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Against the Barricades
Against the Barricades
Chloe Deutsch September 4, 2024

Every summer, locals and travelers await the exciting first weekend of August, otherwise known as Lollapalooza.  Lollapalooza began on July...

Disconnect to Reconnect
Disconnect to Reconnect
Jayden Patel, Opinion Editor • September 4, 2024

As Upper School students fill the hallways during passing periods, breaks, and lunch, there’s one thing that they all have in common: they’re...

Juniors Gannon Holt-Hall, Gabe Vilus and Davin Rowe trade caramel candies for a paperclip in the Underground Grown-ish cookie.
Cookies!
Jayden Patel, Brief Writer • June 6, 2024

Cookies can be described in two ways. Chewy and sweet, or educational and entertaining. While the first description describes some of the desserts...

Freshman throws no-hitter
Ari Deutsch, Sports Writer • June 6, 2024

The Parker Colonels baseball team beat Noble Academy on Sunday, May 14, with a score of 15-0. Contributing to that success was freshman Joseph Evans’s no-hitter.  Evans said that the team's thought process...

A Regional Experience
Saroya Ornelas Pagnucci, Online Editor • June 6, 2024

On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the Parker Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) Underwater Robotics Team, Subaquatic Solutions, attended the MATE ROV Competition for underwater robotics, along with seven other high schools....

Fifty Years of FWP
Sejal Ahuja, Online Editor • June 6, 2024

As I sat down in Dr. Frank’s office to conduct an interview, I couldn’t help but notice the various items that decorated his walls and shelves. Photos of him, both working at Parker and attending Parker adorned...

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Let the Games Begin
Let the Games Begin
Zoe Polsky September 4, 2024

Ty Donath was elected as president of Student Government this past spring. Donath has been thoroughly involved in the Parker community since his freshman year when he transferred from Lincoln Elementary.  Off...

Summer Job Revival
Summer Job Revival
Lila Gupta September 4, 2024

From babysitting in the series “The Baby-Sitters Club” to scooping ice cream in the show “Stranger Things,” summer jobs are deeply embedded in American popular culture. Tasks such as mowing lawns,...

Cory Zeller: A Year in Review
Cory Zeller: A Year in Review
Uma Morris September 4, 2024

At the end of each day, Head of Upper School Cory Zeller reviews her notes tucked within a hefty binder. This binder contains hours upon hours of important, handwritten records that detail conversations...

Student Govern-What?
Student Govern-What?
Anaïs Morris September 4, 2024

As Parker officially opens its doors for the new school year, Student Government will open its doors for 88 new freshmen. This fall, a new generation of cabinet members and committee heads will settle...

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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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Curiously terrifying thoughts about the world!
Curiously terrifying thoughts about the world!
If Humans Had a Little Extra Spice
Malik Griffin
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The Scoop With Sloane
The Scoop With Sloane
Let’s Catch Up
Sloane Demetriou
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Interweb Intel
Interweb Intel
New Year, New Tech
Jack Adee
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Diagnosis: Identity Block
Annabel McIntosh September 4, 2024

My fingers have a favorite key. It's the one that makes everything disappear, the delete button. It's a cute, comfortable, non-committal square...

Senior Letter
Naomi Gross June 6, 2024

For the first several years of my time at Parker, I would cry every morning and beg my mom not to leave. It came to a point where I had to practice...

Interweb Intel
Jack Adee June 6, 2024

If you try and don’t succeed, try and try again, I guess. The first article I wrote in this column explained that I wouldn’t follow the cellphone/smartwatch...

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Putting the “Progress” in Progressive
Putting the “Progress” in Progressive
The Parker Weekly September 4, 2024

New year, new schedule, new lunch blocks. Same old faces, same familiar hallways—except now, the senior chairs have shifted. Every year, we...

“The Parker Weekly” Leadership

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

 

Editors-in-Chief Harry Lowitz ’24, Benjamin Kagan ’24, and Hanna Bilgin ’24 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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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...

To Learn and to Practice
Chloe Deutsch, Brief Writer • December 6, 2023

From November 29 through December 2, students were given the opportunity to participate in the Student Diversity Leadership Conference. This year was the 25th anniversary of the Student Diversity Leadership...

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