTok or Instagram reels for only a couple of minutes, you’ll notice a pattern of the same sounds, ideas, and clothes....

Space to Study
Maya Mote October 29, 2025

It can be so ridiculously hard to get anything done when you’ve got people talking around you (or worse, to you, since then you have to engage),...

Changing Dynamics:
Lexi Schneider, News Editor • October 29, 2025

In the three years I’ve participated in musical activities at Parker, I’ve noticed two things: not enough students participate in the fine...

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Tradition in Transition
Tradition in Transition
The Parker Weekly October 29, 2025

At Parker, progress isn’t just a buzzword: it’s the foundation we’re built on. From the start, Parker’s mission has been to help students...

First Amendment Foes
October 10, 2025
Where Did the Effort Go?
September 3, 2025
Selfish Service
May 22, 2025
“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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Fashion Forecast
Brady Kass October 29, 2025
Daniel’s Manual
Daniel Chang October 29, 2025
By the Way
Chase Wayland October 10, 2025
Unprocessed Facts
Noah Michenaud October 10, 2025
Playlist of “The Weekly” – Volume CXIII, Issue 10
Lucas Werneck Fraga May 10, 2024

A Growing Problem
Shriya Chaudhari, Brief Writer • September 30, 2025

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 ...

Headlines from Homecoming
Chloe Deutsch September 24, 2025

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...

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)...

Sloane Trukenbrod
Sloane Trukenbrod
Photographer

Sloane Trukenbrod is spending his second consecutive year as a photographer for the Weekly. Sloane loves to capture compelling images that bring stories to life. Beyond the lens, Sloane loves to play soccer, baseball, and squash. He is versatile in music, playing guitar, drums, tabla, singing, and the trombone.

Lexi Schneider
Lexi Schneider
News Editor

Alexandra Schneider is a senior who is thrilled to spend her final year at Parker as the News Editor for "The Weekly." When outside of the publication office, you can find her playing flute in orchestra and writing plays. Most commonly, though, she is in her bedroom reading something by Stephen King. She intends to follow her life long dream of become a writer and will happily talk to anyone interested...

Leo Demetriou
Leo Demetriou
Photographer

Leo plays a lot of sports like basketball and baseball, and in his free time he likes to shoot photography.He competes in the national stage for baseball, and it's his main sport.

Madeline Boxerman is a freshman whose role on The Weekly is the Food Critic. This is her first year on The Weekly and she can't wait to start pitching new ideas and writing about all things food related, whether that be about the FWP cafeteria or restaurants in Chicago. When she is not writing for The Weekly, she can be seen passing volleyballs on the court or binging all her favorite episodes of The...

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